State-owned casinos in Kansas are losing out on millions of dollars because of the coronavirus pandemic. Compared to last year’s revenues, casinos are down more than 90 million dollars since the crisis began. Casinos closed in March and were shut down for all of April. They began reopening in late May. The state gets 22 percent of what a casino makes in revenue, which means Kansas has lost about 20 million dollars from casinos alone. That money could be spent on paying down debt and infrastructure improvements or to help reduce taxes. As the number of cases started to decrease in May and casinos began to reopen, officials noticed a different trend among pent-up gamblers.
Source: KSN-TV
