Illinois Casino News & Illinois Gambling News
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May 23rd, 2012
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House passed a scaled back casino-expansion package Wednesday but fell two votes shy of the supermajority needed to fend off a likely veto by Gov. Pat Quinn, who blasted the measure for having “major ethical shortcomings.” The legislation allowing for a Chicago casino, which was sponsored by Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), passed by a 69-47 margin, with two voting present ...
May 25th, 2012
Illinois coach Tim Beckman called the team's running back depth a major concern entering spring practice. "We've only got really three running backs on scholarships," Beckman told ESPN.com in March. "I've never been at a place where there hasn't been more than four or five." Illinois is still fighting the numbers game to a degree. The roster includes only three scholarship running backs ...
May 24th, 2012
The Illinois House, in a 69-47 vote, passed a gambling expansion bill that would create new casinos and slot machines at the state's racetracks.
May 25th, 2012
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois House of Representatives has passed a major gambling expansion bill in a 69-47 vote. The bill would specifically allow Chicago to have new casinos, as well as four other cities across the state. Additionally, it would put slot machines at horse racing tracks and add more gambling positions for riverboat casinos.
May 23rd, 2012
The Illinois House approved a sweeping gambling expansion plan Wednesday, renewing an effort to build new casinos and put slot machines at Arlington Park that has stalled since last year. The plan would allow for 1,200 slot machines at the Arlington Heights track, as well as new casinos in Lake County, Chicago, the south suburbs, Rockford and downstate Danville.
May 24th, 2012
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Massac County, Ill., Sheriff's Department are investigating the recent looting and all-terrain vehicle damage at Kincaid Mounds, a series of prehistoric Native American burial mounds in rural Massac and Pope counties.
May 24th, 2012
SPRINGFIELD — Four-year-old Celestia “Letty” Young, unable to talk, walk or even sit up on her own because of a rare muscle disorder, knew nothing of Thursday’s votes in the Legislature that could decide whether she stays in the only home she has known or is permanently forced into a hospital against her parents’ wishes. Those votes came when the Illinois House and Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a ...
May 24th, 2012
Despite Gov. Pat Quinn's harsh statement Wednesday Even before the plan is debated by the Illinois Senate, gambling expansion supporters already are counting votes to see if they could override a veto by Gov. Pat Quinn. "I would predict that we'll have the votes to override the veto," said state Rep. Lou Lang, a Democrat from Skokie.
May 26th, 2012
The cuts will move hundreds of thousands of clients off the state's health care program for the poor, and those remaining will have less coverage for dental, eyeglasses and prescriptions.
May 24th, 2012
The Illinois House passed a major expansion of gambling on Wednesday, possibly with enough votes to override a veto by Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn quickly objected to the proposal anyway. The bill would authorize four new casinos in northern Illinois and another in Danville and slot machines at the state’s racetracks.
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