Topeka, Kansas (AP) -- There's renewed interest in building a state-owned casino in Sumner County, Kan., nearly four months after Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment Inc., pulled out. Equity Ventures of Topeka, which had been an investment partner with Harrah's, will submit two applications for a resort casino near Mulvane, spokeswoman Nancy Seitz said.

Harrah’s Gaming says it won’t build its planned USD 500 million casino and resort near Mulvane, the Kansas Lottery said Monday. In a news release, the lottery says a representative from the casino development company informed the agency of its decision this afternoon in a letter. Jeffrey Ungerer, of Sumner Gaming Joint Venture, wrote: “We truly regret that we must withdraw our gaming application as a result of circumstances beyond our control that do not permit us to meet the proposed schedule for the project.