| Chances | Name and Number | % Winners Remaining |
| 1 in 3.08 | 4 MILLION DOLLAR CAS* (686) | |
| 1 in 3.30 | LIFETIME RICHES* (613) | |
| 1 in 3.33 | $100 MILLION CASH SP* (581) | |
| 1 in 3.33 | $250000 MEGA CASH* (646) | |
| 1 in 3.33 | 100 MILLION DOLLAR B* (673) | |
| 1 in 3.94 | CROSSWORD* (627) | |
| 1 in 3.94 | CROSSWORD* (651) | |
| 1 in 3.94 | CROSSWORD* (669) | |
| 1 in 3.94 | CROSSWORD* (691) | |
| 1 in 3.94 | CROSSWORD* (708) |
| Casino | 1 cent | 5 cent | 25 cent | $1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argosy | 88.67% | 92.11% | 93.72% | 94.76% |
| Harrah's | 88.27% | 92.74% | 92.63% | 93.33% |
| Isle of Capri | 88.92% | 91.19% | 94.28% | 94.94% |
| Ameristar | 88.66% | 92.93% | 93.01% | 93.37% |
The Star's calculations are based on the latest available data, combining total jackpot payouts to all players averaged over the most recent six-month period, and include slot machines, video poker games and other electronic devices. For more details, click here.
Here's the latest on gambling issues this election year.
Welcome to Lucky Numbers, the gambling blog of The Kansas City Star. This is where the business and the pleasure of gambling meet, and where Kansas City’s players can have their say.
The last legal impediment to casino gambling in Wyandotte County has fallen.
Shawnee District Court Judge Franklin R. Theis this week dismissed a lawsuit brought in March by a citizens’ tax watchdog group that claimed proposals by three of the four remaining Wyandotte County casino applicants violated a ban on public financing to benefit gambling facilities.
The Kansas City Health Department is cracking down on casino smokers. But one recent crack may have come down in the wrong place.
This month a city health inspector issued violation tickets to Don Thiede, security chief at Ameristar Kansas City Casino and Hotel, who allegedly permitted smokers to puff away unlawfully in the casino’s public concourse areas.
The Associated Press reports Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Penn National Gaming this morning have been tentatively awarded Kansas Lottery contracts to operate state-owned casinos near Wichita and in Cherokee County in southeast Kansas just outside Joplin, Mo.
The Missouri Lottery awarded more than $3.9 million in prizes of $1,000 or more to hundreds of players last month.
Thousands of smaller prizes also were awarded during the month.
Here's a list of all winners of $1,000 or more in July:
Less than a month after knocking a rival off its market perch, Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa General Manager Thomas P. Burke is moving up the corporate ladder.
Argosy owner Penn National Gaming announced Monday that Burke, 52, will be promoted Oct. 6 to senior vice president and regional director over Penn’s casinos in Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Missouri, Iowa and Colorado.
A Kansas Indian tribe sued Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. Monday alleging the gaming industry giant’s plans for a casino near Wichita violates their no-compete agreement.
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation filed the action Monday in Shawnee County District Court seeking to force Harrah’s to withdraw from its pending bid with other partners to build and manage a state-owned casino in Sumner County.
Starting today, Kansas Lottery players who purchase a Powerball ticket with the Power Play option will receive a voucher good for one general admission ticket to Kansas Speedway on Sept. 26 for NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Qualifying Day.
In June Overland Park resident Grant Hinkle outlasted a field of 3,929 entrants in a sanctioned World Series of Poker event at the Rio in Las Vegas.
He took home a coveted WSOP gold bracelet and a first place cash prize of $831,462.
The public today had its say on who should operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County.
Wrapping up a three-day hearing on the campus of the Kansas City Kansas Community College, the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board heard testimony from around four dozen people who signed up to deliver maximum two-minute spiels at a public microphone.
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I frequently meet with civic groups and others to discuss gambling issues, current events and always lively Q&A sessions.
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