Some legislators contemplating gambling license auction - 2004-03-20
The purchase of a casino license in Illinois for a half billion dollars has some state legislators thinking about the auctioning of gambling licenses if lawmakers make slot machines legal.
The Illinois Gaming Board on Monday granted the state's 10th casino license to Mississippi-based Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., which bid $518 million to construct a casino in northwest Chicago.
Rendell dismissed the concept of auctioning gambling licenses, claiming it was hard to compare tax structures and gambling venues in the two states.
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