GREAT INFORMATION on Save Ft Wayne
visit: https://savefw.com/#
UPDATE Feb 2026:
SIGN THIS PETITION if you are in NE Indiana: PETITION HERE, it will generate an email to your senator and rep.
HB 1038 (casino relocation) has passed through the House and is now in the Senate to be heard on Wed 2/11 in the Public Policy Committee. Read the bill here See this page for the names and contact information of the committee to email and call before Wed at 1 pm.
We understand there are bad actors in the legislation still claiming the Miami Tribe of OK will come and build a casino. This is false. It has been debunked by the Tribe multiple times in the last few months. The latest letter can be seen on this page. The Tribe is not lying; they will never use their land for gaming purposes.
Right now SB 70 is a dead bill.
Casino Legislation 2026: Background
FEB 2026: Who to contact and express your concerns, call and email
This petition will go to your senator and rep: Sign & Share
Who to contact and express your concerns, call and email before 2/11
Senate Public Policy Committee phone for all is 317.232.9400
Ron Alting (Chair) R-22 senator.alting@iga.in.gov
Justin Busch, R-16 (He is from Allen Co) senator.busch@iga.in.gov
Mark Spencer, D-3 s3@iga.in.gov
La Keisha Jackson, D-34 s34@iga.in.gov
Dave Niezgodski, D-10 s10@iga.in.gov
Dan Dernulc, R-1 s1@iga.in.gov
Greg Walker, R-41 s41@iga.in.gov
Randy Maxwell, R-43 s43@iga.in.gov
Kyle Walker, R-31 s31@iga.in.gov
Vaneta Becker, R-50 s50@iga.in.gov
2025 legislation authored by a senator from Huntington was brought before the Public Policy committee, but never voted on and dropped. This was due to public pushback from Sen Johnson, Sen Brown and Rep Heine. Grassroots input and testimony also played a big role. Testimony, calls, emails, prayer, and public events all helped to say “NO” to the casino.
2026 brings TWO bills. The grassroots input and testimony is needed now more than ever.
HB 1038 would grant another gaming license and open a process for operators to bid with the start at $50M. This new license would be for an ALLEN COUNTY casino. This $50M + would go to the state general fund. There are provisions for tax revenue to go to the county and municipality.
SB 70 would allow for a transfer of an existing license from Rising Sun to Allen County. Rising Star is a failing casino run by the questionable Full House corporation. Again, the legislature is being promised a great deal of tax revenue in exchange for this transfer.
Both bills need to be opposed as they actually expand gaming: one by granting a new license and both by forcing a casino into virgin territory. New addicts will be created, new families will be pushed into bankruptcy, new sex trafficking rings will be created, new organized crime will materialize.
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First: Be polite! The phones are answered by legislative assistants. They will ask for your name and possibly a call back # or email. Let them know that you are against both an addition of a license AND any casino in Allen County. If you are inclined, tell them why. See our research page for details and reasons.
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Short and sweet: tell them who you are and why you oppose this legislation.
Example:
Dear____,
I am Concerned Carl. I am asking you to vote NO on passing the casino legislation out of committee. Allen County does not need nor want a casino for the following reasons (then visit our research page for information and support documents)
As a resident of Indiana, I ask again: vote NO.
~sign your name~
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You can testify! See our Events page
You can share- your family and friends need to know why you oppose. Invite them into a conversation, invite them to this website.
You can GIVE-our members cannot do this without financial gifts. Visit our Giving Page and donate today.
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Once you’ve written, called, shared and donated, then keep coming back. Getting legislation passed is a process with many steps. And if it makes it out of the Statehouse, then we must engage the local level leadership in the county and the city of Ft Wayne.