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Indiana Casinos Results Up

INDIANA -- Twenty-four-hour gambling has proven lucrative for Southeastern Indiana's riverboat casinos over the first three months of the year.

"Wagering figures released Tuesday by the Indiana Gaming Commission show that the three Greater Cincinnati-area casinos pulled in a combined $182.9 million in gaming win (or gamblers' losses) from January through March, a 12.7 percent jump over the same period one year ago.

"In March, the area riverboats combined raked in $63.6 million, a 3.4 percent gain over March of 2003.

"…Indiana has gradually eased gambling restrictions over the past two years with the introduction of dockside gambling in the summer of 2002 and approval last summer for casinos to stay open all day and night…"

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