The Indiana Gaming Commission reopened the application process for a gaming license in Vigo County on Wednesday, an expected move following its rejection of a license renewal for Lucy Luck’s proposed casino in Terre Haute.
→The Indiana Gaming Commission amended a 2020 order regarding the Caesars-Eldorado merger, allowing Caesars to keep Horseshoe Hammond casino in northwest Indiana.
→The historical horse racing machines were deemed illegal by the Kentucky Supreme Court last year, and now people want their money back.
→The Illinois Gaming Board reached a settlement with video gaming terminal magnate Rich Heidner regarding a 2019 disciplinary complaint that ends two lawsuits against the state agency and renews the VGT operator license of Heidner’s Gold Rush Gaming.
→The Indiana Gaming Commission issued small fines to a pair of books for letting self-excluded gamblers to wager undisclosed sums.
→PokerStars’ parent company says it may appeal $1.3 billion judgement in Kentucky all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
→The Ohio Senate convened its introductory Select Committee on Gaming with the goal of eventually crafting legislation to legalize sports betting in the Buckeye that would be signed and enacted into law.
→The Indiana Gaming Commission will take administrative action to revoke the gaming license of former Spectacle Entertainment CEO and Chairman Rod Ratcliff, which could contribute to a delay in the opening of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.
→The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the state of Indiana reached agreement on a tribal-state compact that would allow Class III gaming, including sports betting, at its Four Winds Casino in South Bend.
→In one of his final acts before leaving office, President Donald Trump pardoned the brother of ex-Bears linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher of federal charges related to running an illegal sports betting ring in suburban Chicago.
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