'WE'VE NEVER HAS THIS KIND OF MONEY BEFORE': NEBRASKA'S WINNEBAGO TRIBE PLANNING FOR CASINO WINDFALL

OMAHA- Profits from casinos opening in Omaha and Lincoln will give the Winnebago tribe a new opportunity to improve the lives of its people. Tribal members say the delightful challenge ahead is how to best spend the money expected to pour in once its casinos are up and running.

“We’ve never had this kind of money before,” said Lance Morgan, chief executive officer of Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe’s economic development arm. Two newly built, tribal-owned WarHorse casinos will tap gamblers’ pockets in Nebraska’s two largest metro areas starting this year. The tribe plans to open the new WarHorse Casino in Omaha on Aug. 6, and a few months later its sister casino in Lincoln. A third WarHorse casino is planned in South Sioux City.

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