SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
The Illinois House has approved a major expansion of gambling in Illinois
that would put a casino in Chicago and four other cities, add positions at
riverboats and allow slot machines at racetracks.
In addition to a gambling palace in Chicago, the four other casinos would go
to Rockford, Danville, Park City in Lake County and an undetermined site in the
south suburbs.
The Chicago casino could be land-based or docked on Lake Michigan with 4,000
gambling positions.
Chicago would own the casino, and there would be a casino authority that
would oversee construction and operations.
