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Select from the following for more information:
Blue Chip Casino - Michigan City
Empress Casino - Hammond  
Harrah's East Chicago Casino - East Chicago
Majestic Star Casino - Gary
Trump Casino
- Gary
also:
Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum
Empress Casino - Hammond
825 Empress Drive
Hammond, Indiana  46320

(219) 473-7000
Toll Free 888-436-7737
Games
Baccarat
Black Jack
7 Card Stud
7 Card Stud Hi-Lo
Caribbean Stud Poker
Craps
Hold 'Em
Let It Ride
Omaha
Roulette
Slots 
Video Keno
Video Poker
Sessions
4pm
6pm
8pm
10pm
12am
2am

Doors close half hour after boarding 
2-hour sessions

May walk off casino at any time, but cannot re-enter until next sessions.
Over 1,700 of the newest slots, including Wheel of Fortune, Monopoly, Elvis, Jeopardy, Treasure Tunnel and Treasure Wheel, plus favorites like Red, White and Blue and Double Diamonds. Over 50 table games including Blackjack, Craps (featuring 10x odds, Roulette, Mini Baccarat, Caribbean Stud and 3 Card Poker). Also, live Poker featuring 10 tables with Seven-Card Stud, Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Hi-Lo Split games. 
Restaurants

Empressive Buffet
The Empressive Buffet offers over 50 specialties such as ethnic dishes are for breakfast, lunch and dinner, freshly baked pizza and pasta creations, fresh cut prime-rib, honey-baked ham and rotisserie specialties, salads, desserts, 

Harborside Steakhouse
Menu includes succulent Porterhouse, Veal Oscar, and the famous Beef Rib Chop, pastas, poultry and seafood specialties.

Waves Grill
Round the clock service with speedy deli style selections.  American fare including Chicago style Italian beef sandwiches, colossal hamburgers and Polish sausage, Fresh pastries, ice cream and coffee specialties. 

Majestic Star Casino - Gary
1 Buffington Harbor Drive
Gary, Indiana  46406
(219) 977-7827
1-800-28-LUCKY

Majestic Star website
 


Take Indiana Toll Road East-West or
I-80/94 East-West. Exit Cline Avenue North. Exit Industrial Highway (US 12) and follow signs.



Restaurants
Harbor Steakhouse 
Lakeshore Lounge
Miller Pizza Stand 
Skyline Buffet

 

Games
Big Six Wheel
Blackjack 
Caribbean Stud
Craps
Let It Ride
Mini Baccarat
Pai Gow
Pitch Blackjack
Poker
Roulette
Slots
Spanish 21
21 Madness
3 Card Poker



1500 slot machines on board, 
starting with nickel slots



Cruises every even hour from 8:00 am. until 2:00 am, weather permitting. 
No cost to board, and reservations are not necessary. 
Valet parking is available.
Boarding Times (Central Time)
Sunday-Saturday
8  am - 10 am
10 am - 12 pm
12 pm - 2  pm
4  pm - 6  pm
6  pm - 8  pm
8  pm - 10 pm
10 pm - 12 am
12 am - 2  am
2  am - 4  am
(subject to change)
Harrah's East Chicago Casino - East Chicago
Robert A Pastrick Marina
East Chicago, Indiana  46312
1-800-378-3000


Harrah's website 
Harrah's East Chicago website
 

From Chicago:
Take Skyway/Indiana Tollway to Cline Avenue East, exit Inland Plant II/Pastrick Marina.
From I-80/94:
Take Cline Avenue North.  Exit Inland Plant II/Pastrick Marina.
Games
Blackjack
Craps
Roulette
Mini-Baccarat
Caribbean Stud Poker
Caribbean Draw Poker
Big Six

Poker Room for
7 Card Stud
Omaha
Hold 'Em

1,769 slot machines, starting with 25 cent machines

89 game tables

Largest gaming vessel in Indiana

enclosed 1,800-space parking garage
Restaurant & Entertainment
Two restaurants and a lounge 
Live entertainment in the Pavilion with many big name performers and Mardi Gras themed attractions
Trump Casino - Gary
6012 W. Industrial Highway
1 Buffington Harbor Drive
Gary, Indiana  46406
(219) 977-7200
Toll Free 888-21-TRUMP


Trump Casino website 

Take Indiana Toll Road East-West or I-80/94 East-West. 
Exit Cline Avenue North. 
Exit Industrial Highway (US 12) and follow signs.
Games
Big Six
Black Jack
Caribbean Stud and Draw
Craps
High Rollers Area
Mini-Baccarat
Pai Gow Poker
Roulette 
Slots
Video Poker

always a $5 game


1,400 slot machines, over 70 gaming tables, and more than 2,100 gaming positions.  Ten gaming sessions a day - 7 days a week,  free admission, free parking, no reservations required.  
Boarding Times (Central Time)
9:00  am

-

9:30  am
11:00 am - 11:30 am
1:00  pm - 1:30  pm
3:00  pm - 3:30  pm
5:00  pm - 5:30  pm
7:00  pm - 7:30  pm
9:00  pm   - 9:30  pm
11:00 pm  - 11:30 pm
1:00  am - 1:30  am
3:00  am - 3:30  am
(subject to change)
Blue Chip Casino - Michigan City
Michigan City, Indiana


Southeast of the junction of Highways 35 and 12
Craps
Blackjack
Roulette
Let it ride
Caribbean stud
Over 1325 slot machines (25 cent min.)
cruises every odd hour from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Thursday with an additional cruise at 3:00 a.m. on week-ends, weather permitting.

Admission to the boat is free.
Reservations are not required. 
Valet parking available.
Minimum gambling age in Indiana is 21.

188 room hotel, adjacent to the pavilion
Call1-888-879-7711, for reservations.

Restaurants: 
The Buffet - lunch and dinner buffets weekdays,  brunch and dinner on weekends
    Buy-one-get-one-free Fridays only (until 4 pm)
    Menus change nightly with themes like Seafood Night and Chinese Night. 
    Costs range from $6.95 for lunch to $9.99 for dinner. 
The Brio - Italian fine dining restaurant
Venture Lounge - bar with live entertainment
Also a snack bar is available.
 
Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum
7610 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410 
(219) 755-0000
Thoroughbred and harness racing from around the country on 6 simulcast tracks.   Dining is available.