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The latest new local attraction is a new $47 million resort, The Lodge at Deadwood. It includes a four-story hotel, convention center, water park, restaurant, bar and casino. The hotel, water park and bar opened Nov. 6, and the casino and restaurant ...

Markus Volimas, who plays the role of Wild Bill Hickok in daily re-enactments, rests his hands on his guns as he stands outside the Saloon No. 10 on Main Street in Deadwood, S.D., May 25, 2005. The town is celebrating 20 years of legalized gambling ...

PIERRE, S.D. - Legalized gambling began in Deadwood on Nov. 1, 1989, when an actor portraying Wild Bill Hickok, accompanied by a woman portraying Calamity Jane, shot a revolver into the air. This month, the historic town celebrates not just 20 years ...

... park and bar opened Nov. 6, and the casino and restaurant will be ready in early December. Still, Deadwood has to keep an eye on the competition for gamblers. Deadwood was just the third place in the nation to legalize gambling back in 1989.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Legalized gambling began in Deadwood on Nov. 1, 1989, when an actor portraying Wild Bill Hickok, accompanied by a woman portraying Calamity Jane, shot a revolver into the air. This month, the historic town celebrates not just 20 ...

The decision is in - the historic Black Hills gambling town of Deadwood is losing its grocery store. Blondie's IGA will close its doors at the end of November because of fewer customers, high utility costs and competition with other stores in the ...

back in 1989, there were not many states that were expanding their casino gambling options. The town of Deadwood, South Dakota, however, started allowing casinos in November of that year. Now, over twenty years later, Deadwood has become a model of ...

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - The decision is in - the historic Black Hills gambling town of Deadwood is losing its grocery store. Blondie's IGA will close its doors at the end of November because of fewer customers, high utility costs and competition with ...

Backers of a statewide smoking ban say they expect to be outspent by opponents in what's expected to be a hard-fought campaign after deciding Thursday not to appeal a judge's ruling. The decision makes the prospect of a November vote more likely ...

Deadwood casino operators have talked about adding craps and roulette to the card games and slots they have offered for two decades, but they are not yet ready to ask state voters for permission, gambling officials said Wednesday. "We've had ...