CHICAGO — Illinois enacted a sweeping law in 2019 to allow casinos at horse racing tracks, known as racinos. Nearly five years later, Hawthorne Race Course, a main beneficiary of the legislation, ...

Last fall the Chicago-area venue had its simulcast signals get pulled from a number of tracks because of unsettled financial ...

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The Chicago-area’s longest-operating horse-racing track is being sued along with state regulators for allegedly allowing dozens of horses to race despite medical diagnoses from a now-terminated track ...

A group of investors wants to build a casino and horse race track in south suburban Richton Park, officials said Wednesday, and Illinois lawmakers have proposed eliminating a major roadblock to the ...

More than three years after Hawthorne Race Course was authorized to add casino gambling, not a single card has been dealt nor a coin dropped in the slots. The $400 million combination horse racetrack ...

A veterinarian in Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging Hawthorne Race Course and other officials there allowed horses they knew to be injured, sick, or lame to run in races over a ...

Hawthorne Race Course is counting on opportunistic scheduling, extended spring and summer race dates, and a dramatic reduction in takeout rate for win, place, and show bets to make a success of the ...

The executive director of the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association believes the Juneteenth holiday is the perfect time to celebrate the “huge contribution” that Black trainers, drivers and owners ...

VILLA PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Horse bettors won't be lined up at the Hawthorne Race Course in the west suburbs on Saturday for the Kentucky Derby. Hawthorne in Stickney is not offering window betting this ...