Louisiana casinos take in $217.7 million despite Gustav

By The Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Updated: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana's state-licensed casinos won just under $218 million last month after coastal outlets lost most of the Labor Day weekend to Hurricane Gustav.

State police figures show that the 13 riverboat casinos won $153.9 million, while Harrah's downtown casino in New Orleans took in $30.5 million. The four race track casinos won a combined $33.3 million.

Casinos in Lake Charles and the New Orleans area were shuttered during Gustav.

In July, the casinos won just over $232 million. The take for August 2007 was a bit above $213 million.

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Barack Obama

Tue Sep 16 2008 17:09

It sounds to me like a windfall profit tax is needed.

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