Once again, lawmakers have run a gambling expansion bill through a committee, and this time, there’s concern about how quickly it happened. Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) said such an important bill needs more time to go through.
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“I know a lot of this has been around in different forms before, but I’ve heard from a number of people who haven’t even seen this until an hour or so ago, and because it's so important, and it does tweak some of what’s been around, it is a different configuration, I just don’t understand the reason for not getting this out,” Radogno said.
Other complaints about the bill were that casinos have seen a decline in use. State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan), the bill’s sponsor, disagrees. This increase helped the state of Illinois by roughly $100 million more money into the state of Illinois’ coffers than the year before,” Link said As in a previous bill the governor recently vetoed, this bill sets up a city-owned casino in Chicago, as well as its north and south suburbs, plus Rockford and Danville. S.B. 1739 has passed the Senate Executive Committee.
Other complaints about the bill were that casinos have seen a decline in use. State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan), the bill’s sponsor, disagrees. This increase helped the state of Illinois by roughly $100 million more money into the state of Illinois’ coffers than the year before,” Link said As in a previous bill the governor recently vetoed, this bill sets up a city-owned casino in Chicago, as well as its north and south suburbs, plus Rockford and Danville. S.B. 1739 has passed the Senate Executive Committee.
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