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opened in June 2011.
• Those jobs came at an important time when there had been layoffs because of a softer economy, Medema said.
• "Their initial announcement was 700 jobs. It was just amazing."
• The casino employs 525 full- and part-time workers, with 76 percent coming from South Dakota, Haselhoff said.
• The company's balance sheet remains strong, but revenue is a little behind what managers anticipated when the casino opened.

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