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Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati open for business

Six million visitors a year expected

Updated: Monday, 04 Mar 2013, 9:05 PM EST
Published : Monday, 04 Mar 2013, 6:01 AM EST

Dan Edwards

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WDTN/AP) - Ohio's fourth and final casino opened Monday evening in downtown Cincinnati.

The spacious Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati has more than 2000 slot machines ranging from 1 cent to $500 per spin.

There's also a high stakes gaming area, where visitors can bet up to $50,000 per hand in Blackjack.

Casino officials expect more than six million visitors per year. People were lined up several hours before the grand opening at 8:30 pm to be among the first players in casino history.

According to state officials, about $133 million in taxes from $404 million dollars in revenue has gone to Ohio schools, counties, and cities.

The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is the last of four casinos in Ohio approved by voters in 2009.

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From the Associate Press: Thousands of die-hard gamblers and curious locals poured into a new casino in downtown Cincinnati after a grand opening featuring a fireworks display set to Frank Sinatra and Alicia Keys.

Crowds cheered as the doors opened of Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati opened Monday night. It's the last of four to open in Ohio in less than a year.

It took about two years and $400 million to build the two-story casino on what used to be a run-down parking lot.

Casinos in Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus have brought in nearly $404 million combined. From that, about $133.2 million has gone to Ohio schools, counties and cities.

But projected revenues are far lower now than when Ohio voters approved four casinos in 2009.

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