DES MOINES, IA- Iowa's casino officials are worried that future Nebraskan casinos will hurt Iowa's gambling revenues. The state of Iowa, and the Iowa gaming industry is worried that the new Nebraska casinos would add to the continued strain casinos are already feeling amidst the pandemic. Nebraskans who approved the ballot initiatives legalizing gaming at horse tracks at the ballot box hope to reclaim the estimated $500 million Nebraskans spend in Iowa casinos every year.

Horse racing has also been on the decline in recent years and proponents of the gambling initiatives are hoping the new gambling laws will allow for that industry to flourish like it once did in the state.

Michael Newlin, general manager of Horsemen’s Park in Omaha and Lincoln Race Course said he believes the new casinos will provide a boost to horse racing in the region because their profits will boost purses at races. The horse racing industry has been in decline for decades across the country.

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