News...from the Illinois House of Representatives: Speaker Madigan: Further Casino Expansion in Illinois Must Go Hand-in-Hand With A Genuinely Independent Gaming Board
This press release from the Office of the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives announced that House Speaker Michael J. Madigan offered a proposal to transform the Illinois Gaming Board into a genuinely independent agency with multiple layers of checks and balances that would ensure the integrity of gaming in the state and better safeguard the public interest. Madigan stated that a reconstituted board is an essential pre-condition for any further expansion of casino gambling in the state.