The Indiana Gaming Commission on Wednesday evening declared that it would grant a casino license for Vigo County to CDITH LLC (Churchill Downs) to build and operate the Queen of Terre Haute casino, by a 7-0 vote.
A moment earlier, a motion to awarded the license to Full House Resorts failed on a 5-2 vote.
After the initial presentations, the field was cut to Full House and Churchill Downs Inc. with Hard Rock and Premiere Gaming failing to make the final field.
At a public hearing in Indianapolis, the commission heard from four applicants — Churchill Downs, Hard Rock, Full House and Premiere Gaming — as they each gave 30-minute breakdowns of their visions for a Terre Haute casino.
