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Best IN Gambling Sites 2024

Indiana online casinos are currently not available in the state. However, online betting has found a home in Indiana in the form of sports betting and daily fantasy sports. That's in addition to the state's 14 brick-and-mortar casinos, which offer plenty of live casino gaming action, and the state's racetracks and off-track betting…
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The Chicago Crusader

With gambling legislation on pause, some push for reform

The leaders of the Statehouse's dual Republican supermajorities have been clear: after recent gambling industry scandals involving former lawmakers, next year's legislative session will include no expansion. That's prompted a divided response over what to do instead. It's a chance for reform, some government transparency and ethics advocates say.…
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With gambling legislation on pause, some push for reform
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Gaming commission: Franklin man managed illegal online gambling operation

A Franklin man is facing criminal charges after gaming officials say he made over $170000 while managing illegal online poker games. Matthew Wayne Nix, 46, is charged with professional gambling over the internet, a Level 6 felony, for participating in and managing an illegal online gambling operation from Feb. 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023. He was…
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Casino revenue cooling off after hot 2022

Out-of-state competition could be to blame for Indiana's decline in casino revenue, which slid for the third month in a row in May following a lucrative 2022. The state's 12 casinos last month logged $192 million in adjusted gross revenue, the lowest amount all year. That's a 7.6% decrease from May of last year. The numbers indicate gambling at…
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Casino revenue cooling off after hot 2022
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Indiana Casino Win Down in May But Still Exceeds $200 Million

Indiana casinos had their win totals dip a bit in May, but the state's 12 commercial gaming facilities still combined to top $200 million for the fourth consecutive month. The total casino win includes revenue derived from table games and electronic gaming devices (EGDs, or slot machines). In May, the state's total win was $211895475. That was down…
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Indiana Casino Win Down in May But Still Exceeds $200 Million
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Vigo casino could be ready by December 2023

Bulldozers began moving dirt shortly after a June 21 groundbreaking to start construction of the Queen of Terre Haute Resort Casino on the city's east side. Churchill Downs Inc.'s $260 million project, up from an initial $240 million, is to include a casino with 1000 slot machines and 50 table games, as well as a 10-story hotel featuring 125 luxury…
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Indiana hits $1bn tax revenue mark for first time in a decade

This week, the Indiana Gaming Commission published the details of the 2022 fiscal year annual report. The findings showed that the gambling industry has been able to reach new heights, rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic and meeting the $1 billion tax revenue mark for the first time since 2012. Details of the Fiscal Year Report The 12-month…
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Indiana hits $1bn tax revenue mark for first time in a decade
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Indiana: Tax revenue from gambling breaks the $1B mark in budget year 2022

Tax revenue generated for gambling in Indiana exceeded $1 billion during the 2022 state budget year, marking the first time in a decade, according to data released this week. In all forms of gambling combined, the state government collected $1.04 billion between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, which marks an 8% increase from $958.3 million during…
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Indiana: Tax revenue from gambling breaks the $1B mark in budget year 2022
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Indiana Government Tops $1B in FY2022 Gambling Revenue

The Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) published its FY 2022 annual report to reveal that the gambling industry has rebounded from the negative pandemic impact in FY 2021. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, state-wide casino win was $2.5 billion, up 19% from the $2.1 billion in the previous comparable period. Growth was fueled primarily by the…
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The Times Of Northwest Indiana

Rebranding brings Horseshoe Casino to central Indiana

The Hoosier State now is home to two Horseshoe casinos. In addition to Horseshoe Hammond, the former Indiana Grand horse track casino in the central Indiana city of Shelbyville was rebranded Tuesday as Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing and Casino. The rebranding caps a $33.7 million expansion and renovation that included creation of a 5000-square-foot…
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Rebranding brings Horseshoe Casino to central Indiana
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Casino officially announces new name

The sounds of gaming machines could be heard late Tuesday morning as the local casino officially unveiled its new naming and branding as Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing and Casino. "Caesars Entertainment is raising the stakes on gaming in Central Indiana," Horseshoe Indianapolis Senior Vice President and General Manager Steve Jarmuz told invited…
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Casino officially announces new name
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Indianapolis Business Journal

