Mr. Ratcliff\u2026 looks forward to his day in court to contest these baseless allegations,\u201d Vane said. \u201cThe IGC\u2019s recent motion also seems, finally, to concede that the IGC acted hastily and improperly in suspending Mr. Ratcliff\u2019s license on a temporary basis, rather than proceed with a full hearing on the merits of the IGC\u2019s allegations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ratcliff got his start in Indiana gaming back in the 1990s. He formed a partnership to land a riverboat casino license in Lawrenceburg, Ind., near Cincinnati. He also formed Centaur, which partnered with Churchill Downs to bring pari-mutuel horse racing to the state. After selling his stake in the Lawrenceburg casino, Centaur eventually owned the state\u2019s two racinos, Hoosier Park and Indiana Grand.<\/p>\n
He sold those to Caesars Entertainment in 2018 and formed Spectacle a short time later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Indiana Gaming Commission is ready to proceed with revoking the license of long-time casino owner Rod Ratcliff. That\u2019s according to documentation filed Tuesday in an Indiana court. Ratcliff, most recently the chairman and CEO of Spectacle Entertainment, held a similar position with Centaur Gaming. During that time, authorities allege, Centaur executives participated in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":163298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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