The bill before Indiana House members Thursday might have been about creating a new casino license for Fort Wayne, but the discussion was far more complicated.
Rep. Ethan Manning – chair of the House Public Policy Committee – said he knows of four or five competing casino bills this session with different ideas. He encouraged the hearing as a starting point of the overall discussion.
Indeed, some of the testimony focused instead on transferring an existing casino license from southern Indiana to northern Indiana.
And other locales, including Indianapolis and Steuben County, don’t think they should be left out of the conversation on the best location.
A study released by the Indiana Gaming Commission in October found that Indianapolis was the top location for a casino relocation, followed by northeast Indiana.
