Indiana News - Page 37

Total wagering reached $43.3 million for the 60-day meet compared to $31.6 million during the 50-day meet in 2003.

News Brief: Almost half of Indiana's residents believe casino has been good for the state, but an even larger percentage say they don't want gambling expanded.

News Brief: Three Southeastern Indiana casinos cashed in on a busy April by pocketing nearly $61 million from gamblers.

News Brief: Combined revenues dipped slightly in April for Northwest Indiana's five gambling boats. Overall revenues reached $105.3 million, down from $105.8 million in March.

A state trooper fired for refusing to work at a casino asked the Indiana Supreme Court to order him reinstated -- weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.

News Brief: Argosy Gaming Co. will invest up to $150 million in its Lawrenceburg casino if it can come to terms with the city on a new revenue-sharing arrangement.

News Brief: A huge share of Indiana's growing casino business comes from across the state's borders, where competitors are pushing hard to keep their gamblers at home.

News Brief: In Northwest Indiana, the lakefront casinos are using technology to boost the bottom line, in part by turning customers into VIPs.

Beginning on Saturday, May 1, purses for Hoosier Park's 11th season of harness racing were increased by 10 percent.

News Brief: Caesars Indiana will pay a fine of more than $14,800 for allowing customers under 21 to board the Harrison County gambling boat on nine occasions from March 2002 to January 2004.

News Brief: Three members of the seven-member Historic Hotel Preservation Commission have been chosen as part of a team that will negotiate with the three applicants for the casino contract in Orange County, Indiana.

News Brief: Fuzzy Zoeller, the champion golfer, has teamed with Donald Trump in the Trump Casino bid to win the contract for the gambling complex to be built between French Lick and West Baden Springs.

News Brief: Indiana's 10 casino operators may have to pay an additional $200 million in state taxes if a tax court ruling against Aztar Corp. holds up, industry officials said Wednesday.

News Brief: Twenty-four-hour gambling has proven lucrative for Southeastern Indiana's riverboat casinos over the first three months of the year.

News Brief: Indiana's Belterra casino has launched a new ad campaign touting its newly built 300-room hotel tower, which is set to open May 1.

News Brief: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal former Indiana state trooper Ben Endres, who was fired for refusing to work at a casino.

Frank Scoblete: It is no accident that when Steve Wynn was running the Mirage properties, they had the best blackjack games in Vegas--and rarely sweated the action of even the biggest and most expert of players, and Mirage won a lot of money.

News Brief: A Lake County board unanimously endorsed motions recommending roughly $17 million the county collects annually from casinos in the area be earmarked for property tax relief.

Thursdays have been designated “Jack’d Up Jackpots” promotional days at Horseshoe Casino Hammond during the month of April.

Thursdays have been designated “Jack’d Up Jackpots” promotional days at Horseshoe Casino Hammond during the month of April.