by Dar Danielson | Nov 19, 2018 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson will pay $10,000 for an accounting error. The administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, Brian Ohorilko, says the problem involved free plays given to casino customers. He says free gambling plays are taxed by the state...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 17, 2018 | Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Lottery is asking a judge to throw out the lawsuit of a man says he should be paid part of a $16 million Hot Lotto jackpot that was the center of a major fraud case. Larry Dawson of Webster City won a Hot Lotto jackpot that was a little more than $9 million ...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 4, 2018 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood had an unwelcome waterfall in the hotel right before the New Year. General Manager Sharon Haselhoff says the extreme cold led to pipes breaking. “We ended up having two frozen pipes in our fire suppression system,”...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 24, 2017 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Preliminary information shows more than one Iowan came close to getting a piece of the mega Hot Lotto jackpot. A single ticket sold in Massachusetts had all the winning numbers for the jackpot that grew to nearly $759 million right before Wednesday’s drawing....
by Dar Danielson | Jun 19, 2017 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is reviewing the way lifetime gambling bans are handled as a major change in the law approaches. Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says the time period available for self-bans changes on July 1st. “The new law...