Nebraska gambling supporters ante up $250,000

Donations exceeding $250,000 have enabled backers of expanded gambling in Nebraska to launch their initiative petition drive, and according to the first campaign finance report belonging to the petition group, the majority of the money has come from Ho-Chunk Inc., the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development wing.

Tuesday, Keep the Money in Nebraska announced they are ready to hit the pavement to obtain enough signatures to give Nebraskans the opportunity to vote on expanded gambling proposals that would allow wagering at the state’s racetracks and help save its horse racing industry. The group’s spokesman, former state Senator Scott Lauttenbaugh of Omaha said that in recent years the state has lost billions of dollars to neighboring state’s due to peopl…