Racino supporters travel through state - 2004-04-06
A recently released University of Minnesota study that indicates the horse trade garnering roughly $1 billion in economic activity annually in the state - but that the actual impact for such high activity is relatively low - has supporters of the "racino" at Shakopee's Canterbury Park singing the praises of the state-run casino concept.

Carin Offerman, boarding director at Canterbury Park, and Kay King, executive director of the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association, are jouneying throughout the state stressing the merits of a casino at the race track.
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Miss.-Area Casino Operators See Returns Fall in 2003 - 2004-04-06
Tunica casino operators went through something last year they had not witnessed since the first gambling boat debuted 11 years ago -- a year-to-year fall in revenues.

Returns at the nine casinos around Robinsonville and one down the road in Lula, Miss. -- at $1.46 billion -were off roughly $20 million last year in comparison to 2002, according to Mississippi Gaming Commission figures.
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