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Indiana legislative leaders rule out any gaming bills in 2024 session

Wednesday 29 de November 2023 / 12:00

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(Indiana).- Indiana lawmakers won’t consider any gaming bills in the 2024 session. That’s because a former state legislator recently agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges stemming from the last major gaming bill in 2019.

Indiana legislative leaders rule out any gaming bills in 2024 session

Former Rep. Sean Eberhart (R-Shelbyville) is admitting to taking a bribe — the promise of a six-figure job with Spectacle Gaming — in exchange for his support of the 2019 bill that benefitted Spectacle.

Both House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) agreed the fallout from that will rule out any gaming legislation in the upcoming session.

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And Bray said it makes it more difficult to consider gaming bills beyond 2024.

“It taints the Statehouse,” Bray said. “It diminishes the confidence that people have in the integrity of the Statehouse. It causes an awful lot of problems and it makes it particularly difficult to engage in that kind of policy.”

The gaming industry had been trying to get lawmakers to legalize online casino gambling in recent years.

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By Brandon Smith

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