The Sioux Falls metroplex will be short one health care professional. Folks wanting to bring what ails them to Dr. Annette Bosworth will have to grit their teeth until tomorrow, since Dr. Bosworth is off playing Senate candidate at Mom…
Posts tagged as “gambling”
Our Wyoming neighbors have become the 44th state to establish a lottery. However, they won't be playing scratch tickets or video lottery: ...[I]n an unusual move, lawmakers banned the lucrative and popular scratch-off tickets and electronic video lottery games. “That…
The Deadwood gambling industry's woes over the smoking ban seem long gone. Visitors are betting more and casinos are making more in the Black Hills' gambling mecca: Total gross revenues for November 2011 versus November 2012 were up from $7.4…
South Dakota voters carved out a special constitutional privilege for the city of Deadwood, allowing entrepreneurs to make money that other South Dakota communities cannot, with casino gambling. Asking for further exceptions and exemptions from state law—e.g., the exception to…
Nielson Brothers Polling squeezes one more bit of fun out of their late October poll of Sioux Falls voters. NBP asked whether folks had visited the new Grand Falls Casino just across the border by Larchwood, Iowa. 44% said they'd…
My post on Madison Central's proposed $6.3 million bond issue to build an unnecessary gym alongside its dedication of $8.2 million to make necessary renovations to the high school sparked a conversation about rededicating video lottery money to K-12 funding.…
Don Jorgensen steps out from behind the KELO anchor desk to inform us that South Dakota's video lottery revenues are down 17% so far this year. Jorgensen postulates that the smoking ban, the weather, and the new Grand Falls Casino…
As I catch up on news in my new local paper, I read that gambling revenue for July was down 4% from the amount from the same month last year. For 2011 so far, gambling revenue is down 6.7% compared…