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Missouri has a 1994 law that prohibits casino-style gambling unless it's an "excursion gambling boat", any floating facility touching the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers. This has led to enormous casinos and hotels built on artifical lakes adjacent to the rivers. What in the heck is going on here?

by /u/SaintShrink in /r/AskHistorians

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