A state legislator who owns a restaurant in northeast Iowa says the odds are good that a bill to ban smoking in state-licensed casinos passes the Iowa House this year. Republican Representative Shannon Lundgren of Peosta said thousands of casino employees are exposed...
Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says sales continue to be strong through last month at nearly 244 million dollars. “And those sales represent a 12,25% increase ahead of last year’s actual sales through the end of December,” Strawn says. He says the...
A bill to ban smoking at Iowa casinos has failed to clear a subcommittee in the Iowa Senate as operators of state licensed casinos objected, arguing they’d lose customers. Tony Phillips is a lobbyist for Penn Gaming, which operates the Ameristar Casino in...
Several changes are in the works in this new year for Iowa’s casino industry, including more casinos leaving the water for land. Racing and Gaming Administrator Tina Eick says things have moved right along and the new casino in Cedar Rapids should open in...
Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator Tina Eick says she is happy with the numbers as the calendar year ends. “At the end of November, we’re sitting pretty good. The casinos are running at half a percentage down for the calendar year, and on the sports...
