The Illinois Gaming Board, the government body responsible for regulating gambling in the American state, has granted licenses to three new land-based casinos.
January 14, 2021, 10:50 am ·
In June of 2019 Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker signed a gambling-expansion law, that allows the establishment of six new casinos in the state.
One of the six casinos is in Danville. The city submitted it bid in November but still has not been approved. According to Mayor Rickey Williams the biggest reasons of that being the current coronavirus pandemic.
According to the law, the state has a period of one year to approve any candidature for licenses and to provide reasons behind any rejections.
Set-backs due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Marcus Fruchter, Illinois Gaming Board Administrator
confirmed in October the role of the pandemic in the application process. According to Fruchter, the virus caused some significant delays in many of the steps during the process.