Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 4-33-1-2 (2026)
Legislative intent
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 2. This article is intended to benefit the people of Indiana by promoting tourism and assisting economic development. The public's confidence and trust will be maintained only through:
(1) comprehensive law enforcement supervision; and
(2) the strict regulation of facilities, persons, associations, and gambling operations under this article.
As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 2003–2019 · leading case: Caesars Riverboat Casino, LLC v. Kephart, 934 N.E.2d 1120 (Ind. 2010).
Caesars Riverboat Casino, LLC v. Kephart, 934 N.E.2d 1120 (Ind. 2010). “I.C. § 4-33-1-2. The Legislature established the Indiana Gaming Commission ("Commission") as the administrative agency responsible for administration, regulation and enforcement of the riverboat gaming system.”
Donovan v. Grand Victoria Casino & Resort, L.P., 934 N.E.2d 1111 (Ind. 2010). “" Ind. Code § 4-33-1-2 (2005). At the same time, the Legislature created the IGC and gave it the exclusive power and duty to administer and regulate riverboat gaming in Indiana.”
Zoeller v. East Chicago Second Century, Inc., 904 N.E.2d 213 (Ind. 2009). “See Ind.Code § 4-33-1-2. Thus, securing a riverboat license requires an applicant to obtain the endorsement of the city or community in which the riverboat would operate by providing assurances that economic development will occur in the endorsing city or community.”
Donovan v. Grand Victoria Casino & Resort, L.P., 915 N.E.2d 1001 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). “4 Grand Victoria may not simply take refuge in the common law right of exelusion, inasmuch as it is the public policy of this State that gambling is subject to "strict regulation," Ind.Code § 4-33-1-2(2), and the Commission has been given exclusive authority to set rules of…”
Grand Victoria Casino & Resort, LP v. Indiana Dep't of State Revenue, 789 N.E.2d 1041 (Ind. T.C. 2003). “Cope § 4-33-1-2 (1998). Such a presumption sustains the Legislature's refusal to classify unlicensed riverboats as real property.”
Thomas P. Donovan v. Grant Victoria Casino & Resort, L.P. (Ind. 2010). “” Ind. Code § 4-33-1-2 (2005). At the same time, the Legislature created the IGC and gave it the exclusive power and duty to administer and regulate riverboat gaming in Indiana.”
The City of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the Mayor of the City of Lawrenceburg in his Off. capacity v. Franklin Cnty., Indiana (Ind. Ct. App. 2019). “” Ind. Code § 4-33-1-2 . To that end, and in the interest of assisting economic development in the state as a whole and not just in the specific locations allowed to engage in riverboat gambling, Indiana Code section 4-33-13-6(b) provides that local governments receiving…”
— Ind. Code § 4-33-1-2(2) — 1 case
Donovan v. Grand Victoria Casino & Resort, L.P., 915 N.E.2d 1001 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). “4 Grand Victoria may not simply take refuge in the common law right of exelusion, inasmuch as it is the public policy of this State that gambling is subject to "strict regulation," Ind.Code § 4-33-1-2(2), and the Commission has been given exclusive authority to set rules of…”
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