我们可以看到，在每一张美元上都以密西西比河为标记，明尼苏达州州长候选人在竞选时就承诺，将在密西西比河开设浮动赌场。对于贫困的洲际来说，很难找到合法收入来源，很多候选人都将目光投在赌徒和国家预算及收入上面。

　　最新的候选人罗布·哈恩认为赌博能够促进国家进入良好状态。他与汤姆·霍纳主要通过IP票展开竞争。他预测河船赌博的合法化能够有效的增加国家收入，并提出在密西西比河经过圣保罗和薇诺娜的那一部分运行河船赌博。

　　罗布·哈恩声称，他的建议将会使明尼苏达州每年增加600万元的收入，可供明尼苏达州的各个市和县共享。

　　2010年6月16日（星期三），在州议会大厦，哈恩在红翼业务组会议的讲话中提出了他的建议。

　　他的建议遭受到众议员的批判，共和党红翼的蒂姆·凯利，将哈恩通过赌场游戏赌博使国家增加收入的建议与其他的建议进行比较。凯利反对在州内增加赌博活动作为新的赌博途径，因为这将与国家金银岛赌场形成竞争，而国家金银岛赌场是目前全县最大的雇主。

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　　Gambling – Riverboat gambling in Minnesota?

　　Seeing dollar signs at every turn of Mark Twain’s Mississippi River, a candidate for governor of the state of Minnesota is campaigning on the promise of bringing floating casinos to the Mississippi River. Hard pressed to find legitimate sources of revenue for poverty stricken states, many candidates are catering to gamblers and a state budget from their revenue.

　　The latest candidate to promote gambling for the good of the state is Rob Hahn. He is challenging Tom Horner and is running on the IP ticket. The area that he is projecting to legalize riverboat gambling to aide in generating revenue is that part of the Mississippi River that runs through St. Paul andWinona.

　　Rob Hahn claims that his proposal would generate $600 million in revenue annually to be shared by the state, city and counties of Minnesota.

　　Hahn made his proposal to a meeting of the Red Wing business group and will make a speech at the state capitol on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

　　His proposal drew criticism from Rep. Tim Kelly, Republican- Red Wing, who compared Hahn’s proposal to other proposals made to use gambling in casino games to make money for the state. Kelly opposes increasing gambling activities in the state as new gambling avenues would compete with the state’s Treasure Island which is currently the biggest employer in the county.