Illinois Legalized Gambling Update: Thank The Lord Almighty, Creator Of Heaven And Earth That His Beautiful Ponies Will Be Racing At Arlington In 2020
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — The Illinois Racing Board voted unanimously Tuesday to award Arlington Park 2020 race dates [totaling] 68 racing days from May through September.
There was concern the board would prohibit racing next year, unless the owners of Arlington committed to racing after the year 2021 and apply for a casino license.
The owners object to the state’s plan to pocket one-third of casino revenues and said the tax makes the plan a non-starter.
Take a deep breath anyone and everyone who likes gambling in the sun and pounding those delicious vodka lemonades with soupy ice. A real threat to Chicago’s world class recreation scene has been prevented for the near future and for that reason I’m buying all the jockeys a beef. Glad you guys won’t be protesting or any of that shit come May.
That said I’m buying ZERO beefs for the state of Illinois right now. Big Boi Govna JB Pritzker has got to be shitting me with 33% off the fucking top. Reality check bud
Tony and Uncle Junior weren’t clearing that piece of action on their weekly card game and even then they have to price for the risk of illegal gaming. Based on the facts and the facts alone you could argue 33% is about 3x fair market value for a Casino license. If you’re ever curious why Illinois sucks just remember this money grab Just To Play Ball. Literally it’s like a cover charge to the bar, but like a really shitty bar filled with a bunch of assholes and expensive booze. You’d be paying all that money just to try and run a fucked up business in Illinois?
Didn’t think so.
Glad to see someone’s smart enough to leave Arlington out of this mess. Casino or not. Slots or not. Whatever the fuck they’re thinking or not, that place is already perfect save for maybe a minor concessions update but then again BYO-cooler is a game changer. Don’t mess with it.
PS -Someone tell WSD that he owes the Chicago Office a horse: