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Prairie Meadows is a thoroughbred and quarter horse racetrack and casino in Altoona, Iowa. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ...
The American Quarter Horse is a breed of horse originally bred specifically to race the quarter mile. ...
Alternative use: Race track Racetrack is a pencil and paper game, nominally for two players. ...
Casino (disambiguation). ...
Altoona is a city located in Polk County, Iowa. ...
History and information  Prairie Meadows in September 2005 In 1984, Prairie Meadows received a license from the Iowa State Racing Commission to operate a horse racing facility after parimutuel betting was legalized by the state. In 1987, groundbreaking ceremonies were held for Prairie Meadows. Parimutuel betting (from the French language: pari mutuel, mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets. ...
Prairie Meadows conducted its first day of racing on March 1, 1989. However, the track lost money during its first few years of operation and filed for bankruptcy in 1991. Live racing was suspended for the 1992 season before revenues from off-track betting allowed racing to resume the following year. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On May 17, 1994, Polk County voters approved a referendum allowing the installation of slot machines at Prairie Meadows. On April 1, 1995, the slot machine casino opened at Prairie Meadows, and by the end of 1996, Prairie Meadows was able to pay off the bonds that were issued by the Polk County Board of Supervisors. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Polk County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ...
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On December 14, 2004, Prairie Meadows added casino game tables after receiving state approval to do so. As a result of the high demand for these tables, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved Prairie Meadows' plans to expand its facility on January 25, 2005. Construction on the expansion began in September 2005 and is expected to be finished in 2007. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Games available in most casinos are commonly called casino games. ...
January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Prairie Meadows is owned by Polk County and operated by the non-profit Racing Association of Central Iowa, a 13-member board of Polk County residents. The revenues generated by Prairie Meadows are given to various community projects in the Des Moines area, including construction of the Iowa Events Center complex in downtown Des Moines. A non-profit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...
Des Moines skyline Des Moines (french for Some Monks) (pronounced in English, in French) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Iowa. ...
The Iowa Events Center is a public events complex located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. ...
Physical attributes Prairie Meadows has a one mile dirt track with a chute for quarter horses. On site is a casino with 1,500 slot machines and 33 casino game tables featuring games such as poker, roulette, and blackjack. The expansion project will add an additional 500 slot machines and 32 game tables. The track area has also hosted free concerts by national musical acts in recent years. Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), poker machine (Australian English), or fruit machine (British English) is a certain type of casino game. ...
Games available in most casinos are commonly called casino games. ...
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Roulette is a casino and gambling game (Roulette is a French word meaning small wheel). A croupier turns a round roulette wheel which has 37 or 38 separately numbered pockets in which a ball must land. ...
Blackjack! The Jack playing card, like the Queen and King, counts 10 points, and the player picks a value of 1 or 11 for the Ace. ...
Racing  Horses are about to cross the finish line during a September 5, 2005, race at Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows runs many stakes and handicaps during its April to October season. The April to July season is all thoroughbred and the July to October season is mixed thoroughbreds and quarter horses. The track runs two graded stakes during the thoroughbred season. They are: September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Grade 2 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Breeder's Cup Handicap
- Grade 3 Iowa Oaks
References - Henning, Barbara Beving Long, and Patrice K. Beam, Des Moines and Polk County: Flag on the Prairie (ISBN 1892724340). Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press, 2003.
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