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Indiana Live! Casino voted “Best Slots”

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (Thursday, September 3, 2009) – Finding the best just got a little easier. In its first year of operation, Indiana Live! Casino has been awarded several top honors including Best Slots, Best Customer Service and Best Buffet by Southern Gaming & Destinations Magazine’s “Best of 2009” Readers’ Choice Awards.

In July, over 10,000 readers voted and Indiana Live! Casino was awarded the best award in an impressive six categories competing with other Central and Southern Indiana casinos.

Friendly, courteous team members drove Indiana Live! Casino to the number one spot for Best Customer Service, which according to many patrons is the major reason they go to any casino.

Like to play? Southern Gaming Magazine readers say Indiana Live! Casino offers the Best Slots. With nearly 2,000 themed reel and video slot machines and electronic table gaming devices that include an expansive state-of-the-art Poker Room offering the best in Texas Hold’em, the closest casino to Indianapolis, Indiana Live! Casino has become a premier entertainment destination.

“We are thrilled to be voted “Best of” in so many casino categories,” said Richard Kline, general manager of Indiana Live! Casino. “These awards reflect the hard work and dedication that everyone at our casino consistently provides daily to deliver a world-class entertainment experience to every patron that walks through our doors.”

The Live! Market located in Indiana Live! Casino was voted the place to dine, earning top honors as Best Buffet. With more than 100 delicious menu items, The Live! Market is the hands down favorite amongst Southern Gaming & Destinations Magazine’s readers. And, on September 8, the Best gets better when the Live! Market converts to an all-you-can-eat buffet for one low price for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Seven days a week, guests can choose from a vast array of dining options and can also enjoy an assortment of desserts at no additional cost. Additionally, new and existing Live! Rewards members will receive a free one-time buffet offer. Membership is always FREE.

In conjunction with Indiana Downs, Indiana Live! Casino was also voted the Best Racetrack/Racino by the readers of Southern Gaming & Destinations Magazine offering the best in live racing and simulcasting for standardbreds, thoroughbreds and quarter horses throughout the year.

“Indiana Live! Casino continues to excel in multiple areas,” commented Southern Gaming and Destinations Magazine General Manager, G. Douglas Dreisbach. “It takes a lot of teamwork and dedication for a property to run efficiently and maintain a high level of customer service. For Indiana Live! (Casino) to receive the awards that they did further proves their dedication and strengthens their foothold as a premier property in Indiana.”

Dreisbach added the results will be published in the September issue and posted on www.southerngaming.com the first week of September. Indiana Live! Casino has been awarded by the readers of Southern Gaming and Destinations Magazine “Best Of 2009” as The:

  • Best Slots
  • Best Buffet
  • Best Customer Service
  • Best New Casino/Casino Renovation
  • Best Racetrack/Racino
  • Best Advertising

In addition, football fans, gear up. Indiana Live! Casino is kicking off its $1-Million Pro Football Challenge on September 8. Live! Rewards Club members will be eligible to win $1 Million if they pick the winner of at least 201 professional football games played on Sundays and Mondays.

ABOUT INDIANA LIVE! CASINO
Indiana Live! Casino is central Indiana’s premier entertainment destination. Located just 20 minutes from downtown Indianapolis on Interstate 74E, Exit 109 in Shelbyville, Ind., Indiana Live! Casino opened its 233,000-square-foot facility in March, offering approximately 2,000 of the most popular high-tech ticket-in/ticket-out machines. Guests enjoy a variety of the newest themed reel and video slots offering denominations from a penny to $100. Also, players can enjoy a wide selection of electronic table games, including blackjack, roulette and three-card poker. Additionally, the new Indiana Live! Casino features an expansive state-of-the art poker room offering the best in Texas Hold’em.
Complementing these unparalleled gaming experiences, Indiana Live! Casino also features six unique dining and entertainment venues under one roof, which offers all patrons the area’s best in elegant and casual dining, vibrant nightlife, live entertainment and much more. Indiana Live! Casino is open 24 hours a day and seven days a week to visitors age 21 and older and is located adjacent to Indiana Downs race track, a 200-acre venue that conducts live racing and simulcasting for standardbreds, thoroughbreds and quarter horses throughout the year. For more, visit www.indianalivecasino.com.

Indiana Live! Casino is owned by Indiana Downs LLC and managed by Baltimore, Md.-based developer The Cordish Company www.cordish.com.

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ABOUT THE CORDISH COMPANY
The Cordish Company (www.cordish.com), now in its fourth generation of family ownership, is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate including one of the leading real estate development companies in the United States. The company has diverse development expertise with divisions focused on Entertainment and Mixed-Use, Gaming and Lodging, Sports Anchored Districts, Shopping and Lifestyle Retail and Office and Residential. The Cordish Company also owns and manages a diverse group of operating businesses, ranging from gaming and leisure, restaurants and clubs, live music promotion and film and media distribution. The company values itself on the quality of its operations, its long-term relationships and high level of integrity in all of its endeavors. The Cordish Company is the largest and most successful developer of entertainment districts and concepts in the United States. In particular, the company has unparalleled experience in creating and revitalizing high-profile destinations in urban core locations. Many of the Cordish Company's projects involve public/private partnerships and are of unique significance to the cities in which they are located. Prime examples are the company's prominent role in the redevelopment of highly successful projects in Baltimore's world-famous Inner Harbor; Atlantic City, N.J.; Hollywood, Fla.; Charleston, S.C.; Houston, Texas; Louisville, Ky.; and Tampa, Fla. The company currently has over $1 billion in construction focusing primarily on Sports Anchored Districts. The Cordish Company has received the highest possible national awards in its various areas of expertise. In real estate, The Cordish Company has received an unprecedented six Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence.


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