15th and last Riverboat Casino to be allowed by law in Louisiana

L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino joins an already competitive battle in southwest Louisiana to win the attention and wallets of casino players from nearby Texas. The Lake Charles mayor already has slot machine casinos at two steel wire complexes run by Harah's Entertainment Inc. and Isle of Capri Casino Inc. and at the Delta Downs racetrack in Vinton.

Also, the Kushata Indian Tribe is booking popular land casinos and hotels near Kinder.

L'Auberge has placed 30,000 square feet of gambling space allowed by state law on a single-level river boat, the only type of single-level river boat casino allowed in Louisiana and the largest single-level river boat casino in the United States. The boat will be equipped with 60 table games and 1,600 slot machines.

The casino's 26-story hotel has 743 rooms, suites and private villas. The resort also includes 26,000 square feet of conference space, shops and an 18-hole golf course designed by renowned golf architect Tom Fazio.

The casino opens at 10 p.m. on Thursday.

Loverge will close the modern legalized gambling arena in Louisiana, such as the opening of all Riverboat casinos allowed by law. The first gamble took place in late 1993 in New Orleans, more than two years after Congress approved Riverboat gambling. 바카라사이트 추천

In April, according to state statistics, the mayor of Lake Charles made $40.3 million out of the $189.4 million gamblers lost at state-sanctioned casinos. The numbers in Lake Charles have been stable for some time, with little overall growth.

The island has already made two attempts to move its river boats out of Lake Charles, but plans to move its casinos to Cameron Parish have failed. Last month, the boat became the state's lowest-grossing riverboat with a mere $1 million, while its sister boat, the Grand Palace, made $13 million.

Pinnacle has two other steel-wire casinos in Louisiana, Boomtown in Boomtown in Boomtown in Boomtown in Harvey's New Orleans suburbs