Illinois racing interests say they had enough votes to pass a slots-at-tracks bill this week and some say they were sold out by measure's sponsor in the waning hours of the legislative session. They ...

As horseracing interests lobby for slot machines in Illinois, two former state legislators have floated a $31-billion infrastructure plan that would be paid in part by expanded gambling in the state.

The Illinois Legislature last month passed the gambling expansion measure in the final hours of the regular spring legislative session. If signed into law — not at all a sure thing — it will allow ...

The hopes of slot machine manufacturers in Nevada looking to Illinois as an opportunity for millions of dollars in sales have been dashed by a state appellate court. Gaming analysts said International ...

Illinois lawmakers gave the slot machine industry hopes for a new source of potential revenue Thursday evening. If Gov. Pat Quinn agrees, International Game Technology, Bally Technologies and Illinois ...

Tim Carey is president and general manager of Hawthorne Race Course, a business that has been in his family since 1909. On Saturday, the day of the Illinois Derby, he talked about why it needs slot ...