INDIANAPOLIS – Big changes to Indiana’s gambling landscape are now law, but things won’t change right away:

The law allows live dealers at racetrack casinos, but not until January, 14 months sooner than previously scheduled. The law authorizes a casino in Terre Haute, but Vigo County voters have to approve it first with a referendum. If they do, the Indiana Gaming Commission will take bids from companies who want to run it.

And while the law takes effect July 1, sports betting doesn’t become legal till three months later, to give the commission time to put rules in place. Director Sara Tait says the commission will have to develop an application form for casinos who want to offer sports wagering, and then review and approve those applications. They also have to train state gaming enforcement officers, and draft rules on which bets are legal.

Tait says she expects to be ready to ask commission members to approve those rules at their August 28 meeting, in time to launch sports wagering on September 1, the first day allowed under the law — and four days before the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers kick off the N-F-L season, expected to be the most popular arena for betting.