River Palms Casino
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The River Palms Resort Casino, located in Laughlin
Laughlin, Nevada
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, Nevada
Nevada
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, USA, is owned and operated by Tropicana Entertainment
Tropicana Entertainment
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. The property includes a 72000 sq ft (6,689 m²) casino and more than 1,000 hotel rooms in a 25-story tower. The resort has approximately 1,100 slot machine
Slot machine
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s, a poker
Poker
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 room, and a bingo
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club.

History

The resort opened in 1984 as Sam's Town Gold River and was operated by the Boyd Gaming Corporation.http://www.boydgaming.com/about The name was changed to Gold River and then to River Palms when purchased by Columbia Sussex Corp. The hotel underwent a major renovation in 1999.

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