As for what will happen to the old Kanesville Queen, she says it’ll be taken apart and sold for scrap. “We’ve listed the boat on a couple of different sites,” she says.

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Iowa legalized riverboat gambling in 1991, but its days are fading. The state will be left with just two riverboat casinos after the Casino Queen moves ashore.