State took in $414.5M from casinos in 2015-16
Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, June 20, 2018
How much money does the state take in from casinos?
According to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board’s latest annual report, released last year, the state’s 15 riverboat casinos paid $414.5 million in fiscal year 2015-2016, including $27.7 million from Isle of Capri, $69.2 million from L’Auberge Casino Resort and $53.8 million from Golden Nugget.
The report says the Harrah’s New Orleans land-based casino paid the state $63.8 million.
Video poker brought in $173.6 million, the report says, and racetrack gambling brought in $53.6 million.
“Gaming revenue continues to be a substantial part of the Louisiana economy, generating $705,517,316 in direct gaming revenue for FY 2015-16, a decrease of $8,341,668 from the previous fiscal year,” reads the report.
“Riverboat gaming continues to be the most dominant area in gaming, providing more than half of the state’s gaming revenue.”
Carter, wife unable to attend funeral
At Barbara Bush’s funeral, the Clintons, the Obamas and Mrs. Trump were present.
I watched both ABC and NBC News about the event and noticed that no mention of the Carters was made.
Why wasn’t he even mentioned?
The Informer can’t say why reporters and anchors failed to mention Jimmy Carter, but it can say that neither Carter nor his wife was able to attend the funeral.
The Carter Center, a humanitarian group started by the former president, released the following statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution two days before Bush’s funeral, which was April 21:
“President and Mrs. Carter regret that they are unable to attend. President Carter will be on a private trip overseas, and although she is recovering, Mrs. Carter is not yet able to travel following her recent intestinal surgery.”
Monday’s newspaper contained an error
A reader on Monday emailed The Informer a photograph of a page from that day’s newspaper, along with a message that concluded with a question.
“In the article attached, why does the title not agree with the body of the information contained inside?” she wrote.
“I say it is poor work at the American Press and my husband says it’s fake news perpetuated by the Associated Press and used directly by the American Press to avoid doing real reporting.
“Any comments?”
Sure: We made a mistake.
The headline: “Kimmel beats Sen. Cruz in charity game.”
The first sentence of the story: “Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic.”
The headline that The Associated Press sent atop the story: “TV host Jimmy Kimmel beat by Sen. Ted Cruz in charity game.”
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