Quinn Vetoes Gambling Plan

After morning chat with Oak Park fourth graders, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoes controversial casino expansion plan.

Appearing at Oak Park's Longfellow School on Tuesday, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a gambling expansion plan that would've added five new casinos in the state and allowed slot machines at horse racing tracks. Full text of Senate Bill 1849. Quinn, flanked by reporters in the school's playground, said his main concerns were about integrity and ethics in regulatory oversight process. A copy of Quinn's letter to the Illinois General Assembly announcing his veto is attached as a PDF.  "I think I did the right thing. We're not going to have loopholes for mobsters in Illinois, and the bill that was on my desk was woefully deficient when it came to protecting integrity and honesty in the regulation of gambling in our state," he said. Quinn's veto, …

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