A five-year-old lawsuit challenging Waukegan’s chosen candidates to operate a casino — which were submitted to the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) — has been thrown out. But Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, which filed the challenge, is not going away just yet.
U.S. District Judge John F. Kness issued a summary judgment dismissing the case Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago because, he ruled, it had no right to claim discrimination under the Constitution.
After the state gave Waukegan the right to have a casino in 2019, the city sought proposals from potential operators and four — the Potawatomi, Full House Resorts, North Point and Rivers — applied.
