UNLV Online Gaming Abstract: Iowa Statistics

UNLV Online Gaming Abstract: Iowa

Background

In 1989, Iowa became the first state to legalize riverboat gaming. Drawing equally on the mythic past and the economic realities of the late 1980s, riverboat gaming was a compromise between those who wanted to use gambling to boost tourism to slumping areas of the state and those who were loath to permit full-fledged casinos.

Iowa's initial gaming laws provided for wager and loss limits and limited gambling operation to cruising periods. With the success of casinos under less stringent restrictions in neighboring Illinois, Iowa eventually loosened its own requirements.

In 1994, Iowa began allowing its race tracks to install slot machines.

These pages have information on slot and table win for all Iowa riverboats and racinos.

Iowa Comparative Annual Data

Iowa 2007 statistics

Iowa 2006 statistics

Iowa 2005 statistics

Iowa 2004 statistics

Iowa 2003 statistics

Adjusted Gross Revenue($): 2003 - 2007

Year	Racetrack	Riverboat	Total
2003	314,897,769	665,092,334	979,990,103
2004	336,005,373	715,510,336	1,051,515,709
2005	350,438,945	745,998,062	1,096,437,007
2006	389,856,515	759,202,990	1,149,059,505
2007	459,887,597	860,076,528	1,319,964,125

This project was made possible by a grant from the UNLV Libaries Advisory Board and greatly enhanced by the diligent work of Saro Oknaian.

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