"If you build it, they will come" might work for a baseball diamond in a cornfield, but apparently not for a Chicago-based casino, according to a consultant.
The City of Beloit recently announced their plans for a near-future casino project, and now the Winnebago County Board has expressed support for one here.
For years, a Rockford casino has been discussed as part of a gaming expansion bill in Springfield. But a new report could cool talks of any new facilities in the state. According to the Springfield State Journal-Register, a report from the Illinois Legislature says that despite growth in video gambli…
Talk of gaming expansion seems to be an annual tradition here in Illinois. Each year hopes are inflated and every year it seems nothing at all comes of it. Well, this year is no different. Again there is talk about new casinos in the state and again Rockford is part of the discussion...
CHICAGO (AP) — Tourism industry officials say a Chicago casino could generate much-needed revenue along with sparking economic development in the city. Choose Chicago, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and hotel associations testified before a lawmaker panel Monday about gambling expansion pl…
Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Here's another chance for Illinois lawmakers to put a casino in Chicago. Two chances, actually. It's early, yet, but a bill under consideration would finally expand gambling such that the state would have its 11th casino, but the first in the state&apo…
In the April edition of ‘Ask the Mayor,’ Larry Morrissey answered a listener email about video gaming facilities located across the area and the possibility of Rockford getting a casino license in the near future. The Mayor said the city is hoping to get more control over managing video gaming, but a…