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INDIANA POKER

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bitadeper1986.netlify.com › ▄ ▄ Indiana Poker ▄ ▄
 1. Indiana Poker Championship
 2. Indiana Poker Online
 3. Indiana Poker Rooms
 4. Indiana Poker Laws
 5. Indiana Poker Tournaments


IMPORTANT IN NOTES

 * Legal (federally) for IN residents to play at offshore sites
 * The state currently has no plans to legalize iGaming
 * Laws criminalize online gambling as a misdemeanor offense
 * Significant land-based poker presence is a positive
 * There are no tribal casinos in the state – not allowed

The Indiana online poker law is never applied against internet poker players.
Read on to learn about the laws, sites, and history of poker in the state.
Indiana Online Poker - How & Where to Legally Play for Real Money Skip to main
content. Aug 09, 2018 Poker for real money is allowed in Indiana as long as it
is played in a commercial casino or at events run by charitable game operators.
There are ten privately owned casinos in Indiana, each one of which offers poker
tables, including Texas Hold ’em, Omaha, Stud and variants of Hi/Lo.

Horseshoe's Southern Indiana WSOP Poker Room is widely considered the best poker
room market wide, with its 30 tables and cushy accoutrements. Not only has it
been voted the best, this is where the World Series. 30 Poker Tables. Indiana’s
poker tournaments are the gleaming gems of the state’s poker scene. The Highland
Poker Tour stop in Belterra brings big names of the pro poker tournament circuit
face-to-face with local players. Famous faces seen regularly in Indiana include
WSOP main-event champion Greg Raymer and WSOP bracelet winner Adam Friedman.

Indiana’s first tribal casino, Four Winds Casino South Bend, opened on January
16th. Full House Resorts proposed to lawmakers last January a $650 million
casino to be built near Indianapolis. Unfortunately, the bill did not pass a
Senate Committee on February 15, 2017. Indiana became the second state to
regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) betting; Virginia being the first. On March
24, 2016, then Governor Mike Pence signed the bill into law, and the Indiana
Gaming Commission oversees this activity. Indiana Representative Alan Morrison
introduced a bill, House Bill 1073, to legalize sports betting at their state
casinos, racinos and parimutuel facilities. A new study came out fairly recently
from the Casino Association of Indiana which mentioned their casinos contribute
$4.1 billion to its state economy and supports 25,000 jobs.
RECOMMENDED POKER WEBSITE FOR INDIANA
Since it’s currently illegal to operate poker sites over the internet in
Indiana, poker players can still play at licensed sites offshore. We recommend
BetOnline as a safe and secure website that accepts players in Indiana.

Indiana’s views on online poker are very clear: It is a crime to wager over the
internet at a poker site operated in the state, including on the game of poker,
and charges range from misdemeanor for players to felony for operators. However,
it is federally legal for Indianans to play poker online at offshore sites.
Indiana shows no sign of changing their laws in the near future, nor are there
any plans to introduce licensing authorities to govern any future online
gambling industry.


FUTURE OUTLOOK OF ONLINE POKER IN INDIANA – ESTIMATED DATE OF LEGALIZATION:
2020-2021

The following graph tracks our expected legislation of online poker in Indiana
on a state law level. It is currently already legal on a Federal level. This
graph monitors the current rise or fall of expected legalization.


According to a state report issued by the Indiana Gaming Commission,
Indiana's...

Indiana's sports betting numbers grew significantly in October 2019, with the...

Recent Activity
Indiana is considered a conservative state and the likelihood that it will blaze
the trail to introduce changes to its current anti-online gambling laws is not
very large. On the other hand, some believe that should the issue ever come up
in a referendum, there may be enough pro-gambling supporters to see significant
changes on the law books.

For now, however, Indianans have remained silent on the law front, with no major
proposals seen in several years and none waiting to be discussed in any form at
present.

In early October 2013, two Indianapolis attorneys[A] proposed the idea of
expanding gambling in Indiana by allowing mobile gambling in the city’s airport.
The idea is to allow the use of iPads for low stakes gambling, with the proceeds
going to fund a new football stadium. While state authorities have said that the
idea is not possible under existing law, it has nevertheless piqued the interest
of the Indiana gambling industry and may at least plant the idea of pushing for
online gambling regulation in the state.


HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN INDIANA

The Indiana Constitution includes a ban on lotteries, understood by courts to
incorporate a general prohibition on gambling as a whole. (Article 15, Section 8
of the Indiana Constitution[B] stated that, “no lottery shall be authorized, nor
shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed.”)
Indiana voters approve the creation of a state lottery.
The governor signs the Lottery Act into law and the sale of lottery tickets
begins. Pari-mutuel betting on live horse races also legalized.
Non profit organizations authorized to conduct bingo, raffles and other small
stakes gaming (also referred to as charity gaming).
Expansion of pari-mutuel betting laws allows the creation of off track betting
facilities.
Riverboat gaming legalized in Indiana.
First riverboat casino opens.
Hoosier Park horse track opened on September 1st.
Indiana Downs horse track opens in Shelbyville.
Evansville off track horse betting parlor opened.
Clarksville off track horse betting parlor opened.


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Gambling laws expanded to incorporate restrictions on internet gambling.
Legislation passed allowing 2,000 slot machines at each of the two horse racing
tracks in Indiana.
Small stakes gaming on pull tabs and similar games authorized in bars and
taverns in Indiana.
Online horse racing bill vetoed. Governor Mike Pence signs bill allowing
riverboat casinos to move ashore.
On March 24th, Indiana become the second state to regulate online daily fantasy
sports (DFS) betting, Virginia being the first. The Indiana Gaming Commission
will oversee this activity.


INDIANA POKER ONLINE


LAND BASED POKER IN INDIANA

Indiana’s gambling laws, particularly Section 35-45-5-1 (d)[C], incorporate
wagering on all games of chance, skill or a combination of both, performed in an
unregulated environment. This includes the game of poker.

Poker for real money is allowed in Indiana as long as it is played in a
commercial casino or at events run by charitable game operators. There are ten
privately owned casinos in Indiana, each one of which offers poker tables,
including Texas Hold ’em, Omaha, Stud and variants of Hi/Lo.

A number of noteworthy casinos include Belterra Casino, Blue Chip Casino, Casino
Aztar and the Horseshoe Casino.

Another way to play poker for real money in Indiana is to find a poker league –
a legal option as long as there is no entry cost involved. Several of these
leagues award real cash prizes or buy-ins to local tournaments. The Columbus
Poker League, for example, charges no entrance fee and is a points based league.

While the majority of US states make allowances for private poker games, this,
unfortunately, isn’t the case in Indiana. Authorities in the state view home
poker games as unlawful gambling – a crime which carries a hefty Class D felony
charge and a potential prison sentence for operators of these games.

Charitable organizers or fundraisers may offer private poker games, under strict
state laws, including a specific license from the state.


GAMBLING LAWS IN INDIANA

Indiana’s strict gambling laws, under the state codes 35-45-5-1 et seq.;
4-31-1-1 et seq, define gambling as, “risking money or other property for gain,
contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, or the operation of a gambling
device.”

Gambling is only allowed in licensed commercial casinos which offer a wide range
of casino games and table games. It is also legal to place pari-mutual wagers on
horse races or play lottery games run by the state lottery, Hoosier Lottery.

The biggest casino or gaming facility in Indiana is the Caesars Indiana which
boasts 2,300 gaming machines and 145 tables. The Argosy Casino and Hotel in
Lawrenceburg comes in a close second place with 2,000 gaming machines and just
under 100 table games.

Some of Indiana’s casinos remain open from 11am to midnight while others are
open 24 hours a day. Games offered include slots, blackjack, craps, roulette and
several variants of poker.

Despite the state’s strict laws, however, it is estimated that casinos in
Northwest Indiana rank third in the gambling market of the United States in
terms of revenue, showing that the popularity of this pastime in the Hoosier
State is wide spread.

Indiana is one of the few states which have gambling laws that pertain
particularly to online wagering. These laws, introduced in 2005, make it illegal
to wager over the internet.

The law refers to professional gambling over the internet as follows:

(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(5) conducts any banking or percentage games played with cards, dice, or
counters, or accepts any fixed share of the stakes therein; or
(6) accepts, or offers to accept, for profit, money, or other property risked in
gambling;
commits professional gambling, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class
C felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this subsection.
(b) An operator who knowingly or intentionally uses the Internet to:
(5) conduct any banking or percentage games played with the computer equivalent
of cards, dice, or counters, or accept any fixed share of the stakes in those
games:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana; or
(6) accept, or offer to accept, for profit, money or other property risked in
gambling:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana; commits
professional gambling over the Internet, a Class D felony.

