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The Indiana Gaming Commission isn't saying much about a former state lawmaker pleading guilty to federal corruption charges related to a former Indiana casino operator.
Indiana has paused hearing all online gaming bills in 2024 after one of its former legislators recently got convicted after engaging in bribery in the 2019 gaming bill. Former Representative Sean Eberhart pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit honest services fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District filed the case.
Indiana lawmakers wont consider any gaming bills in the 2024 session because a former state legislator recently agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges stemming from the last major gaming bill in 2019.
Shelbyville Republican Sean Eberhart agreed to plead guilty to charges that he accepted promises of a job with Spectacle Gaming with a $350,000 salary in return for his support of a 2019 bill