Month: February 2018

Gaming revenues down slightly at Hollywood Casino

A run of four months of increased casino revenues has come to an end. Casino revenues were down slightly in January at the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, and three other state-owned casinos in Kansas, according to a Kansas Lottery Commission report.

Meeting at 11 a.m. today, the Kansas Lottery Commission heard a report that gaming revenue for January at the Hollywood Casino was $11.2 million, a slight decrease of about $20,000 or 1.8 percent, compared to January 2017. Slots revenue was up slightly in the month, around 1 percent, as compared to table games revenue, which was down 18.1 percent.

December gaming revenues at the Hollywood Casino were $13.2 million, according to lottery gaming reports.

Keith Kocher, director of program assurance and integrity for the Kansas Lottery, said today that Hollywood Casino had shown gains of four months in a row prior to January’s report.

The four Kansas casinos are up about 10.5 percent cumulatively in year-over-year gaming revenues, according to Kocher.

“Overall January was a tougher month for us than recent trends of the 4th quarter, as significant winter weather and bitter cold impacted visitation,” stated Rick Skinner, Hollywood Casino vice president and general manager, in a written report to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission this month.

Other gaming revenue reports: Boot Hill Casino, Dodge City, Kansas, $3.26 million in January, $3.57 million in December; Kansas Star Casino, Mulvane, Kansas, $14.24 million in January, $16.43 million in December; and Kansas Crossing Casino, Pittsburg, Kansas, $2.60 million in January, $2.69 million in December.

The state of Kansas receives about 22 percent of the casino gaming revenues in taxes, while the Unified Government receives 3 percent of the casino gaming revenues in local gaming taxes. Hollywood Casino has paid around $18.6 million to the state of Kansas and $2.5 million to the UG during fiscal year 2018, according to lottery records.

I-35 accident results in injury

An accident on I-35 on Monday resulted in an injury, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The accident at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 was on southbound I-35, just north of Lamar, according to the report.

Two vehicles were southbound on I-35 when a Honda passenger car struck the rear of a Honda van, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the Honda passenger car, a 37-year-old man from Prairie Village, Kansas, was not injured, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Honda van, a 36-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kansas, was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated.

2 KCK students chosen to be new student leaders at FHSU

Two students from Kansas City, Kansas, have been selected to be new student and family orientation leaders for the 2018 spring and fall semesters at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.

The two Kansas City, Kansas, students are Melanie Arellano, a senior majoring in social work; and Ricardo Zamora, a senior majoring in management.

They are among 75 FHSU students selected from a pool of 125 applicants to be new student leaders. They will be at the pre-enrollment sessions for freshmen and transfer students this spring and also during the fall orientation weekend.

The student leaders will help new students and their families become familiar with campus resources by creating a welcoming atmosphere, assisting in the pre-enrollment process and answering questions.