In just five weeks, the 433 slot machines at Lincoln’s Warhorse Casino paid out $800,000 to the state’s Property Tax Credit Fund – $28,500 for compulsive gamblers’ assistance and $143,000 to each, the city of Lincoln and Lancaster County.
“This first month has been a very nice number,” said Lancaster County Commissioner Christa Yoakum.
But Yoakum, who is the vice-chair of the board, said they want to wait and see if cash keeps rolling in at this pace.
“It’s kind of hard to know how much money that will be and how consistent that will be coming in, what that revenue stream will look like. So the county wants to meet with the city to kind of determine how best to use those funds,” Yoakum said.
