The argosy casino sailed away from sioux city more than a year ago. But, the floating casinos legal battles continue. An appeal, by the belle of sioux city, a Penn National gaming subsidiary that operated the argosy, to the iowa court of appeals in december. That appeal centers on the iowa racing and Gaming Commissions rejection of penns request to extend the riverboats gaming license. The irgc awarded that license to the Hard Rock Hotel and casino, and its nonprofit partner Missouri River historical development. Ktivs tommie clark has the details from that case in des moines. That, under iowa gaming law, to have a casino you must partner with a nonprofit, and must maintain the relationship or you lose your license. Their failure to maintain that relationship. Their heavyhanded tactics at the very beginning and their misjudgement and misunderstanding of the gaming laws which led to this controversy and theyve been scrambling ever since then to pick up the pieces, said sce or hard rock