Stateline casino endorsed
By The Associated Press
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa. — Lyon County, Iowa, voters have taken the first step toward opening a new casino and resort by overwhelmingly approving the project.
Tuesday’s election found 62 percent in favor of and 38 percent opposed.
County Auditor Wayne Grooters says the 70 percent voter turnout was the highest ever for a special countywide election.
The Lyon County referendum is the first step toward an anticipated opening in 2011.
Two hundred acres of farmland near Larchwood would be transformed into a gambling and recreation hub intended to draw from the 200,000 residents in Sioux Falls area.
The casino complex would be 8 miles from Sioux Falls.

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Scooter from the block wrote on September 24, 2008 12:42 pm:
Seriously, it's time for us to grow up and be a big boy state. Gambling isn't the "devil" some Nebraskans try to make it out to be. "
Im ready wrote on September 24, 2008 1:17 pm:
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All on Red wrote on September 24, 2008 6:01 pm:
Property Taxes., Oh, yea those are going under BANK OWNED. So all those property taxes are gonig to be owned by the BANK. And the FED's just just bailed out the Banks. So if you think that the Feds are going to TAX themself, your nuts.
Gas, nobody is buying gas at $3.78 per gallon. People have stoped traveling. So no pumping gas = less tax money.
As a whole, this state is made fun of by everyone. It's backwards. You all are afaid to get with the time on most issues.
If you build it, they will come. They will plug in $$$ into Slot Machines. Lay big bets on Craps and BlackJack. And think about being able to bet on the Huskers everyweek.
$$$ is what the state needs and this is a great way to make some. But, oh, I forgot we are Nebraska, adn we aer afraid to get beyond 1929. "