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{
"state_code": "IN",
"state_name": "Indiana",
"regulator": "Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC)",
"regulation_source": "Indiana Code Title 4, Article 33 (Riverboat Gambling), Article 35 (Racino), Article 38 (Sports Wagering)",
"data_extraction_date": "2025-09-29",
"effective_date": "2025-07-01",
"status": "active",
"completeness": "88%",
"confidence_level": "high",
"legal_framework": {
"primary_legislation": [
{
"name": "Indiana Riverboat Gambling Act",
"citation": "IC 4-33",
"enacted": "1993",
"scope": "Riverboat and land-based casino gambling",
"first_casino": "December 1995 (Casino Aztar, Evansville)",
"recent_amendments": [
"2015 - Allowed land-based casinos near riverboat locations",
"2022 - Authorized new casino in Terre Haute"
]
},
{
"name": "Racino Gaming Act",
"citation": "IC 4-35",
"enacted": "2007",
"scope": "Slot machine gaming at racetracks",
"facilities": [
"Harrah's Hoosier Park (Anderson)",
"Indiana Grand (Shelbyville)"
],
"upfront_payment": "$250 million for slot licenses plus $100 million investment"
},
{
"name": "Sports Wagering Act",
"citation": "IC 4-38",
"enacted": "May 8, 2019",
"scope": "Sports betting operations (retail and online)",
"launch_date": "September 1, 2019 (retail), October 3, 2019 (online)"
},
{
"name": "Charitable Gaming",
"citation": "IC 4-32",
"scope": "Bingo, raffles, and charity gaming"
},
{
"name": "Type II Gaming",
"citation": "IC 7.1-5-12",
"enacted": "2008",
"scope": "Pull-tabs and small stakes gaming in bars/taverns with liquor licenses"
}
],
"regulatory_authority": {
"name": "Indiana Gaming Commission",
"structure": "Seven members appointed by Governor",
"established": "1993",
"responsibilities": [
"Licensing casino operators, suppliers, and employees",
"Regulatory compliance and enforcement",
"Audit and financial analysis",
"Problem gambling programs",
"Technical standards approval"
],
"address": "101 W. Washington Street, East Tower, Suite 1600, Indianapolis, IN 46204",
"additional_regulators": {
"ihrc": "Indiana Horse Racing Commission - oversees pari-mutuel wagering",
"atc": "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - regulates Type II gaming in bars"
}
},
"technical_standards": {
"casino_gaming": {
"standards": "Indiana Gaming Commission technical requirements",
"testing_laboratories": [
"Gaming Laboratories International (GLI)",
"Other approved independent labs"
],
"certification_required": true
},
"sports_wagering": {
"standards": "GLI-33: Standards for Event Wagering Systems",
"platform_certification": "Required by Indiana independent testing laboratory",
"change_management": "Quarterly CML reports required",
"control_program_verification": "Self-verification reports required"
},
"racino": {
"standards": "Slot machine technical standards",
"testing": "Independent laboratory certification required"
}
},
"recent_updates": [
{
"date": "2025-07-01",
"type": "Deregulation",
"description": "Eliminated Sports Wagering Registrant (SWR) license requirement",
"impact": "Streamlined licensing for suppliers, reduced fees and burden",
"background": "Governor Braun's Executive Orders 17 and 18 to eliminate duplicative licensing"
},
{
"date": "2025-04-17",
"type": "Budget discussion",
"description": "$2 billion state budget deficit prompts consideration of sports betting tax increase",
"current_status": "Lawmakers debating potential increase from 9.5% to 15%",
"industry_pushback": "Expected resistance from operators"
},
{
"date": "2025-01-29",
"type": "Legislative",
"description": "House Bill 1432 (iGaming legalization) failed in House Ways and Means Committee",
"impact": "Online casino gaming remains illegal in Indiana",
"proposed_features": [
"22-30% tax on iGaming",
"$300M projected annual revenue",
"September 2025 launch date"
]
},
{
"date": "2025",
"type": "Legislative",
"description": "Senate Bill 43 approved - casino relocation study",
"scope": "Market research to identify regions that could support casino relocation"
}
]
},
"license_types": {
"casino_owners_license": {
