Casino giant Bally’s on Saturday poured $1 million into the campaign for a casino at the Lake of the Ozarks, boosting the effort with a month to go before the Nov. 5 election.
The campaign for Amendment 5 also received $500,000 each from Eldon-based Osage Landing Development Co. and RIS Inc., bringing the weekend haul to more than $2 million.
Bally’s has helped bankroll the effort, which, if successful, would allow for a casino on a site on the Osage River below the Bagnell Dam, which created the popular boating and recreation destination in mid-Missouri.
A change in the state constitution is necessary to get the project underway because the state’s current fleet of 13 casinos is limited to sites along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
