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Topeka's Prairie Band (formerly Harrah's Prairie Band) Casino has guards stationed at the main entrance and at the gateway between hotel and casino. You don't get past those guys without showing ID if you look young. Missouri riverboat casinos don't let you on board without ID.

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Missouri, and most other riverboats, are laid out different than Vegas casinos. The casino is often a seperate area, and there is no reason to go in, unless it is to gamble. The resturants are usually outside the casino area.

In Vegas, often to get to the "front" desk you have to go thru some casino area. The way the casino is arranged, a minor could not even get to their parent's hotel room without entering the casino, hence the need for "walkways".