Northwest Indiana’s three casinos reported revenues of $65.8 million in June, a decrease of about 7% from the approximately $70.8 million reported for the same month last year, according to the Indiana Gaming Commission’s monthly gaming report.
Hard Rock Northern Indiana saw a decrease in earnings with about $31.7 million reported for June 2025 compared to $36.7 million reported in June 2024, according to the report.
Matt Schuffert, president of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, said June is typically a challenging month for casinos as people attend graduations, weddings, and vacations.
“It’s always our slowest month of the year,” Schuffert said. “There’s just a lot more things going on in people’s lives. That was certainly the case this June, for us. Certainly seen one of our softer Junes since opening, but we certainly understand why.”
June is a challenging month for regional casinos, as opposed to destination casinos, because people have more options to spend their budgeted entertainment dollars on as summer kicks off, Schuffert said.
“When people have other things occupying their time and taking away from their entertainment wallet, their entertainment dollar, then you’re going to see businesses like this, on the entertainment side, have a lighter month,” Schuffert said. “We budget that way, learn to live with it and we move on.”
The casino added four slot machines with a $1 million jackpot in June, Schuffert said.
June was the Hard Rock’s lowest table game hold since the property opened, Schuffert said, which means that a lot of people won major jackpots in June.
“Certainly, that’s something that we celebrate with our customers, all the wins,” Schuffert said. “For us, kind of a challenging June, as it is for most of the market, just with a lot of other things going on and some large table games winning.”
Horseshoe Hammond saw a revenue increase, while Ameristar Casino in East Chicago reported a decrease in revenue year over year in June.
Horseshoe Hammond reported $21.2 million in revenues in June 2025, compared to $20 million in revenues in June 2024. Ameristar Casino reported $12.9 million in revenues in June 2025, a dip from $14.1 million in revenues in June 2024, according to the report.
Ameristar reported a slight increase in revenue, while Hard Rock and Horseshoe Hammond reported a decrease in revenues from May to June.
Ameristar reported $12.6 million in revenues in May and $12.9 million in revenues in June, according to the report.
Hard Rock reported $39.9 million in revenues in May and $31.7 million in revenues in June, while Horseshoe Hammond reported $23.8 million in May and $21.2 million in revenues in June, according to the report.
Horseshoe Hammond and Ameristar officials did not respond to requests for comment.
For Hard Rock, July is trending well, Schuffert said, especially given that the Fourth of July holiday fell on a Friday this year. Then, the late summer and early fall entertainment calendar picks back up, he said.
“We look forward to rolling into that,” Schuffert said.