The Indiana Constitution of 1851 included a ban on lotteries, which is largely the ban, gambling is generally understood by the courts. In 1988, voters approved a state constitutional amendment to lift the ban lottery. Critics said the move could lead to casino games, while the lawmaker said, there would be little support for casinos.

Within a few months after the change, the move suggested Gary Mayor Thomas Barnes opening of the economically depressed city high rise resort casinos. The Indiana General Assembly rejected a draft Gary casino in 1989, but has voters approved a non-binding agreement to a referendum, the city by 60 percent. The city began discussions to 350 acres of land in the Gary Works to acquire up to five casinos.

The first round of applications for gambling licenses in September 1993 proposals attracted 27 sites in 12 cities. Local Referenda required for casinos in any city or county approval (except Gary ) , were held in November , voters in Clark , Floyd, Porter counties rejected and Warrick casinos, while voters in Hammond and East Chicago and Dearborn , La Porte , Ohio , Switzerland , counties approved and Vanderburgh.

The Patoka Lake File cannot be used because the Army Corps of Engineers, which claims ownership of the site, had a regulation game against property. In 2003 the legislature authorized a casino eleventh, instead of being built in an artificial lake in the area of French Lick and West Baden Springs. The conversion to a plant in casino land has been approved retroactively in 2010.

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You can pass a law in 2007, two racetracks in the state, Hoosier Park and Indiana Downs to each installation of up to 2,000 slot machines