Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin first opened its doors in 2013. The property, however, first opened as the Nemacolin Inn in 1970 and then as the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in 1987. It was named after Chief Nemacolin, a Delaware Indian who carved a path throughout the Laurel Highlands mountains in different parts of the region. Maggie Hardy Magerko owns the resort established by her father, Joseph Hardy.