5 Quotes by Craig Cohoon

There is far-reaching economic recourse to the state that has not been estimated at this time. That's going to be hard to sell to the public - that they are going to pay for in taxes.

They got lost in the $212 million-Bill Krause story.

There were two sides to this, and they were all trying to pull the strings they had politically. I think what happened here is that it moved . . . past all of that stuff to a true public issue. There were a lot of people who got very active against this.

There is obviously a good chance for us getting an injunction here. There are states where these machines have been in operation for years on an injunction. The state of Iowa doesn't want these machines out there anymore. This way, they'll be out there for a shorter period of time. If you get an injunction, they could be out there for a long time.

The attorney general's offer is suitable to our industry. We would go along with it. We think it would be an opportunity to at least somewhat mitigate our damages.