Moving onto land, the buildings can allow for structural changes to the walls. Structural changes were not allowed because of the way the boats are built. By creating space for the casino's high limit game room the casino can now have more choices for renovation projects that could not happen before. This allowed for casino gaming that could only take place on vessels on the water to be able to move to land. The state gaming law was changed in 2015. There is a full bar and two areas for food. New chairs and bases have been added to the 95 slot machines. The new game room is located in the space that previously was a restaurant that specialized in hamburgers. Evansville's Tropicana Casino was the first casino in the state to move some of their gaming operations onto land.ġ50 guests were invited to attend the celebration. This is the first casino in Northwest Indiana to move some of their casino games onto land and the second for the state. On Thursday the new high limit slot and table game room was opened at Ameristar Casino. Ameristar Casino East Chicago will open land high-limit gaming room