Camptown Counting Blessings

Camptown Greyhound Park could not be happier today as they have just gotten approval to keep their license another 60 days. The Kansas racetrack owners had appealed to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission to give them an extension before they revoke their license and they have done so.
 
The commission was planning on taking their license, Wichita Greyhound Park’s license, as well as The Woodlands’. They now have 60 days to get their plans in order to show them how they plan on opening their tracks again and what dates they are going to have races.
 
The owners of the tracks have not been running races as they say that they cannot compete with those tracks that have slot machines, and are able to keep a larger portion of the proceeds. They were hoping that by not running the races the legislature could see their way to giving them the approval for less revenue slot machines. They want it adjusted from 40% to 22%.
 
They say that with the amount of revenue that the state is poised to take from the slot machines they cannot keep the machines at the tracks. They say that the upkeep from them as well as trying to pay out larger purses would ruin them. They were hoping for a longer extension to see where the legislature would stand on the slot machine revenue issue, but now they don’t think they will get that opportunity as it won’t be long enough to get them to when the legislature will convene again.

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