The future of gambling in Indiana will depend mainly on competition from
neighboring states, which continues to grow with each passing year. Not only are
neighboring states setting up new casinos, but smaller drinking establishments
in states such as Illinois are also allowing the introduction of video gaming
machines – something that will prove to be direct competition to casinos in
Indiana.

The state’s high unemployment rates continue to affect local casinos, offset
slightly by a boost from the Indiana General Assembly which voted recently to
exempt Indiana casinos up to $5 million per year in free slot play from taxes.

In May 2013, Governor Mike Pence signed into law the Senate Enrolled Act of
528[D] which allowed existing casinos and racinos in Indiana to improve their
market competitiveness without expanding gaming in the state. The law,
“authorizes the use of limited mobile gaming systems at racetracks, satellite
facilities and in the gaming area of a riverboat or racino” according to
OpenStates.org.

Adjustments were made to the gaming tax structure and the law codifies the
limited use of mobile gaming devices approved by the state’s Horse Racing
Commission.

When passing the law, the governor said[E]: “Recognizing the competitive
environment in the gaming industry and its importance to local communities, I
signed this legislation to give gaming businesses within our state the tools to
compete with surrounding states. I appreciate the opportunity to work with the
legislature on this bill and am pleased that it did not include an expansion of
gaming.”

Indian Casinos in Indiana

After regaining federal recognition in 1994, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians voted to purse casino gaming. While speculation was high that the tribe
would construct a casino in South Bend or Elkhart in Indiana, these plans never
surfaced, and in 2001, it was announced that that no casino would be built in
the state. However, in 2012, the tribe said that it was planning the
construction of a tribal village which includes a casino in South Bend[F]. The
casino, Four Winds Casino South Bend, opened on January 16, 2018.

The regulation and oversight of Indiana’s horse racing industry is the
responsibility of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission[G], which aims to ensure,
“that pari mutual wagering on horse races in Indiana will be conducted with the
highest of standards and the greatest of integrity.”

There are two horse tracks in Indiana, Hoosier Park which opened in Anderson in
1994 and Indiana Downs track in Shelbyville which opened in 2006. Five off track
horse betting parlors are located in five Indiana cities, namely Fort Wayne,
Indianapolis and Merrillville which are operated by Churchill Downs, as well as
in Evansville and Clarksville, operated by Indiana Downs.

The horse tracks are home to several thousand slot machines. The minimum legal
age to take part in pari-mutual betting in Indiana is 18. The minimum age to
enjoy casino gambling is 21.


INDIANA POKER ROOMS

Rules and statutes pertaining to horse track racing and gambling in Indiana can
be found here: http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title4/ar35/index.html[H]

Riverboat Gaming in Indiana

In July 1993, the Indiana Riverboat Gaming Act was passed to allow riverboat
gaming in the state for the first time, and allowing the creation of ten
riverboat casinos. The first of these opened in 1995. The regulation and
oversight of casino river boats falls under the auspices of the Indiana Gaming
Commission[I]. In 2015, the House, Senate, and Governor passed a bill to allow
riverboat casinos to move onto land within their footprint.

The Hoosier Lottery[J] is operated by the State of Indiana, and was created
after a 1988 citizens referendum voted in favor of its establishment. Over the
decades, the lottery has returned millions of dollars to the state and its
residents, including pension and disability funds, lower taxes, education and so
forth.

The Hoosier Lottery offers nine draw games (including three big jackpot games –
Powerball, Mega Millions and Hoosier Lotto), as well as instant games, scratch
offs, raffles, Mix and Match and a range of others.


INDIANA POKER LAWS

Charitable Gambling in Indiana

While charity gaming is permissible in Indiana, it can only be offered by
specific organizations, including bona fide religious, educational, senior
citizens, veterans or civic organizations that operate in the state. Some of the
restrictions on charity gambling include that fact that these organizations
must:

 * Operate with a profit to their members
 * Be exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code
 * Be in existence for at least five years
 * Be approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission unless the total value of all
   prizes awarded during the event does not exceed $1,000 or $3,000 during the
   calendar year.

Charity games approved in Indiana include bingo, raffles, door prizes, pull
tables, punch boards, tip boards, charity game nights, festivals and special
events. The minimum legal age to take part in charity gaming in Indiana is 18.


INDIANA POKER TOURNAMENTS

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