{"id":40590,"date":"2025-07-05T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40590\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:04:08","slug":"three-high-profile-illinois-casinos-have-now-faced-allegations-over-contractors-with-reputed-mob-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40590\/","title":{"rendered":"Three high-profile Illinois casinos have now faced allegations over contractors with reputed mob ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Inside Bally\u2019s Casino Chicago\u2019s temporary gambling complex at the old Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash Ave.
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The largest fine levied by the Illinois Gaming Board in recent memory \u2014 $3.2 million \u2014 was paid in 2003 by Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, whose investors at the time included Gov. JB Pritzker and members of his family.<\/p>\n

Now overseen by Pritzker, who took office in 2019 and no longer owns a piece of Grand Victoria<\/a>, the gaming board will decide if and how to fine Bally\u2019s Chicago Casino for a similar offense: hiring a contractor with reputed mob ties.<\/p>\n

The state agency, whose leaders are appointed by the governor, won\u2019t tip its hand on the subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matter is still under investigation,\u201d a gaming board spokeswoman says.<\/p>\n

Bally\u2019s officials wouldn\u2019t comment.<\/p>\n

The severity of any fine or other penalty is sure to be an indicator of whether regulators believe the hiring of D&P Construction Co. Inc., on the River West<\/a> construction site where a permanent Bally\u2019s casino is being built was anything beyond a mistake.<\/p>\n

For the full story, go to chicago.suntimes.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside Bally\u2019s Casino Chicago\u2019s temporary gambling complex at the old Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash Ave. Provided The…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,6610,3974,16759,5386,1818,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-40590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-sun-times","10":"tag-content-providers","11":"tag-gambling","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}