When John Voigt talks to the penny slots at Prairie Meadows, his tone can change fast.
"Oh, I just won twenty! Twenty cents, holy bazzoli," Voigt says while playing one machine, "What? Would you take this machine out, this one obviously doesn't work properly," he adds just a minute later.
His message to the state's gaming commission on a new casino in Des Moines is consistent.
"The only two people who want it are the two entities who can make the bucks out of it. You know it the old (saying) follow the money?" Voigt says.
Peninsula gaming and Wild Rose Entertainment have both proposed building new casinos in Polk County, under Prairie Meadows' gaming license.
Bonnie Sharon likes the idea.
"I think it'd be a good idea," Sharon says while playing a slot machine.
A new casino could mean a shorter drive from Guthrie Center.
"It'd be nice, yes," says Sharon.
But at a meeting Thursday morning in Riverside, the commission stated it would not support the idea based on a recommendation from the Prairie Meadows board.
"There's no reason to expand gaming in Polk County," board president Mike Galloway said during a board meeting Wednesday.
Anyone can still apply for a new gaming license until November 9th. No one from Peninsula Gaming or Wild Rose Entertainment returned phone calls on the issue.
John hopes that means the plans are scrapped.
"You got it pal, and that's it," Voigt says.
"Oh, I just won twenty! Twenty cents, holy bazzoli," Voigt says while playing one machine, "What? Would you take this machine out, this one obviously doesn't work properly," he adds just a minute later.
His message to the state's gaming commission on a new casino in Des Moines is consistent.
"The only two people who want it are the two entities who can make the bucks out of it. You know it the old (saying) follow the money?" Voigt says.
Peninsula gaming and Wild Rose Entertainment have both proposed building new casinos in Polk County, under Prairie Meadows' gaming license.
Bonnie Sharon likes the idea.
"I think it'd be a good idea," Sharon says while playing a slot machine.
A new casino could mean a shorter drive from Guthrie Center.
"It'd be nice, yes," says Sharon.
But at a meeting Thursday morning in Riverside, the commission stated it would not support the idea based on a recommendation from the Prairie Meadows board.
"There's no reason to expand gaming in Polk County," board president Mike Galloway said during a board meeting Wednesday.
Anyone can still apply for a new gaming license until November 9th. No one from Peninsula Gaming or Wild Rose Entertainment returned phone calls on the issue.
John hopes that means the plans are scrapped.
"You got it pal, and that's it," Voigt says.
