Big Red Keno files lawsuit to operate new Lincoln casino Keno operator claims Lincoln race track broke contract Share Updated: 7:42 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021 Keno operator claims Lincoln race track broke contract Share Updated: 7:42 PM CDT Jun 15, 2021
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Show Transcript ANDREW: THERE’S A LATE ENTRY IN THE CASINO DERBY AT LINCOLN’S HORSE RACING TRACK. BIG RED KENO SAYS IT HAS FIRST RIGHTS TO OPERATE ANY EXPANDED GAMING THERE, CITING A CONTRACT DATING BACK TO 2013 WITHHE T INC., WHICH RUNS THE LINCOLN THE OMAHA RACING AND PEDIEXTION INC., WHICH RUNS THE LINCOLN RACE COURSE. BIG RED KENO BELIEVES THAT AGREEMENT IS VALID UNTIL 2033. IN MARCH, HOCHUNK INC. OF THE WIEBNNAGO TRIBE AND THE NEBRASKA HORSEMEN’S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A $220 MILLION HOTEL, CASINO, AND EVENT CENTER AT THE LINCOLN SITE. THE HORSEMEN ASSOCIATION OWNS THE NDLA. STILL, BIG RED’S KENO’S ATTORNEY SAYS MOVING FORWARD W