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A Pennsylvania company with gambling operations in 12 states is the first applicant for a contract to manage a state-owned casino in Kansas.Casino Application Filed (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A Pennsylvania company with gambling operations in 12 states is the first applicant for a contract to manage a state-owned casino in Kansas. Penn National Gaming Inc. proposes a $295 million hotel-and-casino complex in Cherokee County, in the state's far southeast corner. It filed its application Friday with the Kansas Lottery, which would own the casino under a new law. The new law permitted .State's first casino application comes from Pa. (The Wichita Eagle)

People opposed to casino gambling often point to the problem of gambling addiction, they say new casinos will just encourage more people to become addicted to betting, and destroy fortunes and lives. Chris Berdik looked into the science of gambling addiction.The Science of Gambling Addiction (WBUR Boston)