Many Kentuckians, of course, want the state to remain casino-free, and politicians have debated the legalization of casinos, in one form or another, for more than 20 years. Older people would be able to get to it.” If they built one here, Indiana people would come over here, and it would be better for people who live here. They complain about not having any money. “Louisville ain’t got nothing,” Lowe said testily. She’d rather the casino be in Louisville, where she lives. One of the bus riders, Darlie Lowe, has been making the 12-mile trek to Horseshoe ever since it opened as Caesars Indiana in 1998.
In just a few minutes, a large luxury bus would be pulling up and taking them on a free trip to the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino. For the next five hours they would be playing slot machines, eating $12 worth of food on the house and hoping to go home winners. To the contrary, this group was stoked about the occasion. Darlie Lowe, right, and Deneen Crayton, both of Louisville, wait for the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino shuttle bus on a recent Wednesday morning in West Louisville.īraving temperatures in the 30s on a recent Wednesday morning, the 25 or so people bunched in the Kroger parking lot in west Louisville had plenty of grounds for complaint.īut complaining they weren’t.
