In Illinois, construction has started on a $10 million project at DraftKings at Casino Queen in East St. Louis that will see the remodel of the sportsbook and a new dining promenade. The 30,000 square foot expansion will include an upgraded and enlarged state-of-the-art DraftKings at Casino Queen Sportsbook, which will be situated just steps from the gaming floor and feature the latest sports betting technology, along with lounge-style seating, oversized high definition TVs and more. A full-service restaurant will […]

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The American state of Illinois reportedly saw aggregated tax revenues from gambling for the twelve months to the end of June fall by 13.4% year-on-year largely due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from The News-Gazette newspaper, this is the determination of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (CoGFA) with the biggest comparative decrease in combined receipts at 30% witnessed by the Midwestern state’s collection of ten riverboat casinos. Inconvenient interruption: The newspaper reported […]

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March was a mixed bag for the riverboat gaming industry in Illinois as the Midwestern state’s ten floating casinos reported a 3.14% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues to $130.67 million despite a 2.2% decline in overall admissions for the month to just over 1.06 million. According to official figures released by the Illinois Gaming Board, leading the way was the Rivers Casino Des Plains as its March revenues grew by 4.6% year-on-year to reach $38.93 million although the […]

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Isle Of Capri Casinos Incorporated has signed a deal that will see it sell its Lady Luck Casino Marquette riverboat establishment in north-eastern Iowa to fellow American casino operator CQ Holdings Company Incorporated for $40 million. According to a report from the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, Isle Of Capri Casinos Incorporated acquired the Mississippi River casino with 540 slots and 190 employees in 2000 and expects to seal the sale to its Illinois rival in early-2018 pending the customary closing […]

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Gambling figures for the state released Thursday show revenue rises in the double digits at River City and the Casino Queen, both leading the St. Louis casino market’s strong performance in February. Leading the pack last month was Pinnacle Entertainment’s River City in Lemay, with a 12.1 percent increase in net gambling receipts to $19.1 million. Trailing closely was the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, where the house take increased 11.2 percent from last year February, to $9.6 million. The […]

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Casino Queen in East St. Louis has reduced its opening times to 20 hours per day and is now closed from 4am to 8am. The casino may reduce hours even further. About 20 workers have been laid off as well. A combination of factors has led up to hard times for the historic riverboat casino that first opened in 1993. The casino moved land-side in 2007 and Illinois introduced a smoking ban the next year. Then in 2009 the state legalized video […]

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