Missouri casinos excited about drop of loss-limits
November 8th, 2008
For Missouri casinos — and their nearby competitors in Illinois — the rules of the games are changing soon.
Missouri casinos no longer will enforce a $500-in-two-hours loss limit after voters approved an initiative Tuesday to lift the restriction.
Missouri casino operators welcomed the change, saying it allows fair competition with casinos in neighboring states that do not cap losses. A lack of a loss limit in Illinois casinos, for example, lured some gamblers across the river — especially out-of-towners and high-rollers.
The change "enables us to compete on a level playing field," said Mack Bradley, a spokesman for Pinnacle Entertainment, which owns Lumi
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