"description": "License to operate riverboat or land-based casino in Indiana",
"total_authorized": 13,
"operational": 13,
"types": [
"Riverboat casinos",
"Land-based casinos (converted from riverboats)",
"French Lick historic district"
],
"eligibility": [
"Must pass comprehensive background investigation",
"Financial stability required",
"Voter approval required in host county/city (referendum)",
"Suitable under Indiana gaming laws"
],
"application_process": "Comprehensive application with financial disclosures",
"license_duration": "Varies, subject to ongoing suitability",
"requirements": [
"Approved internal controls",
"Surveillance and security systems",
"Age verification (21+)",
"Responsible gaming programs",
"AML compliance",
"Integration with Voluntary Exclusion Program"
],
"locations": {
"lake_michigan": 5,
"ohio_river": 5,
"french_lick": 1,
"terre_haute": 1,
"gary": 1
}
},
"organization_gaming_license": {
"description": "License for racetracks to operate slot machine gaming (racinos)",
"total_authorized": 2,
"facilities": [
"Harrah's Hoosier Park (Anderson)",
"Indiana Grand (Shelbyville)"
],
"upfront_fee": 250000000,
"investment_required": 100000000,
"slot_machines_per_facility": 2000,
"requirements": [
"Must be licensed racetrack",
"Background investigation",
"Approved internal controls",
"Responsible gaming compliance"
]
},
"sports_wagering_vendor_license": {
"description": "License for operators providing sports betting platforms (online and retail)",
"eligibility": [
"Must partner with licensed casino or racino",
"Comprehensive suitability investigation required",
"Financial stability demonstration"
],
"application_fee": 10000,
"investigation_fee": "Additional costs for suitability investigation",
"key_person_fee": 1000,
"annual_renewal_fee": 50000,
"license_duration": "1 year",
"requirements": [
"Partnership agreement with casino/racino",
"Geolocation technology compliance",
"Age verification systems (21+)",
"Responsible gaming logo and resources display",
"Link to IndianaGamblingHelp.com",
"Self-exclusion program integration (ISRP)",
"GLI-33 platform certification",
"Quarterly change management log submissions"
],
"authorized_operators": 14,
"active_online": 12,
"note": "Sports Wagering Registrant licenses eliminated July 1, 2025"
},
"sports_wagering_service_provider": {
"description": "License for entities providing services to sports wagering vendors",
"application_fee": 10000,
"requirements": [
"Background investigation",
"Agreement with SWV licensee"
],
"note": "Separate from former registrant license"
},
"supplier_license": {
"description": "License for manufacturers and suppliers of gaming equipment",
"application_process": "Submit Gaming Entity Inquiry Form to IGC",
"requirements": [
"Background investigation",
"Product certification by independent testing lab",
"Key persons must complete PD-1 forms"
],
"employed_licensees": "Over 12,000 individuals licensed by IGC"
},
"occupational_licenses": {
"description": "Licenses for employees at gaming facilities",
"types": {
"level_1": "Key employees, highest level scrutiny",
"level_2": "Gaming employees with significant responsibilities",
"level_3": "Entry-level gaming positions"
},
"requirements": [
"Offer of employment from licensed entity",
"Background and financial investigation",
"Fingerprinting (FD-258 cards)",
"Birth certificate or accepted alternate",
"Not transferable between entities"
],
"temporary_license": "Issued after application review pending full investigation",
"reinvestigation": {
"level_1": "Every 3 years",
"process": "Full suitability investigation repeated"
},
"felony_waiver": {
"available": true,
"process": "Hearing to present evidence of rehabilitation",
"decision": "Commission makes final determination"
},
"annual_renewal": "Required for all occupational licenses"
},
"charity_gaming_license": {
"description": "License for nonprofit organizations to conduct charity gaming",
"types": [
"Bingo",
"Raffles",
"Pull-tabs"
],
"requirements": [
"Nonprofit organization status",
"Compliance with IC 4-32"
]
},
"type_ii_gaming_endorsement": {
