Woodlands racetrack has an interested buyer if slots approved

The Woodlands racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas, once home to off-track betting and to live horse, greyhound and wiener dog racing, has been closed since 2008. Now Phil Ruffin, a wealthy businessman from Wichita, has acquired the option to buy the track.

Still, the crux of the deal is held up by the same issue that caused the track’s current owner, Howard Grace, to shut it down: Kansas laws that prohibit the installation of slot machines at racetracks.