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Iowa Casino Numbers Up

IOWA – As reported by the Des Moines Register: "Gamblers left behind a record $1.15 billion over the past 12 months at Iowa's riverboat and racetrack casinos, up 4.8 percent from the same period a year earlier, state records show.

"The casinos hosted more than 20 million guests, who lost an average of $57 each between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006, according to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.

"Commission studies have shown that a majority of Iowa players are from neighboring states, and casino industry officials said they are continuing to court those patrons.

"…The figures do not include Indian casinos, which are not state-regulated.

"Most of the increase in gambling revenue can be attributed to newly expanded racetrack casinos, which have opened in Council Bluffs and Dubuque, and to new casino operations in Worth County and Emmetsburg, said Jack Ketterer, the commission's administrator…"

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