Racecourses present racino progress reports to Illinois Gaming Board

Hawthorne Race Course and Fairmount Park highlighted gradual progress.

US.- Representatives from Hawthorne Race Course and Fairmount Park have presented progress reports on their racino plans to the Illinois Gaming Board. Both lack definitive timelines for openings.

Hawthorne, in the south Chicago suburb of Stickney, was declared preliminary suitable for a racino in July 2020, and Fairmount Park, near the Missouri border, a few months later.

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Both tracks offer retail sports betting, with Hawthorne also operating sportsbooks via PointsBet (soon to be Fanatics Sportsbook). Fairmount Park rebranded to FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing when its sportsbook opened in March 2021.

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