The Lincoln Race Course bar is seen with a Big Red Keno draw displayed on television monitors. The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission will meet Friday afternoon to consider final approval of the casino license of WarHorse Gaming Lincoln. “The power of this addiction is as intense as any addiction out there,” said Mike Sciandra, a Lincoln-based gambling counselor who is himself a recovering gambling addict.
In preparation for the opening, problem gamblers are being urged to file a “voluntary self-exclusion form” to bar their admission to the casino and the temptation to gamble. “We have every expectation that we’ll get a license,” said Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic wing of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and operator of WarHorse. Saturday, with more than 400 slot machines ready to go. A temporary casino, located at the Lincoln Race Course Thoroughbred track, is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m. LINCOLN - Nebraska’s first casino is expected to open Saturday morning in the Capital City, pending approval by the state gaming commission. Problem gamblers can file voluntary ‘self-exclusion’ paperwork to keep themselves out
Nebraska’s first casino expected to open Saturday, pending likely OK of license
