LINCOLN CASINO OPENING WILL HAVE TO WAIT AFTER COMMISSION HEARING IS POSTPONED

LINCOLN- The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission canceled a meeting that had been scheduled for September 13th over Zoom. 

The main item on the agenda was the consideration of a permanent license for the WarHorse Casino proposed for the Lincoln Race Course near U.S. 77 and West Denton Road. 

WarHorse was prepared to open a temporary casino with 433 slot machines in the race course's simulcast building on Sept. 19 if it had received a license from the commission. 

Commission Chairman Dennis Lee said a couple of members of the commission, who he did not name, expressed concerns about making the decision to grant the state's first permanent casino license over a Zoom meeting. 

Instead, consideration of WarHorse's permanent license has been moved to the commission's regular monthly meeting on Sept. 23.

A spokesperson for the casino said, "if WarHorse receives its permanent gaming license on Sept. 23, the Lincoln casino will open the next day." 

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