"description": "Endorsement for bars/taverns to offer pull-tabs and small stakes gaming",
"requirements": [
"Valid liquor license",
"Type II endorsement from Alcohol and Tobacco Commission",
"Gaming only in areas where minors prohibited",
"Age 21+ only"
],
"enacted": "July 1, 2008"
}
},
"taxation": {
"casino_gaming": {
"tax_base": "Adjusted Gross Receipts (AGR)",
"structure": "Graduated percentage tax",
"tiers": [
{
"revenue_min": 0,
"revenue_max": 25000000,
"rate": 15
},
{
"revenue_min": 25000001,
"revenue_max": 50000000,
"rate": 20
},
{
"revenue_min": 50000001,
"revenue_max": 75000000,
"rate": 25
},
{
"revenue_min": 75000001,
"revenue_max": 150000000,
"rate": 30
},
{
"revenue_min": 150000001,
"revenue_max": 600000000,
"rate": 35
},
{
"revenue_min": 600000001,
"revenue_max": null,
"rate": 40
}
],
"supplemental_wagering_tax": {
"cap": 3.5,
"note": "Maximum 3.5% of total gaming revenue"
},
"free_play_deduction": {
"allowed": true,
"annual_cap": 7000000,
"note": "Licensees may deduct AGR from free-play wagering up to $7M annually"
}
},
"racino_gaming": {
"tax_base": "88% of Adjusted Gross Receipts",
"structure": "Graduated percentage tax on slot machines",
"tiers": [
{
"revenue_min": 0,
"revenue_max": 100000000,
"rate": 25
},
{
"revenue_min": 100000001,
"revenue_max": 200000000,
"rate": 30
},
{
"revenue_min": 200000001,
"revenue_max": null,
"rate": 35
}
],
"remittance": "End of each day"
},
"sports_betting": {
"tax_base": "Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR)",
"rate": 9.5,
"structure": "Flat rate on both retail and online",
"effective_rate": 9.5,
"note": "Effective tax rate matches official rate - no promotional deductions inflate difference",
"collection": "Monthly",
"potential_increase": {
"under_consideration": true,
"proposed_rate": 15,
"reason": "$2 billion state budget deficit",
"status": "Under debate as of April 2025"
},
"revenue_allocation": {
"addiction_services_fund": 3.33,
"note": "3.33% of all gambling tax receipts earmarked for addiction services"
}
},
"pari_mutuel_wagering": {
"racetrack_rate": 2,
"simulcast_rate": 2.5,
"allocation": "First $150K to veterinary school research, remainder to Build Indiana Fund"
},
"revenue_performance": {
"casino_revenue_2024": 2937000000,
"casino_tax_2024": 660600000,
"traditional_casino_revenue_2024": 2450000000,
"sports_betting_handle_2024": 5210000000,
"sports_betting_ggr_2024": 422500000,
"sports_betting_tax_2024": "~$40M",
"total_cumulative_sports_handle": "Over $20 billion since 2019",
"total_cumulative_sports_tax": "Over $177 million since 2019",
"sports_betting_percentage_of_total": 16.6
}
},
"technical_requirements": {
"geolocation": {
"required": true,
"applies_to": [
"Sports betting"
],
"accuracy_standards": "Must verify player location within Indiana state boundaries",
"compliance_requirement": "Stable geolocation technologies required under 68 IAC 27",
"verification_methods": [
"GPS",
"WiFi triangulation",
"IP address verification"
],
"border_monitoring": "Enhanced verification near state borders",
"out_of_state_prevention": "Must prevent out-of-state betting activities"
},
"age_verification": {
"minimum_age": 21,
"verification_required": true,
"methods": [
"Government-issued photo ID",
"Database verification",
"Identity verification checks"
],
"online": "Identity verification check required for online self-exclusion enrollment",
"retail": "Photo ID check at casino entry and for sports betting"
},
"platform_certification": {
"testing_laboratory": "Indiana independent testing laboratories (GLI approved)",
"standards": {
"sports_wagering": "GLI-33: Standards for Event Wagering Systems",
"casino_gaming": "IGC technical requirements and standards",
"racino": "Slot machine technical standards"
},
"certification_process": [
"Initial system certification establishing configuration baseline",
"Ongoing change management logging",
"Quarterly CML reports to testing lab",
"Recertification for significant changes (60-day requirement)",
"Control program self-verification reports"
],
"change_management": {
"required": true,
