The Kent City Council voted unanimously April 6 to adopt a revised gambling ordinance to allow the Great American Casino to remain open when the city annexes the business and the rest of the Panther Lake area on July 1.<\/p>\n
Kent currently bans casinos. But the ordinance passed by the Council includes a grandfather clause to allow the Great American Casino, 20500 108th Ave. S.E., to continue to operate without having to allow other casinos in the city under a bill approved last year by the state Legislature for cities that annex casinos.<\/p>\n
Without approval of the revised ordinance, the casino would have had to shut down its 14 table card games on July 1.<\/p>\n
The Council approved the revised ordinance as part of the consent calendar, which means it did not vote on the ordinance as a separate issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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