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- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Ind. Code art. 4-33 and 4-35 (riverboat and racino gaming); IGC emergency authority
- Issued
- 2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 6:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Casinos permitted to resume June 15, 2020 under IGC approval (EO 20-32 ¶ 14.e) and the IGC reopening guidelines (Ex. IN-084) (read as 2020-06-15)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to June 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureEvents and venues
- Addressees
- eleven casinos and two racinos
- off-track betting sites
- Functions reached
- AM amusement (casinos)
- FB food and beverage outlets
- LG lodging at casino hotels
- MC
- WF
- Collection
- Indiana IN
Operative words
The Indiana Gaming Commission ordered the state's casinos to close, effective Monday morning at 6 a.m.... The closure begins Monday and runs for at least two weeks (as reported by WFYI, Mar. 15, 2020; the order 'does not apply to the Four Winds Casino in South Bend, which is operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians')
Enforcement
Notes
Three-month statewide closure of an entire regulated sector; reopening at reduced capacity under the IGC's Phase One standards.
Retrieval noteThe IGC's own order text was not located (no IGC PDF from March 2020 in the Wayback index); existence, date, scope and effective time confirmed from contemporaneous public-radio reporting and the Full House Resorts SEC release of Mar. 15, 2020 (not saved).