April 27, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana Legislature didn't boost the state's casinos nearly as much as supporters had wanted as they face greater
competition from neighboring states.
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April 23, 2013
Associated PressThe casino bill approved by the House last week would grant less than a fifth of the tax breaks first proposed in the Senate.
It also doesn't permit live table games at the racinos in Anderson and Shelbyville.
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April 15, 2013
The Statehouse FileA bill to help pay for $100 million in improvements at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway passed the House on Monday—but
only on its second try, as some lawmakers expressed frustration about tapping horse racing money for the projects.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's riverboat casino revenues fell 4.4 percent in March, dragged down by declines at two southeastern Indiana venues
that faced their first month of head-to-head competition with a Cincinnati casino.
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April 9, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe move—debated Monday in the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee—is meant to subsidize upgrades at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway and make low-interest loans available to other auto tracks and businesses across the state.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressHorseshoe Casino Cincinnati, which is expected to lure some gambling revenue from Indiana's casinos, opened March 4.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressGaming Commission Executive Director Ernest Yelton said declining casino revenue and other factors are helping drive the push
for land-based casinos.
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March 31, 2013
Associated PressThe differences between the electronic and standard table games are being portrayed to state lawmakers as one of life and
death, with proponents of a bill that would allow racetrack table games saying they would add jobs while not substantially
changing what the racetracks already offer.
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March 31, 2013
Associated PressThe private operator of the Hoosier Lottery is expanding the hours that convenience stores and other outlets can sell lottery
tickets, a change that allows those sales to continue late into the night.
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March 28, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe Indiana House Ways and Means Committee postponed amendments and a vote on a gambling measures Wednesday after supporters
of the state’s horse-track casinos renewed their fight to get live dealers at their table games.
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March 20, 2013
Associated PressThe private operator of the Hoosier Lottery faces a $20 million penalty in Illinois because it fell nearly $66 million short
of the profits it promised that state.
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March 20, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana House committee has rewritten a gambling bill to keep table games out of Indiana's racetracks and restore money
for counties that host casinos.
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March 16, 2013
Associated PressThe gambling industry spent more than $19 million lobbying at the Indiana Statehouse from 2000-2012, according to reports
filed online by the Indiana Lobby Registration Commission.
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March 12, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence is asking lawmakers not to approve an expansion of gambling despite pressure from new casinos in bordering
states.
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March 3, 2013
Associated PressWith a glistening $400 million casino set to open in downtown Cincinnati on Monday, officials and casino executives in two
neighboring states are looking at the development with trepidation as they prepare to watch tax dollars flow into Ohio.
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March 1, 2013
Associated PressSeven of the winner's co-workers at an Indianapolis salon say the $9.5 million ticket for the Feb. 16 drawing was part of
an office lottery pool.
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February 27, 2013
Associated PressSeven hairstylists who are fighting for a share of a $9.5 million lottery prize bought by a co-worker testified Wednesday
that they had all agreed to share any winnings from tickets purchased at the same time as those for an office pool.
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February 25, 2013
Associated PressA major overhaul of Indiana casino regulations and taxes has cleared the state Senate amid arguments from its supporters that
the casinos need help against growing competition from surrounding states.
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February 21, 2013
Associated PressThe owner of the Hoosier Park racino in Anderson says it has officially purchased the bankrupt Indiana Grand and Downs in
Shelbyville for $500 million.
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February 15, 2013
Associated PressThe leader of the Indiana House is hesitant about the chances of an overhaul of state casino taxes and regulations aimed at
helping them against growing competition from surrounding states.
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February 15, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe change would save the state $24 million in 2015 and another $48 million each year thereafter—all money that's now
being collected from gambling taxes and sent to cities, towns and counties.
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January 29, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinA federal judge has released two Indiana horsemen from the ongoing defamation and conspiracy case brought by Ed Martin Jr.,
a former car dealer and thoroughbred breeder.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Indiana Gaming Commission might allow the use of casino issued iPads for gambling on casino premises.
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January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate Public Policy Committee voted 9-0 in support of a bill that would overhaul the state's casino taxes, along
with allowing Indiana's 10 riverboat casinos to move inland to adjacent property and permit live table games at the two
horse track casinos.
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January 21, 2013
Associated PressLawmakers have introduced legislation to help Indiana's riverboat casinos hold onto business in the face of growing competition
from casinos in neighboring states.
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In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.