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In June 2009, Penn National unveiled a much larger riverboat with a passenger capacity of nearly 9,000 guests and 4,400 gaming positions. The new boat also marked the changeover from the Argosy name to Penn National's primary brand, Hollywood Casino. The new boat also features a rebranded World Poker Tour poker room. [2] [3]
Hollywood Casino Corp. was a gaming company based in Dallas, Texas.It was acquired in 2003 by Penn National Gaming for $328 million plus $360 million in assumed debt. [1]In the early 1990s, as legalized gambling spread to new states, the Pratts, owners of Sands Atlantic City, established Hollywood Casino Corp. to develop new casinos under the Hollywood Casino name. [2]
[6] [7] The Indiana General Assembly rejected a Gary casino bill in 1989, [8] but did assent to a non-binding referendum, [9] which city voters approved by 60 percent. [10] The city began talks to acquire 350 acres of land at the Gary Works for as many as five casinos.
In 2022, longtime casino executive John Keeler was sentenced, along with former Indiana state Sen. Brent Waltz, for their role in a scheme to illegally funnel gambling money into the lawmaker’s ...
In 2024, Hollywood Casino’s revenues topped $162 million, figures from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission show. Last year the Unified Government received $1.1 million from the penalty ...
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Casino. It was renamed Indiana Grand Casino in June 2012, and rebranded as Indiana Grand Racing & Casino in February 2013. Centaur Gaming purchased the casino in February 2013. Caesars Entertainment acquired it in 2018. [3] The Indiana Grand racetrack and casino complex were rebranded to Horseshoe Indianapolis in late January 2022, in line with ...
The casino hotel opened as Hollywood Casino Shreveport in December 2000 as the fifth riverboat casino in the Shreveport-Bossier City market. The casino, at its opening, featured a 30,000 square foot casino with a 14 floor hotel and multiple restaurants. It cost $230 million to construct and was originally owned Hollywood Casino Corporation. [5]