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Casinos
in La. win $167.1
million in November
December 23
November in Louisiana
was a good month.
That month, the
state-licensed casinos
there raked-in a
reported $167.1 million
from gamblers. While
that clobbered the $162
million that gamblers
lost in November 2003,
overall casino winnings
would have fallen if not for
the add-on of slot
machines at the
new Evangeline Downs in
Opelousas.
The state's riverboats
witnesses a 4.5% decline
in their winnings
compared to November
2003's reported
winnings. That attested
to lower winnings in the
Shreveport and Lake
Charles markets.
The 14 riverboat casinos
won $119 million, down
from $124.6 million in
November 2003. Harrah's
in downtown New Orleans
fared better, winning
$25.3 million, up from
$22.2 million a year
ago.
Slot machine casinos at
race tracks took in
$22.8 million from
gamblers in November, up
from $15.2 million in
November 2003, when
there were only two such
gambling outlets.
Evangeline Downs opened
its casino in December
2003.
A
fourth race track slot
machine casino could
open in New Orleans at
the Fair Grounds. On
Tuesday, the state
Gaming Control Board
formally approved an
agreement between
Harrah's and the
Fairgrounds that allows
the track to phase in a
limited number of slots
without infringing on
Harrah's monopoly rights
on land-based gambling
in the city.
The
Churchill Downs Inc.
filed papers with the
Louisiana state police
in October for a
mandatory background
check of the track's
owners, suppliers and
managers. The check is
expected to be completed
by spring 2005. After
that, the board may
legally permit slot
machine gambling at
Churchill.
In
the New Orleans market,
which currently includes
the downtown casino and
three riverboats,
gamblers lost $48
million, up 3.4 million
from last November
In
the Shreveport-Bossier
City area, the 5
dockside casinos and the
slot machines at
Louisiana Downs won a
reported $62.6 million.
$3.2 million less than
last November.
In
Lake Charles, the pair
of two-boat complexes
and the Delta Downs slot
casino won a reported
$36 million in November.
$1.2 million less than
last November.
Also in November, two
riverboats in Baton
Rouge won a reported
$14.7 million. $200,000
more than last November.
Last month, t he
slot casino located
inside Evangeline Downs
in Opelousas won a
reported $5.7 million.
These figures do not
include the state's
three Indian reservation
casinos. By law, they do
not have to announce
their winnings.
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