Nebraskans voted for a lottery in 1993. The state has also permitted live keno gaming statewide. As a result of these decisions, the Santee Sioux, Winnebago, and Omaha tribes have won the right to have casino table gambling on their small reservations.
For many years Omaha was the site of the very successful Aksarben thoroughbred racing track. Competition from a dog track in nearby Council Bluffs, Iowa, as well as from Iowa riverboats destroyed the prospects for profits at the track. Efforts for full casino gambling at the track failed (although it has been the site of a keno game). The track is permanently closed.
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