If Missouri voters approve a new casino at the Lake of the Ozarks Tuesday, the slot machines likely won’t start ringing until at least 2026.
According to the state’s top gaming regulator and a spokesman for the casino bid, it will take at least six months to go through the licensing process and another 18 months to build the facility, putting the timeline for an opening at two years out.
Casino giant Bally’s and an Eldon-based real estate development company have bankrolled the proposal, which, if approved, would result in an entertainment complex on the Osage River, below the dam that created the popular boating and recreation destination in mid-Missouri.
