June 11, 2013
Associated PressTotal tax receipts from casinos fell nearly 18 percent last month compared with May of last year, according a report released
Monday by the Indiana Gaming Commission.
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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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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!