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Horseshoe Casino Hammond is a casino located in Hammond, Indiana. The 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m 2 ) property containing gaming, entertainment, restaurants, bars, and lounges. History
Casino City County State District Type Comments Ameristar Casino East Chicago: East Chicago: Lake: Indiana: Lake Michigan: Riverboat: Formerly Resorts, Harrahs, and Showboat Mardi Gras Bally's Evansville: Evansville: Vanderburgh: Indiana: Ohio River: Land-based: Formerly Casino Aztar and Tropicana Belterra Casino Resort & Spa: Florence ...
The company was formed on December 8, 1993. It opened the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana on June 7, 1996.. In December 2001, Majestic Star made its first expansion beyond Gary, acquiring three Fitzgeralds casinos from bankrupt Fitzgeralds Gaming for $149 million, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Black Hawk, Colorado, and Tunica, Mississippi. [1]
Showboat Mardi Gras Casino opened on April 18, 1997. [2] In 1998, Harrah's Entertainment bought Showboat, Inc. and renamed the property as Harrah's East Chicago.Harrah's later sold it to Resorts International Holdings, and the casino's name was changed, along with the street name to 777 Resort Blvd (similar to the addresses used for some Harrah's branded casinos: 777 Harrah's Blvd).
In 1991, Andrew Tompkins, founder of the Lady Luck Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, wanted to expand locally, but found property in Las Vegas and Laughlin too expensive. [1] Instead, he joined many other gaming industry figures in looking to Midwestern and Southern states that were beginning to legalize riverboat casinos. [2]
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Majestic Star Casino was a casino property consisting of two gaming boats on Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana's Buffington Harbor, owned and operated by The Majestic Star Casino, LLC. They opened in 1996 as two competing casino boats, sailing for gambling tours on alternate hours, until in 2002 Indiana legalized gambling on stationary boats. [ 1 ]
A family of five was found shot to death Friday afternoon in a murder-suicide at a mobile home park in Lake Station, Indiana. Police said around 2:45 p.m., officers responded to a home in the 6700 ...