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Pinnacle's Louisiana license renewed

LOUISIANA – As reported by the Advocate: "A company that wants to open a third riverboat casino in Baton Rouge got another casino license renewed Tuesday despite confusion about whether the firm might face an ethics probe.

"State investigators told the Louisiana Gaming Control Board that nothing in Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s known background should block renewal of the L'Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles.

"They said they could not find out one fact: whether the Louisiana Board of Ethics is investigating allegations by an opponent of the Baton Rouge project that Pinnacle broke state campaign financing laws last year.

"…The board unanimously renewed the Lake Charles license for five years despite the missing information…"

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