Wichita and Sedgwick County may as well have voted for casino slots a couple of decades ago when Phil Ruffin Sr. first wanted them, because the billionaire Las Vegas casino owner wasn’t going to stop trying for them — ever.
“Oh, hell, I never give up,” he said. “I knew someday I’d get it, and I got it.”
In 2023, the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission granted Ruffin a license to operate 1,000 historical horse racing machines at his former Wichita Greyhound Park near 77th Street North and Hydraulic, where guests also can place bets on live horse races nationally…