Illinois News - Page 18

News Brief: The Casino Queen was named in two separate Jones Act suits filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on allegations that the riverboat gambling facility failed to provide two employees safe places to work.

News Brief: Programs aimed at improving literacy in Kane County received high marks Thursday from a special County Board subcommittee seeking to dole out more than $1 million in riverboat grants to 36 public and private agencies.

News Brief: Revenue for Joliet's casinos was substantially higher in June than a year ago.

News Brief: The Argosy Casino Alton and the Casino Queen in East St. Louis reported revenue improvement for the month of June, the Illinois Gaming Board reported.

News Brief: As of August 15, Illinois' casinos will start carding every customer who appears to be age 30 or younger.

News Brief: House Speaker Michael Madigan is raising his own questions about the proposed sale of the state lottery, casting a potential shadow over Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan f

ews Brief: A potential $10 million subsidy for Arlington Park, Churchill Downs Inc.'s Chicago-area racetrack, faces a challenge from casino operators, who contend that a new Illinois law is unconstitutional.

News Brief: Columbia Sussex has deal to purchase casino on Mississippi River at East St. Louis, Ill.

News Brief: Putting aside hopes of hosting a casino to lure Chicagoans, tourists and conventioneers, Rosemont has decided to take a more family friendly route.

News Brief: The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has purchased 128 acres in Shabbona but tribe officials were tight-lipped this morning when asked to confirm reports the site will

News Brief: Stung by a legislative loss to the horse racing industry, Illinois' casinos are contemplating legal action to block a plan to shift $36 million annually from four Chicago area casinos to racetracks and horsemen.

News Brief: A contentious deal to take profits from Illinois' richest casinos and use them to support the state's ailing horse racing tracks won final passage in the Legislature on Thursday.

News Brief: The relocation project of Jumer's Casino Rock Island received some adjustments today.

News Brief: Jumer's Casino Rock Island officials will announce today they will double-down on their construction project in southwest Rock Island.

News Brief: An Illinois probe has begun to uncover evidence that the backers of a private foundation benefited personally from the $14 million in casino taxes intended for the resi

The Illinois Gaming Board has agreed to allow Penn National to retain the Argosy Casino-Alton in Alton, Illinois.

The Anderson Animal Shelter in Elgin, Illinois, will be hosting a charity Travelin’ Texas Hold’em Tournament to benefit the shelter on Saturday, March 11, 2006.

News Brief: The inventor of Dab It Poker, a game that mixes poker and bingo, is planning on spreading the game nationally.

News Brief: Joliet's top financial officer is linking a surge in gambling revenue to the expiration of a two-year state tax increase on casinos.

News Brief: The Casino Queen hired a contractor on Tuesday to build the state's first land-based gaming facility, a gamble the boat operators say is worth it to compete with the growing gaming business across the Mississippi River.