The Woodlands’ racing license has been revoked by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, a state spokesman said today.
   The horse and dog track in Kansas City, Kansas, closed since August 2008, will no longer be able to run races at the track unless some future action is taken to apply for the license again.
   Mike Deines, spokesman for the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, said the license revocation was automatic. It took effect June 28, which was 30 days after the close of the Kansas legislative session, because no plan was submitted by then. 
   Woodlands officials earlier said they wanted the Legislature to change the amount of slots revenue that they were allowed. Under the expanded gaming law, the horse and dog racetracks that added slots would have paid the state 40 percent of the slot machine profits. The new destination casinos, however, were taxed 22 percent, and the horse and dog tracks proposed a legislative change that failed by a narrow margin this past session.
   Deines said licenses also were revoked for Wichita Greyhound Park, and Camptown Park in Frontenac, Kan., a dog track.
   “Currently there are no licenses to run racing in the state of Kansas,” Deines said.
   Tracks were given until June 28 to get a new plan to the state to reopen.
   Several phone calls to The Woodlands for a comment have not been returned. Earlier, Woodlands officials said they had been weighing options, including selling the racetrack.
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