Jim Shella: Indiana should allow casino gambling in Indianapolis

I ask because that term suddenly is part of the parlance on sports talk radio and in television commercials that are impossible to escape. I hear it from JB Smoove and Dan Dakich. It seems everybody in Indiana is supposed to know the answer to that question. I didn't. So, I decided, for the sake of this column, to find out. A parlay, my research…
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Indianapolis Business Journal

2021 Year in Review: Scandal rocks casino project

Troubled Indianapolis-based casino company Spectacle Entertainment was at the center of multiple controversies in 2021, from its top executive being forced out to losing stakes in two new casino projects. In March, the Indiana Gaming Commission forced Spectacle CEO and Centaur Gaming CEO Rod Ratcliff to give up his ownership stake and state casino…
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2021 Year in Review: Scandal rocks casino project
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Hoosier Park casino clears hurdle for expansion

ANDERSON, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) - Caesars Entertainment Inc. has received approval from the Anderson Board of Zoning Appeals for a $34 million expansion of Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The Herald Bulletin reports the gaming company plans to expand the current casino by 38000 square feet, making room for an additional 100 slot…
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Hoosier Park casino clears hurdle for expansion
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Caesars plans $34 million expansion at Anderson casino

Caesars Entertainment is moving ahead with expansion plans at its second horse track casino in central Indiana that will add space for more slot machines and a new restaurant. An Anderson zoning board this past week approved the estimated $34 million project for Harrah's Hoosier Park. The company plans a 38000-square-foot expansion that will result…
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Caesars plans $34 million expansion at Anderson casino
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Want to work at a casino? Getting hired might be harder than you think

So, you want to work at a casino? Like getting a straight flush, getting the job might be harder than you think. With a new casino on the horizon for Vigo County, getting hired to work there likely will require more steps than just providing a resume, depending on the scope of work. Casinos and casino-related jobs employ 12496 workers in Indiana…
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Caesars plans expansion work at 2nd central Indiana casino

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - Caesars Entertainment is moving ahead with expansion plans at its second horse track casino in central Indiana that will add space for more slot machines and a new restaurant. An Anderson zoning board this past week approved the estimated $34 million project for Harrah's Hoosier Park. The company plans a 38000 square-foot…
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Trib Star

Becoming a blackjack dealer

It's a career he started after stepping down in August 2020 as associate athletic director for Indiana State University athletics, where he worked for 19 years. "I was hoping the Terre Haute casino would be open by now," he said with a chuckle during a recent interview. In January 2020, Indiana Grand opened live table games, which interested…
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The Indianapolis Star

Pulliam: Indiana gambling industry lobbying despite state ban

Indiana's embrace of casino gambling is bearing the predictable fruit of political corruption. Casino opponents warned that this heavily regulated industry would tarnish the state sooner or later. Now a former casino executive is pleading guilty to a violation of the state ban on political contributions from casinos. Kyle Waggoner is the former…
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Pulliam: Indiana gambling industry lobbying despite state ban
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Chicago’s casino resort plan thwarted by high tax rate, abundant competition

If everything had gone according to plan, we would all be buzzing this week about which company would have the best opportunity to build a casino resort in Chicago. But it hasn't gone according to plan. When Chicago started hearing crickets in response to its request for proposals, the city's leadership hit the brakes and pushed back the deadline…
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Chicago’s casino resort plan thwarted by high tax rate, abundant competition
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Indiana racinos add live table games

Two central Indiana racinos have added table games to their gaming offering thanks to the May 8, 2019, passage of a controversial bill allowing lucrative casino industry changes. On New Year's Day, Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing and Casino in Anderson opened 28 table games, while on the same day some 42 miles south in Shelbyville, Indiana Grand…
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Indiana racinos add live table games
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Live dealer games starting at 2 casinos in central Indiana

Indiana's latest gambling expansion is about to start as the two horse track casinos near Indianapolis are being allowed to have table games with live dealers for the first time. INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Indiana's latest gambling expansion is about to start as the two horse track casinos near Indianapolis are being allowed to have table games with…
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Live dealer games starting at 2 casinos in central Indiana
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Live dealer games starting at 2 casinos

By The Associated Press SHELBYVILLE - Indiana's latest gambling expansion comes Wednesday as two horse track casinos near Indianapolis will be allowed to have table games with live dealers for the first time. Officials of Harrah's Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Grand Racing and Casino in Shelbyville have long pushed for the change that they…
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