"log_maintenance": "Platform provider creates and maintains CML",
"quarterly_reporting": "15th day following each quarter close",
"quarters": "Q1 (Jan-Mar), Q2 (Apr-Jun), Q3 (Jul-Sep), Q4 (Oct-Dec)",
"automatic_recertification_triggers": "Changes to certified components",
"notice_requirements": "Email to sportswagering@igc.in.gov"
}
},
"rng_requirements": {
"required": true,
"standards": "GLI standards for randomness",
"testing": "Independent laboratory testing",
"periodic_verification": "Ongoing compliance monitoring"
},
"security_standards": {
"encryption": "Required for financial transactions and PII",
"cybersecurity": "Robust protocols required",
"data_protection": "Player information security required",
"surveillance": "Video surveillance mandatory for casino gaming areas",
"aml_compliance": "Federal AML requirements apply",
"internal_controls": "Comprehensive internal controls required and approved by IGC"
},
"responsible_gaming_display": {
"required": true,
"logo": "Responsible gaming logo with link to dedicated page",
"helpline": "Must display helpline message (1-800-994-8448)",
"resources": "Links to IndianaGamblingHelp.com and IGC resources",
"regulatory_reference": "68 IAC 27-13-1"
}
},
"compliance_requirements": {
"internal_controls": {
"submission_required": true,
"approval": "Must be approved by IGC",
"scope": "Comprehensive policies and procedures for all gaming operations",
"updates": "Must be updated for regulatory changes",
"sports_wagering": "Specific internal controls for deployment and change management"
},
"background_investigations": {
"scope": [
"All owners and key persons",
"Substantial owners",
"Occupational license applicants",
"Supplier license applicants"
],
"process": [
"FBI fingerprinting (FD-258 cards)",
"Criminal history check via Indiana State Police",
"Financial investigation",
"Credit history review",
"Personal Disclosure Form-1 (PD-1) for key persons"
],
"standards": "68 IAC 2-3-5",
"suitability_criteria": [
"Financial stability",
"Good character and honesty",
"No disqualifying criminal history",
"Compliance with gaming laws"
],
"felony_accommodation": "Felony waiver process available with hearing",
"reinvestigation": "Level 1 occupational licenses every 3 years"
},
"reporting": {
"financial_reporting": "Regular financial reports to IGC",
"tax_remittance": {
"casino": "Varies by jurisdiction",
"racino": "End of each day",
"sports_betting": "Monthly"
},
"change_management": "Quarterly CML reports for sports wagering platforms",
"control_program_verification": "Self-verification reports to swsvr@igc.in.gov",
"incident_reporting": "Required for authentication failures and system issues"
},
"audit_requirements": {
"frequency": "Regular audits by IGC staff",
"scope": [
"Financial records",
"Gaming operations",
"Compliance with regulations"
],
"cooperation": "Full cooperation with auditors required",
"testing_lab_audits": "Quarterly audits of change management logs"
},
"advertising_restrictions": {
"responsible_gaming": "Must include responsible gaming messages",
"age_restrictions": "Cannot target minors",
"truthful_advertising": "No false or misleading advertising"
},
"record_retention": {
"duration": "As specified by IGC regulations",
"change_management": "All platform changes must be logged and retained",
"communication_logs": "Testing lab communications must be retained"
}
},
"responsible_gaming": {
"voluntary_exclusion_program": {
"program_name": "Voluntary Exclusion Program (VEP)",
"established": "July 1, 2004",
"scope": "All Indiana casinos",
"enrollment_options": [
"1 year",
"5 years",
"Lifetime"
],
"enrollment_locations": [
"Any Indiana casino",
"IGC office in Indianapolis",
"Designated problem gambling treatment providers",
"Online via IGC website"
],
"enrollment_process": {
"form": "Request for Voluntary Exclusion form",
"witness": "Gaming agent or IGC designee (in-person)",
"online": "Identity verification check required",
"voluntary": "Must be completed of own free will",
"sobriety": "Cannot be under influence of alcohol, drugs, or medication"
},
"confidentiality": "List of excluded persons is confidential",
