recently purchased<\/a> two Gary floating casinos, Majestic Star I and Majestic Star II, to relocate out of Buffington Harbor on Lake Michigan, with one possibly going to Terre Haute and the other to another part of Gary.<\/p>\nThe plan has the approval of Gary officials who have earmarked Buffington Harbor for redevelopment.<\/p>\n
But opponents argue that moving a casino from one city to another essentially creates a \u201cnew license.\u201d Supporters disagree.<\/p>\n
The bill would also establish a competitive bidding process for Terre Haute that could reopen the door for Full House Resorts, owner of the Rising Star Casino in southeast Indiana, which has long lobbied for the opportunity to operate a casino in the city.<\/p>\n
City officials in Terre Haute have said they support a casino but do not care who builds it.<\/p>\n
Gamblers in Indiana who are simply hoping for some legal sports betting action should not hold their breath. Gambling bills that are too ambitious in scope tend to get shot down, and a standalone sports betting bill — shaved of cross-sector interests — would have a better chance of passing this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Indiana Senate on Tuesday passed a gambling expansion package that would legalize sports betting, authorize table games for racetracks, allow for a Gary riverboat casino to move 160 miles inland to Terre Haute, and remove the cap on the number of casinos a single company is permitted to own within the state. Just don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":99329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,32093,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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