Iowa also has casinos along the Missouri River up north in Sioux City, which also takes gaming money out of Nebraska \u2013 or so says Morgan’s campaign.<\/p>\n
\nNebraskans spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually gambling at casinos in the bordering states,” the Keep the Money in Nebraska website reads. The group estimates that legalizing casinos at the racetracks will lead to $50 million-$120 million in new annual tax revenue, money that could be earmarked for property tax relief or education.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The group also wants Nebraskans to know this isn’t about transforming the Cornhusker State into Las Vegas, and that the racetracks \u2013 and only the racetracks \u2013 would be permitted to incorporate slot machines and table games into their facilities.<\/p>\n
The Horsemen’s Benevolent Protection Association has issued their support for the referendum. But there’s opposition, too.<\/p>\n
“We’re already in campaign mode,” Gambling With the Good Life Executive Director Pat Loontjer said. The anti-gambling group has been leading the opposition to casinos since its formation in 2002.<\/p>\n
However, according to state finance records, the committee hasn’t disclosed any fundraising this year.<\/p>\n
Path to Approval<\/b><\/h2>\n
If Keep the Money in Nebraska is successful in obtaining the necessary signatures to place the casino question before voters in November 2020, only a simple majority is needed for the racetracks to receive authorization for gambling.<\/p>\n
However, there is a condition that requires the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure to total at least 35 percent of all votes in the election.<\/strong><\/p>\nBallotpedia <\/i>explains, “If 100,000 electors voted in the election, but only 60,000 voted on the measure in question, the measure would require at least 35,000 ‘yes’ votes for approval, even though 30,000 would be a simple majority.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Nebraska tribe is singlehandedly funding a political committee that is working to place a ballot referendum question before voters next fall that would legalize casinos at the state’s six licensed horse racetracks. The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development unit Ho-Chunk Inc. is fully bankrolling the political group Keep the Money in Nebraska. Per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":122861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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