"participant_responsibility": "Participants must stay away from gaming areas",
"consequences": {
"casino_ban": "Excluded from all Indiana casinos",
"trespassing": "May be arrested for trespassing if enter casino while excluded",
"marketing_removal": "Removed from marketing and promotional lists",
"winnings": "Any winnings may be forfeited if gambling while excluded"
},
"removal_process": {
"timing": "Upon expiration of selected term",
"form": "Request for Removal form",
"methods": [
"IGC office",
"Casino location",
"US mail",
"Online"
],
"mail_requirements": "Copy of valid government-issued photo ID required",
"approval": "IGC reviews and approves removal requests"
},
"enrollment_statistics": "Approximately 3,500 individuals enrolled as of 2024"
},
"internet_self_restriction_program": {
"program_name": "Internet Self-Restriction Program (ISRP)",
"scope": "Mobile sports betting in Indiana",
"enrollment_options": [
"1 year",
"5 years",
"Lifetime"
],
"enrollment_method": "Online via IGC website",
"consequences": {
"online_betting_ban": "Barred from participating in mobile sports betting",
"operator_notification": "Operators notified to prevent account access",
"marketing_removal": "Removed from marketing lists",
"wager_cancellation": "Open wagers cancelled"
},
"removal_process": "Same as VEP upon expiration"
},
"problem_gambling_resources": {
"helpline": "1-800-994-8448 (Indiana Problem Gambling Helpline)",
"text_line": "Text INGAMB to 53342",
"website": "IndianaGamblingHelp.com",
"annual_calls": "~5,000 calls per year",
"treatment_referrals": "~1,200 referrals annually to state-funded providers",
"state_agency": "Division of Mental Health & Addiction (317-232-7800)",
"councils": {
"icpg": "Indiana Council on Problem Gambling (indianaproblemgambling.org)",
"ipgap": "Indiana Problem Gambling Awareness Program (ipgap.indiana.edu)"
},
"support_groups": {
"gamblers_anonymous": "Fellowship meetings statewide",
"gam_anon": "Support for family and friends of problem gamblers"
}
},
"education_campaigns": {
"casino_programs": "Responsible Gaming Committees at all casinos",
"training": "Staff training to identify and assist problem gamblers",
"awareness": "Public awareness campaigns"
},
"funding": {
"riverboat": "3.33% of supplemental wagering tax",
"racino": "$500,000 per licensee annually",
"sports_betting": "3.33% of tax revenue to addiction services fund",
"appropriation": "Subject to annual legislative appropriation",
"total_2023": "Indiana ranked 15th nationally in state funding for problem gambling programs"
},
"casino_exclusion_programs": {
"property_specific": "Individual casinos offer property-specific exclusion",
"multi_state": "Some operators ban across all US properties"
},
"software_blocking": {
"gamblock": "Software available to block Internet gambling sites",
"recommendation": "Recommended for online gambling problems"
}
},
"enforcement_actions": {
"penalties": {
"types": [
"Fines",
"License suspension",
"License revocation",
"Warnings"
],
"authority": "IGC has broad enforcement authority",
"considerations": "Based on severity, history, cooperation"
},
"common_violations": [
"Serving underage patrons",
"Failure to detect self-excluded persons",
"Inadequate internal controls",
"Tax reporting errors",
"Equipment non-compliance",
"Unauthorized gaming operations"
],
"illegal_gambling_enforcement": {
"tip_line": "Toll-free illegal gambling tip line",
"recent_raids": [
"March 2019 - Fort Wayne illegal gambling operation",
"2020 - Illegal online casino in Indianapolis (7 arrests)",
"2020 - Multi-state illegal sports betting operation"
]
},
"investigation_process": {
"authority": "IGC enforcement staff",
"process": "Investigation, evidence gathering, hearings",
"appeal_rights": "Administrative appeal process available"
}
},
"market_data": {
"casinos": {
"total": 13,
"riverboat_converted_land": "Most riverboats moved to land-based facilities by 2025",
"newest": "Queen of Terre Haute Casino Resort (opened April 2024)",
"gaming_devices": "~17,000 electronic gaming devices",
"table_games": "~600 table games"
},
