Forget Sin City, a casino, harness track, and 60,000-square-foot sports complex could be coming to “Soy City,” aka Decatur, Ill., “the Soybean Capital of the World.” As well as authorizing horse racing in Macon County, the bill is expected to set a deadline for the Hawthorne Race Course, pictured above, to build a racino of its own. (Image: DRF) Decatur was not one of five locations earmarked for regional casino licenses by the massive gambling expansion package signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June 2019. But a bill soon to be filed in the state legislature would authorize a license for harness racing in Macon County, of which Decatur is the seat, The Herald & Review reports. Not only did the 2019 legislation open up Chicago to casino gaming it also allowed the state’s racetracks to upgrade to racinos in a bid to save the ailing industry. Six years later, not a single racino has opened. But that’s about to… Read More
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