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Indiana Grand Racing & Casino (formerly Indiana Live!) is a racino (horse racing track and casino) in Shelbyville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It is the closest casino to Indianapolis. It offers gaming, restaurants, a gift shop and entertainment. The 233,000-square-foot (21,600 m²) facility has over 2,300 slot machines, and as of Jan 1 2020, Indiana Grand features live table games. It was built at a cost of more than $250 million.

The facility's racetrack is named Indiana Grand Race Course. Dining options include Clubhouse Dining, El Grande Taco Lounge, Bear's BBQ, OTB Bar, and The Backstretch Cafe. The casino also offers dining at a brewpub with off-track betting, and as of September 1, 2019, the brewpub was approved to offer Sports betting. a buffet, a cafe, and a steakhouse.

Indiana Grand has hosted musicians such as The Buckinghams, Grand Funk Railroad, Duke Tumatoe of REO Speedwagon, Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Box Tops, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Kentucky Headhunters, Fuel, Marc Cohn, All-4-One, Color Me Badd, Ginuwine, Ludacris, and comedian Mike Epps.

The racetrack was previously known as Indiana Downs.^[1] The casino opened on March 13, 2009 as Indiana Live! 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.^[2]

Indiana Grand offers live Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing from April through October. The track is affiliated with three OTB parlors around Indiana, in Clarksville, Indianapolis, and New Haven.

Indiana Grand is the home of the Indiana Derby.

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Graded events[edit]

The following Graded events were held at Colonial Downs in 2019.

Grade III

Stakes events[edit]

Thoroughbred stakes races at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino include:

• Sagamore Sired Stakes
• ITOBA Stallion Season Fillies Stakes
• Hoosier Breeders Sophomore
• Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Fillies
• Mari Hulman George Stakes
• Michael G Schaefer Memorial Mile
• Indiana General Assembly Distaff
• Warrior Veterans
• Governor's
• Indiana First Lady
• William Henry Harrison Stakes
• Shelby County Stakes
• Centaur
• Indiana Grand
• Crown Ambassador
• Indiana Stallion Fillies
• Indiana Futurity
• Miss Indiana

Quarter Horse stakes races at Indiana Grand include:

• Born Runner Classic
• Harley Greene Derby Final
• Gordon Mobley Futurity Final
• Jaguar Rocket QH Stakes Final
• Blue River Derby Stakes Final
• Bob Woodward Memorial Classic Final
• QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Futurity Final
• Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes Final
• Miss Roxie Little Final
• Indiana Championship
• Governors Stake Final
• QHRAI Derby Final

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References[edit]

1. ^'Amoss Back Winning Races at Indiana Grand'. bloodhorse.com. The BloodHorse. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
2. ^'Caesars' purchase of two Indiana racinos finalized'. The Times of Northwest Indiana. July 17, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-17.

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With newly regulated online sportsbooks, many people are asking when casino games will be coming online in Indiana.

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Currently, legislation has been introduced by Sen. Jon Ford to bring online casino gaming and online poker to the Hoosier State.

The 2021 legislative session runs from January-April, during which, Ford hopes the bill will be approved.

Ford estimates that online casinos could bring Indiana between $45-60 million worth of tax revenue every year.

For the time being, there are online casino options for Indiana players. These sites use the existing sweepstakes gaming laws to offer slots, table games and video poker.

This page covers all you need to know about live and online casino gambling in Indiana.

Firstly, you’ll find out about the current legal landscape, plus changes in the setup of live casinos. After that, we examine sweepstakes casino options in detail. Finally, we explore regulated casinos in other states, showing what a regulated online casino market would look like in the HoosierState.

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Are Online Casinos Legal in Indiana?

Sen. Jon Ford has developed a bill for online casino and online poker in Indiana. He hopes the bill will be passed in 2021.

The bill would allow Indiana’s 14 casinos and racinos to offer internet casino games and online poker. The plannedRocksino in Terre Haute would also be allowed to offer online gaming.

Details of the bill include:

• Casinos and racinos pay $500,000 for an interactive gaming license.
• The license is renewable annually for $50,000.
• Each casino can partner with up to three online brands, or skins.
• Internet gaming operators pay $100,000 for an initial license. The license can be renewed annually for $25,000.
• Internet gaming revenue taxed at 18%, including 3% for local governments.
• 3.33% of state tax revenue collected goes to an Addiction Services Fund.

While there has been progress on the online gaming front, online casinos are still illegal in the state of Indiana at the moment.