blackjack, craps, and roulette<\/a>. There are more than 30 Indian-owned gaming venues on tribal lands, but they only offer slot machines.<\/p>\nVoters would first have to approve the project and it’s slated to be on the November ballot. Then legislators would have to favor a constitutional amendment to allow Yankton to get a gaming license with table games.<\/p>\n
People associated with the proposal said full array of gambling options is necessary to compete with Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood, Iowa. That facility is 88 miles from Yankton and has 750 machines and more than 20 tables.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like hitting a baseball,\u201d said former State Senator Bernie Hunhoff. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible if you don\u2019t swing. You got to give it a try.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Could water baptize a river district into a casino and entertainment destination and attract tourists? Officials with Yankton Area Progressive Growth (YAPG) believe it can. The group presented a plan earlier this week to construct an area near the Missouri River that would include a casino, restaurants, music space, river access, convention space, waterparks, retail […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Yankton, South Dakota Officials Float Idea of Casino Near Downtown River<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n