Indiana Grand bucks trend, shows revenue increase in November 2014

Grant Scharton, communications director for Indiana Grand owner Centaur Gaming, said the Shelbyville racino has been able to "hold its own" while revenues drop elsewhere -- including Indiana Grand's sister racino, Hoosier Park in Anderson.

"Indiana's gaming market continues to suffer from a still soft economy and a saturated regional gaming market with increases in competition from Ohio and video gaming terminals in Illinois," Scharton said. "We anticipate the regional gaming market to stabilize over the next few years.

"However, Indiana Grand has and will continue to manage to business levels while offering guests the quality entertainment options and customer service they have come to expect - regardless of current or future market trends."

Indiana's casino operators have lobbied for a variety of changes to help the industry be more competitive with neighboring states such as Ohio, which allows live dealers.

The state's two racinos aren't allowed to have live dealers, but the Indiana General Assembly's public policy study committee voted last month to support live table games and other changes at the state's casinos.

The committee recommended that Indiana Grand and sister racino Hoosier Park in Anderson be allowed to add live dealers, which Centaur Gaming, owner of both racinos, has lobbied for.

But the recommendation comes with a caveat: the two facilities can only replace existing electronic table games with live dealers and would have to wait two years before asking the Indiana Gaming Commission for permission to increase the number of tables.

The changes would still need to be approved by the full General Assembly, which is scheduled to reconvene on Jan. 6.