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- ↑ "Grand Victoria Casino gets new name: Rising Star". Cincinnati Business Courier. August 12, 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ↑ Mike Perleberg (December 5, 2013). "Casino, city welcome addition of new $8.2M hotel". WSCH-FM.
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