Legal
March 18, 2021
Nebraska Sports Betting Bill Moves Forward to the Next Round
A majority of Nebraskan senators approved Legislative Bill 561, regulating sports betting and allowing people to play online keno, and allowed it to move forward towards the next round. Sports Betting Regulation Bill Moves to the Second Round On Wednesday, during the Nebraska Legislature session, state senators approved Legislative Bill 561 to move forward with a 37-5 vote. […]
Legal
March 2, 2021
Nebraska Forwards Bills to Legislature to Allow Casino and Betting
Casino and sports gambling could be coming to Nebraska as LB 560, and LB 561 merged on Monday and passed onto full legislature. Nebraska Pushes Ahead with Casino and Betting Legalization A pack of legislative measures that would lead to the legalization of casino gambling and possibly sports betting in Nebraska made it out from the General Affairs Committee and into the legislature, […]
Legal
February 3, 2021
Nebraska Lawmakers Discuss Legalized Casinos
After voters legalized gambling in Nebraska, state lawmakers should move quickly to ensure regulation of the industry in the state. Nebraska Members of Legislature’s General Affairs Committee Discuss Gambling Regulation During a public hearing on Monday, which focused on Nebraska’s legalized gambling, members of the Legislature’s General Affairs Committee began discussing under what conditions gambling […]
Business
January 24, 2021
Nebraska State Fair Board Supports Games of Chance at the Fair
Nebraska’s State Fair Board showed support for games of chance to take place at the fair. Fonner Park, the home of the state’s fair and live horse racing announced plans to establish a casino State Fair Board in Nebraska Supports Games of Chance The State Fair Board’s monthly meeting in Nebraska took place on Saturday […]
Legal
January 20, 2021
Nebraska Senator Backs Voters on Race Track Casinos with Pair of Bills
Senator Tom Briese of Albion, Nebraska has pitched two new legislative bills that outline the possible rollout of sports betting at casino racetracks in the state. Sen. Briese All out for Legalized Sports Betting in Nebraska Nebraska Senator Tom Briese of Albion is looking to speed up the implementation of gambling in the state, following […]
Casino
December 18, 2020
Ho-Chunk Launched WarHorse Gaming to Develop Racetrack Casinos
Ho-Chunk, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe, announced the launch of its new business WarHorse Gaming LLC tasked to manage the casino expansion at the company’s three horse racing tracks in Nebraska. Nebraska Approved Casinos at Race Tracks Residents in the state voted in favor of the proposed gaming expansion on the referendum […]
Business
November 11, 2020
Nebraska Casino Legalization Worries Iowa Gambling Industry
Iowa’s gambling industry officials are worried that a vote in Nebraska last week, which greenlighted the opening of several casinos, could hurt their bottom line, the Associated Press reports. Along with the Presidential elections, Nebraska voters approved three constitutional amendments last week, paving the way for casinos to be opened at the six licensed horse […]
Casino
November 4, 2020
Nebraska Vote Opens the Way for Ho-Chunk’s Three Casinos
Residents in Nebraska approved the proposed gambling expansion for the state’s horse race tracks Tuesday, as nearly 65% of the voters agreed to a state constitution amendment that would permit tracks develop casinos. In anticipation of the vote, Ho-Chunk, the economic development of the Winnebago Tribe, formed this week a new business entity, WarHorse Gaming […]
Legal
October 28, 2020
Nebraska Anti-Gambling Campaign Mailer Elicits Rebuke from Warren Buffet
A campaign mailer used a photo of Warren Buffett with an inappropriate racial slogan which Mr. Buffett has since condemned. Warren Buffet Says He Disavows Racial Wording in Campaign Mailer Finance heavyweight and billionaire Warren Buffett has said that he had nothing to do with an “anti-Native American” with a campaign mailer from a group […]
Legal
October 25, 2020
Nebraska’s New Racinos Proposal Faces Opposition
Three new initiatives to allow casinos at licensed horse racetracks will figure on Nebraska’s general election ballot in November. Opponents say that initiatives 429, 430, and 431 will lead to losses and gambling addiction across the state. Political committee Keep The Money in Nebraska got the measures on November’s ballot via a petition. Nebraskans will […]