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The Four Winds Casinos are a set of casinos located in the states of Indiana and Michigan in the United States. The casinos are owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The primary property is located in New Buffalo Township, Michigan, with satellite locations in
Hartford, Michigan Hartford is a city in Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,688 at the 2010 census. The city is located within Hartford Township, but is politically independent. Geography According to the United States Census Bur ...
; Dowagiac, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana.


History

In 2007, as a federally recognized tribe, the Pokagon Band were able to develop and Four Winds New Buffalo on the Pokagon Reservation, in New Buffalo Township in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and a compact with Michigan. A second, satellite casino, Four Winds Hartford, opened on August 30, 2011, and a third, Four Winds Dowagiac, opened April 30, 2013. The band was limited to three casinos by its 2008 compact with the state of Michigan. It has since constructed a casino on lands that it claimed qualified for gaming pursuant to specific provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, in South Bend, Indiana. The band announced plans in 2012 to build this 164-acre "tribal village", which includes housing, healthcare, and government facilities, and a casino and hotel. Four Winds South Bend opened January 16, 2018. In 2022, the South Bend location expanded to 98,000 square feet and features 1900 slot machines on its gaming floor, the most in Indiana. Four Winds South Bend's hotel opened March 1, 2023.


Properties

Four Winds Casinos includes these properties:


Marketing

The casinos utilize a loyalty program, known as the W♣ Players Club or simply the W Club. On September 5, 2013, a ten-year naming agreement between the casinos and what became known as the
Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium is a baseball stadium in South Bend, Indiana, home to the South Bend Cubs, a minor league baseball team which plays in the Midwest League. The stadium opened in 1987, and its open concourse is considered the ...
was announced.


See also

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Gambling in Indiana Indiana law authorizes ten land-based or riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio River, one land-based casino in French Lick, and racinos at the state's two horse tracks. In addition, there is one Indian casino in the state. Other forms o ...
* List of casinos in Michigan


References


External links

* {{Casinos in Michigan Casinos in Michigan Native American casinos Native American history of Michigan Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians