Barstool Sportsbook at Ameristar Casino East Chicago Indiana

The Barstool sportsbook is like a large sports bar. There are 5 five sports betting windows and twenty three kiosks available to wager. However, this is not a lounging type of sportsbook but instead there are seats at the sports bar. You will need to be ordering food or drinks to get those seats and sit back and watch the games. There are TVs throughout the casino and sports bar area to watch the games while you play cards or get something to eat. Not a sportsbook worth going out of your way to watch the games because there is no Vegas style large screens and if you have action on several games the TVs size screens make it difficult watch several games at once.

About The Ameristar Casino East Chicago

Showboat Mardi Gras Casino opened on April 18, 1997. In 1998, Harrah’s Entertainment bought Showboat, Inc. and renamed the property as Harrah’s East Chicago. Harrah’s later sold it to Resorts International Holdings, and the casino’s name was changed, along with the street name to 777 Resort Blvd from  777 Harrah’s Blvd. It was sold again in 2007 to Ameristar Casinos and changed its name to Ameristar. In August 2013, the property became part of Pinnacle Entertainment when that company acquired Ameristar Casinos. In April 2016, the property was sold to Gaming and Leisure Properties along with almost all of Pinnacle’s real estate assets, and leased back to Pinnacle. In October 2018, Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment) acquired the property’s operations as part of its acquisition of Pinnacle.