Impact Could Be Softened By Resort Limitations<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhile the new Pokagon Band casino is certainly a large venue, there are a few missing components that might limit its impact on the state gaming industry, at least for now.<\/p>\n
While initial plans included a 500-room hotel and a large tribal village, those elements do not yet exist at the Four Winds South Bend site.<\/p>\n
In addition, the resort is being run as a Class II gaming facility. That means that the casino cannot offer table games or true slot machines.<\/p>\n
Instead, the gaming machines offer a type of electronic bingo that is made to look like a traditional slot machine instead, with most of the difference between the game types being invisible to players.<\/p>\n
Those limitations are in place because the Pokagon Band has not negotiated a gaming compact with the state of Indiana, limiting what they are legally entitled to offer to their customers. A future agreement could allow for more games to be offered, but that would almost certainly require the tribe to make payments to the state as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The opening of the Four Winds Casino South Bend on Tuesday was an exciting moment for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, who now operate the first tribal casino in the state of Indiana. But it\u2019s a moment of dread for the 13 commercial casinos currently operating in the state, who fear that the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":67584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Indiana\u2019s Commercial Casinos Could Take Hit Following Opening of Four Winds Casino South Bend<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n