Photos: Opening of the Lincoln Warhorse Casino
Tribal Elder and member of the Nebraska Winnebago Tribe's Tribal Council Ken Mallory (left) and Wally Wollesen officially play the first games at WarHorse Casino's opening in Lincoln on Sept. 24.
People line up Saturday morning at the entrance to WarHorse Lincoln, the first state-licensed casino to open.
People line up in September at the entrance to WarHorse Lincoln, the first state-licensed casino to open.
Tribal Elder Ken Mallory of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (left) and Wally Wollesen of the Nebraska Horsemen's and Benevolent Association officially play the first games at WarHorse Casino on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.
Tribal Elder Ken Mallory of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (left) and Wally Wollesen of the Nebraska Horsemen's and Benevolent Association officially play the first games at WarHorse Casino on Saturday.
Tribal Elder and member of the Nebraska Winnebago Tribe's Tribal Council Ken Mallory officially pulls the casino's first slot machine during the opening ceremony for first state licensed Casino on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at WarHorse Casino.
WarHorse Lincoln has placed 51 slot machines in a separate smoking "room" that qualifies as an outdoor space because it is not completely enclosed.
Dirt work continues at Lincoln Race Course, where WarHorse Lincoln is preparing to build a casino resort complex with construction extending into 2024.
The temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln will have 433 slot machines, while still leaving space dedicated for betting on simulcast horse races.
WarHorse Lincoln is the state's first licensed casino.
Dirt work continues at Lincoln Race Course, where WarHorse Lincoln is preparing to build a casino resort complex with construction extending into 2024.
Slot machines are seen at the temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Lincoln Race Course.
Slot machines are seen at the temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Lincoln Race Course.
On Saturday, gamblers will walk into the temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln for the first time.
The temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln includes a dedicated space for those wagering on simulcast horse races.
Slot machines at WarHorse Lincoln opened to the public on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.
Horse race simulcasting screens are seen at the temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Lincoln Race Course.
Betting kiosks for simulcast wagers are spaced out throughout the temporary casino at WarHorse Lincoln.
Slot machines at WarHorse Lincoln could open to the public on Saturday.
Visitors to WarHorse Lincoln dropped an estimated $43 million, or close to $1.4 million a day, into slot machines during October.
Ryan Kizzier was a husband and father of two young boys.
When it opens, the temporary casino at Fonner Park will have 280 slot machines and kiosks for wagering on live and simulcast horse races.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission on Wednesday approved an operating license for a temporary casino at Grand Island's Fonner Park, which is set to open on Tuesday.
Once Gov. Jim Pillen signs off on sports betting rules, they will be submitted to the Secretary of State's Office and become official about a week after that.
Nebraska Racing and Gaming Executive Director Tom Sage said sports betting technically became legal in the state on Wednesday, but there is not yet infrastructure in place to take bets.
Guy Fieri's Kitchen + Bar is set to open in May at Harrah's Council Bluffs Hotel and Casino. The restaurant comes as part of a $22 million plan.
Fonner Park, which runs the majority of the state's live race dates, has decided not to simulcast its races to other states because of expensive new federal regulations.
The company plans a 28,000-square-foot casino and sportsbook with more than 500 slot machines and 14 table games along U.S. 81 on the northwest side of the city.
The casinos combined to produce more than $1.34 million in gaming taxes last month, the highest amount so far in the state's brand-new racetrack casino industry.
The Grand Island Casino Resort wants to expand its temporary operation at Fonner Park to add craps, roulette and blackjack.
WarHorse Lincoln and the Grand Island Casino Resort combined to generate nearly $1.55 million in gaming taxes in March, the most ever for one month.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission on Friday approved a sports wagering catalog that lays out what sports bettors will be able to wager on.
Rondale King is alleged to have used another man's stolen U.S. Passport card and forged check to get a $3,000 cash advance at WarHorse Casino on Nov. 22.
Caesar's Entertainment announced Monday that the temporary Harrah's Casino at Ag Park in Columbus opened at 9 a.m. Monday as scheduled.
The amount of taxes collected at casinos in Lincoln and Grand Island fell in June, but the opening of Harrah’s Casino in Columbus helped move the statewide total up.
The expansion, which is expected to take about a year, will create 900 gaming positions, including 10 table games, while making improvements to the simulcasting and sports book areas.
Work continued with laying Legacy Downs at WarHorse's race track's cushion, a tedious process that will take weeks to complete.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission reported $1.545 million in July, up from $1.35 million collected in June.
A year after Nebraska's first state-licensed casino opened in Lincoln, fears over the purported increase in crime that opponents warned would accompany casino gambling's arrival have not come to pass.
Casino gambling has now been legal in Nebraska for a year. Experts say they've seen a "gradual" increase in the number of people seeking assistance for problem gambling.
Currently, Nebraskans hit an electronic brick wall when they try to use sports-wagering apps here, where online gambling is not legal. But some expect mobile betting will hit Nebraska eventually.
Nebraska has no need for additional horse racing tracks and the casinos that would accompany them, a new report says.
Nebraska's problem gamblers have long had access to casinos in other states, a consultant's report says, so the state's new casino industry may have only a marginal impact on addicts.
WarHorse Lincoln opened an expansion on Monday that includes roulette, blackjack and one electronic craps table that bounces giant dice like the board game Trouble.
