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online sports betting platforms. Te casinos are all regulated by the Iowa Racing
11. Iowa
Commercial Casinos GGR Commercial Tribal Casinos Slots in Casinos
GGR Sports Betting
Authorised Gambling Commercial casinos, tribal casinos, retail sports betting, online sports betting, lottery. 19
$1.95bn 4
17,000 $202.3m
Iowa became the first state to legalise riverboat casinos in 1989 with the Excursion Gambling Boat Act. Tis was followed by the authorisation of electronic gaming devices at racetracks in 1994 with table games approved in 2005. Today there are 15 landbased commercial
casinos in Iowa, plus three riverboat casinos and one racino (Prairie Meadows Racetrack) and four tribal casinos. Tere are 14,362 slots in the com- mercial casinos and 2,643 in the tribal. Te four tribal casinos include Blackbird Bend
Casino in Onawa operated by the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake operated by Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Winna Vegas Casino in Sloan operated by Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and Meskwaki Bingo Casino in Tama operated by the Sac and Fox Tribe of Mississippi. A major expansion project is being undertaken
at Prairie Flower Casino due to open early 2025 to increase the size of the casino from 9.500sq.ft to 70,000 sq.ft to accommodate 600 slots and electronic table games. Te commercial casinos and racinos were auth-
orised to offer retail and online sports betting in 2019 and by 2023 sports betting was available at each of the 19 locations plus via 17 affiliated
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and Gaming Commission and although there are no limits on the number of casinos that can operate in Iowa each must receive approval from the residents via a county wide referendum. GGR from gaming in 2023 amounted to $1.95bn
a slight increase from 2022 revenue at $1.93bn. Tis was down $1.57bn from casino slots, $173m from table games and $202.3m from sports betting (an increase of 22 percent from the previous year). Online sports betting saw almost 29 per cent growth. Te casino and sports betting sectors generated
total gaming tax revenue of $384.9m in 2023. Te commercial casinos compete with the four
tribal casinos and neighbouring casinos in South Dakota, Nebraska and Missouri. Tis is set to in- tensify with two new casinos planned for Nebraska. In 2021 voters agreed to set aside land for
Iowa’s 20th commercial casino in Linn County however a state moratorium prevented the gaming commission from issuing further licences until June 2024. Plans are now back on the table with interest
from Cedar Rapids Development Group through a partnership with Peninsula Pacific Entertainment and the commission will vote on the proposed $250m casino plan in February 2025.
12. Kansas
Commercial Casinos Commercial GGR Tribal Casinos Slots in Casinos
GGR Sports Betting
Authorised Gambling Commercial casinos, tribal casinos, retail sports betting, online sports betting, lottery 4
$588.3m 7
9,272 $182.4m
Tere are four commercial casinos and seven tribal casinos in Kansas operating 4,964 slots and 4,300 slots respectively.
Commercial casinos are operated under the
authority of Kansas Lottery and regulated by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (RGC) after legislation to create four casinos was approved in 2007 and the casinos were opened between 2009 and 2017 in Dodge City, Mulvane, Pittsburg and Kansas City Commercial casinos can offer slots and table
games and after legislation was passed in 2022 retail and mobile sports betting are now also permitted via landbased sportsbooks within the casino properties. Total GGR in Kansas amounted to $588.3m. Commercial casino revenue was $355.8m from slots and $50m from table gaming. Te legislation means commercial casinos are
authorised to partner with up to 50 retail locations and host sports wagering kiosks at their facilities plus a maximum of three branded mobile platforms at each casino. At the end of 2023 there were six online sports-
books operational in Kansas including BetMGM, DraftKings, Caesars, PointsBet and FanDuel. Sports betting revenue amounted to $182.4m in 2023 of which online sports betting was responsible for $177.5m of this. Meanwhile the Prairie Band Casino and Resort
became the first tribal casino in the state of Kansas to offer sports betting in 2024 after a new Tribal-State Gaming Compact was signed. Te tribe’s retail outlet was followed by a mobile
app launched in September last year. Te tribe has signed a partnership with Kambi. Prairie Band Casino opened in 1998 near Topeka as the first full service casino in Kansas and is operated by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and it holds 1,200 slots, 25 table games and 400 seat bingo hall. Te seven tribal casinos are governed by the
State Gaming Agency and the first tribal casino, Golden Eagle (Kickapoo Tribe) opened in 1996 on Kickapoo reservation which were later followed by the Sac and Fox Casino (Sac and Fox Tribe), Prairie Band Casino, Casino White Cloud (Iowa Tribe), 7th Street Casino and Crosswinds Casino (Wyandotte Nation) and Downstream Casino Re- sort (Quapaw Tribe).
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