Location: Illinois

Workers at the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford vote against becoming part of the United Auto Workers union. President of UAW Local 1268 Matt... more

Around a dozen members of the United Auto Workers huddle off S. Lyford Road. Some hold signs showing the UAW’s logo of people holding hands... more

Aurora is expanding the number of gambling terminals allowed in local establishments, despite the city’s Hollywood Casino location being... more

Unlike Arlington Park, its bucolic former counterpart, Hawthorne Racecourse has never been a lovely place to watch a horse race. Known to... more

Thirty Illinois House Democrats have urged the City Council to spike Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to tax online sports betting for fear... more

Steel continues to dominate the Bally’s Casino construction site in River West, as crews from the Chicago Community Builders Collective... more

The Kendall County Board is considering adding regulations and potential fees for video gambling machines. The county would only regulate... more

The number of sports bets in Illinois dropped 15% after the state imposed a new tax on every wager, officials said, prompting warnings from... more

One year since Wind Creek Chicago Southland opened, 41 towns in the south and southwest suburbs have each received $118,154 in revenue from... more

“Hard to hate Macau’s momentum,” was a headline in a November 9 investor note from Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz. He liked... more