The Illinois Gaming Board voted 3-1 Monday to award the state’s 10th riverboat casino license to Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, which wants to build the casino in suburban Des Plaines. According to the Chicago Tribune, According to the law passed in 1999 that made sweeping changes to gambling in The awarding of the 10th license has been long delayed. It was originally to be awarded to the community of Rosemont, but attorney general Lisa Madigan contended that the city’s mayor had ties to organized crime. Legal and administrative debates kept the licenses being awarded and the gaming board rebid the license. Click here to read the complete story from the Chicago Tribune.
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