In early 2019, the Indiana Gaming Commission approved Spectacle's request to buy the casino licenses Spectacle needed a bill from the General Assembly to approve the relocation. Spectacle bought two casinos on Lake Michigan in Gary and wanted move them inland to downtown Gary and Terre Haute. In this May 16, 2013, photo, Rod Ratcliff, then-CEO of Centaur Gaming, owner of Indiana's two horse track-casinos, gestures during an interview. After the sale, Ratcliff started Spectacle Entertainment, bringing along with him several top executives from Centaur. In July 2018, Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment acquired Centaur.

New Centaur LLC, commonly referred to as Centaur, was an Indianapolis-based casino company that owned Indiana's two horse-racing casinos in Anderson and Shelbyville. Here are the players and what's known so far. One is now challenging his sentence.įederal prosecutors allege there are 'others known and unknown' who 'conspired' with Eberhart to commit fraud.

Last year, two other state lawmakers pleaded guilty to charges related to an alleged straw donor scheme involving New Centaur LLC, Spectacle's predecessor. Eberhart pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for influencing a 2019 gaming bill in exchange for a promised job paying $350,000.Įberhart isn't the first within Spectacle's sphere of influence to face down prison time, and he isn't expected to be the last. Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov.

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