"racinos": {
"total": 2,
"facilities": [
{
"name": "Harrah's Hoosier Park",
"location": "Anderson",
"slots": 2000
},
{
"name": "Indiana Grand",
"location": "Shelbyville",
"slots": 2000
}
]
},
"sports_betting": {
"licensed_operators": 14,
"active_online": 12,
"retail_locations": 15,
"launch_date": "September 1, 2019 (retail), October 3, 2019 (online)",
"first_operators": [
"BetRivers",
"DraftKings"
],
"current_operators": [
"Caesars",
"BallyBet",
"FanDuel",
"BetMGM",
"DraftKings",
"bet365",
"ESPN Bet",
"Betway",
"Fanatics Sportsbook",
"BetRivers",
"Hard Rock Sportsbook",
"SBK Sportsbook"
],
"market_size": "Second tier of US sports betting markets",
"popular_sports": "NFL and college football lead wagering",
"monthly_average_handle": "~$435 million (2025)",
"august_2025": {
"handle": 361100000,
"ggr": 45500000,
"hold_percentage": 12.6,
"tax_revenue": 4300000
},
"year_over_year_growth": "17% handle growth, 50% GGR growth (August 2025 vs 2024)"
},
"online_casino": {
"status": "Not legalized",
"recent_attempt": "House Bill 1432 failed in House Ways and Means Committee (2025)",
"proposed_features": [
"22-30% tax rate",
"$300M annual revenue projection",
"September 2025 launch"
],
"industry_support": "Strong casino industry support",
"future_outlook": "Advocates remain optimistic for future attempts"
},
"pari_mutuel": {
"tracks": 2,
"off_track_betting": "Authorized",
"simulcast_wagering": "Available"
},
"lottery": {
"name": "Hoosier Lottery",
"established": 1989,
"contribution_to_state": "Over $7.4 billion since inception",
"online_lottery": "Proposed in HB 1432 but not yet authorized"
},
"charity_gaming": {
"types": [
"Bingo",
"Raffles",
"Pull-tabs"
],
"electronic_pull_tabs": "Authorized for charity gaming"
}
},
"contact_information": {
"regulator": "Indiana Gaming Commission",
"address": "101 W. Washington Street, East Tower, Suite 1600, Indianapolis, IN 46204",
"phone": "(317) 233-0046",
"website": "https://www.in.gov/igc/",
"email_sports_wagering": "sportswagering@igc.in.gov",
"email_sports_verification": "swsvr@igc.in.gov",
"email_rules": "rules@igc.in.gov",
"problem_gambling_helpline": "1-800-994-8448",
"problem_gambling_text": "Text INGAMB to 53342",
"problem_gambling_website": "IndianaGamblingHelp.com",
"other_regulators": {
"ihrc": {
"name": "Indiana Horse Racing Commission",
"website": "https://www.in.gov/ihrc/",
"scope": "Pari-mutuel wagering"
},
"atc": {
"name": "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission",
"scope": "Type II gaming in bars"
}
}
},
"notes": [
"Indiana has one of the lowest sports betting tax rates in the US at 9.5%",
"Effective tax rate matches official rate - no promotional deductions",
"Tax increase to 15% under consideration due to $2B state budget deficit",
"Sports Wagering Registrant licenses eliminated July 1, 2025 - significant deregulation",
"Online casino gaming failed to pass in 2025 despite industry support",
"Strong responsible gambling programs with 3,500+ enrolled in VEP",
"Over 12,000 individuals hold occupational licenses",
"Most riverboat casinos have transitioned to land-based facilities",
"Racinos paid $250M upfront for slot licenses plus $100M investment",
"Sports betting has generated over $177M in tax revenue since 2019",
"Indiana ranked 15th nationally in problem gambling program funding (2023)",
"GLI-33 standards required for sports wagering platform certification",
"Comprehensive change management requirements for sports betting platforms",
"Felony waiver process available for occupational licensees"
],
"sources": [
"Indiana Gaming Commission official website (in.gov/igc)",
"American Gaming Association State of the States 2025",
"Indiana Code Title 4 (IC 4-33, 4-35, 4-38)",
"RG.org Indiana sports betting revenue reports 2025",
"Legal Sports Report Indiana coverage",
"BettingUSA tax rates analysis",
"Indiana Council on Problem Gambling (indianaproblemgambling.org)",
"Tax Foundation sports betting tax analysis 2025",
"Altenar Indiana gambling laws guide",
"IGC Gaming Entity Licensing Guidance documentation",
"GLI-33 Standards for Event Wagering Systems"
]
}