“The year 2013 was not a successful year for Indiana’s 13 gaming properties,’’ Feigenbaum said. There is no question that the three Indiana riverfront casinos within easy driving distance of downtown Cincinnati’s Horseshoe Casino have taken a financial hit over the past year.īut revenues have declined in all 13 Indiana venues, and none more so than the three southeastern Indiana casinos in the Cincinnati market - Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Rising Star Casino Resort and Belterra Casino.Īnd it has been going on for the past four years – long before Horseshoe Casino in Cincinnati opened its doors.Įd Feigenbaum, the editor of Indiana Gaming Insight, a monthly newsletter widely read by people in the gaming industry and the Indiana statehouse, said that while Cincinnati’s casino, and the new Ohio racinos, have hurt Indiana, there are other factors at work – particularly an uncertain economy.
