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Twin River Casino, previously Lincoln Greyhound Park, is a casino and former race track in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The facility has over of gaming space, with over 4,500 video slot machines and virtual table games, as well as 80 live table games, including a gaming mix of blackjack, roulette, craps and more. Other amenities include an event center, two restaurants, three food courts, several bars, and a racebook. Twin River offers both smoking and non-smoking gaming rooms. ==History== Lincoln Downs opened on July 7, 1947.〔 〕 It was built by B. A. Dario, owner of the Pascoag Park Racetrack in Pascoag, Rhode Island, and accommodated 5,800 spectators in the grandstand, plus 2,000 more in the clubhouse and turf club.〔 〕 In 1976, Dario closed the track early, stating that it had lost $400,000 in 28 days, due to the loss of customers to Connecticut's off-track betting and jai alai, and the state's refusal to allow the track to keep a larger share of the betting handle.〔 〕 Later that year, Dario sold his 82 percent controlling interest in the park to the Taunton Greyhound Association.〔 〕 The track was renamed as Lincoln Greyhound Park, and began its first season of greyhound racing in June 1977.〔 〕 In April 1977, Dario claimed he had a deal to purchase Narragansett Park, but those claims proved unsubstantiated.〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19770407&id=BSZJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WQYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2608,1125020〕 In December 1989, the owners, Alfred Ross and Joseph Linsey of Florida, agreed to sell Lincoln Greyhound Park, along with four other dog tracks in Colorado and South Dakota, for an estimated total of $80 million to United Track Racing, a joint venture between Wembley plc (the British parent company of Wembley Stadium) and United Tote (a Montana-based supplier of computerized wagering systems for racetracks).〔 〕〔 〕 United Tote was charged with managing the tracks, due to Wembley's lack of experience in the American pari-mutuel market.〔 〕 Wembley bought out United Tote's 20 percent stake in the company in August 1992.〔 Rhode Island's 1991-92 budget authorized Lincoln and the state's other pari-mutuel facility, Newport Jai Alai, to offer off-track betting for 104 days a year. Simulcasting of horse races from other tracks began in July 1991.〔 〕 In 1992, with pari-mutuel handles dropping due to competition from the newly opened Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, Rhode Island authorized video lottery terminals with poker and blackjack games to be installed at Lincoln Park and Newport Jai Alai. Lincoln came online in September 1992 with 189 machines.〔 〕 By 1993, the number had increased to 900.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Twin River Casino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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