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Gambling Win Up Modestly

NEW ORLEANS -- Despite the addition of two new gambling venues over the past year, winnings for Louisiana's state-licensed casinos in May were up only about 3 percent from May 2003.

The 14 riverboat casinos, Harrah's New Orleans casino and three slot-machine casinos at racetracks won $187.4 million last month, compared with the $182.4 million lost by gamblers in May 2003, state police reported Monday.

A year ago the slots casino at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City had opened for only 10 days in May. Evangeline Downs added its new casino at Opelousas last December.

The report followed a pattern that has become standard in Louisiana with the addition of new gambling outlets failing to significantly raise the casinos' winnings -- and the state's tax take.

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