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Look Beyond Las Vegas To See Casino Gaming’s Large Local Impact | Forbes

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My latest for Forbes.com considers the ultimate impact of casino gaming: Even though Nevada lost its monopoly on casino gaming in 1976, many Americans still think of the national casino gaming industry as being mostly in—and benefiting—Las Vegas. But most of the $72 billion or so tribal and commercial casinos make each year comes from […]

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Goldstein lobbies for riverboats

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Bernard Goldstein, former owner of the Alter Companies, was influential in lobbying for the legalization of riverboat casinos in Iowa in 1988 and 1989. Goldstein’s riverboat casino company eventually became Isle of Capri.

You can learn more about riverboat casinos in Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. 

Go here to read an excerpt from the book, or learn where to buy your copy.

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Diamond Lady

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On April 1, 1991, owner Bernard Goldstein officially launched the Diamond Lady in Davenport, Iowa. This was the first riverboat casino in modern America.

Goldstein’s company evolved into Isle of Capri, still a major gaming operator. Learn more about riverboat gambling in Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. 

Go here to read an excerpt from the book, or learn where to buy your copy. 

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Bernie Goldstein, 1929-2009

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The casino industry has lost one of its major innovators with the passing of Bernie Goldstein this weekend. From the Quad City Times: Bernard “Bernie” Goldstein, 80, who got his start in business as a scrap metal dealer and became a major player in Americas gambling empire, died Sunday in Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf. “Im

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