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Repaired Joliet Casino to reopen

13 December 2010

Destroyed by fire while being renovated in 2008, the renamed Hollywood Casino Joliet's new entertainment pavilion will reopen this month.

Illinois: Gambling expansion makes progress with Senate panel

1 December 2010

Illinois Senate panel approve gambling plan, next stop full Senate hearing.

Former Empress becomes Hollywood December 22

24 November 2010

Damaged after a fire in 2009, the renamed Hollywood Casino Joliet's reopening will take place a week earlier than envisioned.

Illinois Gaming Supplier Regulatory Overview

12 November 2010

Post fire Empress to hire 100

13 September 2010

Empress, to be rebranded as Hollywood Casino, will hold job fair this month.

Gambling revenue falling in Illinois

13 September 2010

Gambling spend down in Illinois and neighbouring states in August.

Chicago poker pro banks $441,692 and WSOP shootout title

3 June 2010

Joshua Tieman won $441,692 and poker’s most coveted prize — a WSOP gold bracelet — with a win in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #6) on Thursday.

Illinois expands slot machine footprint

27 May 2010

Lawmakers in Illinois changed the language of the state’s Video Gaming Act that will allow truck stops and VFW halls to operate slot machines.

Kane County overthrows video gambling ban

12 May 2010

Kane County has repealed last December's ban on video gambling.

Des Plaines wraps up casino details

17 March 2010

Final approval given to Des Plaines casino development by city council.

Illinois tracks say they could use slots

2 December 2009

Racetracks in Illinois are once again pushing for slot machines to help boost sagging revenue.

Illinois racing board weighs online betting licenses

14 October 2009

News brief: The state's racing board will decide whether to give three companies licenses to handle online horse racing bets.

Chicago Olympic Village site won't be casino

12 October 2009

News brief: Mayor Richard Daly shot down an idea of a casino on the site of what would have been the 2016 Olympic Village in Chicago.

Illinois casino has suspicious package scare

17 August 2009

News brief: Authorities evacuated the Hollywood Casino in Aurora after a suspicious package was reported at the casino.

Illinois looks to boost in-state gambling options

24 July 2009

News brief: The state is looking to legalize video gambling in bars as well as partnering race tracks with online gambling sites.

Good news for slots in Ohio and Illinois

20 July 2009

Governors in both states approved legislation that will add an estimated 40,000 to 75,000 new slot machines.

Four Illinois casinos sue former governor

15 June 2009

News brief: Four Illinois casino companies have filed a $267 million racketeering lawsuit against disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Illinois casino revenue drops slightly

15 June 2009

News brief: Revenues for the state's nine casinos fell by 9.3 percent from January through March of this year compared with the first quarter of 2008.

Illinois pol strongly opposes slot expansion

2 June 2009

News brief: Des Plains 3rd Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz said that expansion of video gambling machines would hurt the city's planned casino.

Illinois Senate approves two new casinos

1 June 2009

News brief: The state senate approved new casinos for Chicago and three other cities but nothing is official yet.

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