Indiana Gaming Commission tells senior center to stop gambling for toilet papers

Seniors have stopped playing euchre, after the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) said that the center is breaking the state’s gambling law.

A 50-person euchre club gathers two or three days a week to play euchre at the Delaware County Senior Citizens Center, where players put in $2.50 and could win a can of peaches or a pack of cookies or toilet papers.

But because they pay a couple of bucks to play and take home prizes, they’re breaking Indiana law — and state officials have ordered an end to the illegal gambling.

Director of the Delaware County Senior Citizens Center Judy Elton said that IGC contacted her early last week, asking the center to stop offering prizes.