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Louisiana OK's 1st riverboat casino request to move to land

The new casino will be nearly triple the size of the riverboat.

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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2006 file photo, Sean Redd, right, and Sharon Bordlee both from Kenner, La., play a craps game at Harrah's Casino in New Orleans. Amid a new reality _ casinos are not recession-proof _ gambling in Louisiana and Mississippi is staging a slow comeback from the economic meltdown of 2008, aggravated for a time by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that chased away some tourists. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has approved its first application to move a riverboat casino to land. The Gaming Control Board approved the application from the owners of a Lake Charles-area riverboat on Thursday.

Eighteen months ago, the Louisiana legislature decided that state-regulated casinos outside New Orleans don't have to stay on the water.

The Advocate reports that Eldorado Resorts plans a new $112.7 million casino between the parking lot and hotel for the Isle of Capri riverboat in Westlake.

The new casino will be nearly triple the size of the riverboat.

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