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[[Image:image041.jpg|left|thumb|150px|A casino chip from the Dubuque Casino Belle. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding.]]The Belle, designed with three casinos containing over five hundred slot and poker machines and twenty-six gaming tables, received the State of Iowa's first gambling license in 1990. | [[Image:image041.jpg|left|thumb|150px|A casino chip from the Dubuque Casino Belle. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding.]]The Belle, designed with three casinos containing over five hundred slot and poker machines and twenty-six gaming tables, received the State of Iowa's first gambling license in 1990. | ||
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DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE. The first American flagged vessel in the United States licensed for casino gambling. The three thousand-passenger side-wheeler was built longer than a football field by the Patti Shipyard in Pensacola, Florida, for Robert KEHL. At the time of its construction the longest passenger vessel on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, the Belle offered a grand lobby, four decks, three casinos, showroom, two dining rooms, six bars and an open air deck for sightseeing.
The Belle, designed with three casinos containing over five hundred slot and poker machines and twenty-six gaming tables, received the State of Iowa's first gambling license in 1990.