Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Poker back in Dodge City

Wyatt Earp would be happy.   Gunsmoke fans (and the rest of us) now have another reason - maybe, finally just a reason - to visit Dodge City, Kansas.  The Boot Hill Casino and Resort has opened for business.

Boot Hill sports about 20,000 square feet of gaming space for nearly 600 slot machines and 12 table games tables (apparently including craps).  Dodge City is the milieu that inspired Gunsmoke (which ran on TV for two decades).  It's also the place that the famed Wyatt Earp dealt cards.

This is the first casino to open in Kansas from a 2007 law authorizing a total of four in the state.   A 120+ hotel is planned with an opening slated for 2012.

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