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The Board enjoys jurisdiction, supervision, powers, and duties over every person who holds or conducts any race meeting within the state of Illinois where horse racing is permitted for any stake, purse, or reward. Toward this end, the Board enforces rules and regulations to ensure the honesty and integrity of Illinois horse racing and wagering.
Lucy Reum from the 1969–1970 Illinois Blue Book.. Lucy Reum (July 15, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a delegate to the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention and a horse racing industry reformer.
Richard Louis Duchossois (pronounced DUCH-ah-swah [needs IPA]; October 7, 1921 – January 28, 2022) was an American businessman and racehorse owner.He was the founder and chairman of The Duchossois Group, Inc., a family-owned company headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois that had ownership stakes in Arlington Park and Churchill Downs race tracks, and did rail car and defense manufacturing.
Illinois enacted a sweeping law in 2019 to allow casinos at horse racing tracks, known as racinos. ... Last fall, Carey told the Illinois Racing Board it would open by the end of 2024, but in ...
William S. Miller, a self-made millionaire and horse breeder, and his partners purchased Balmoral Park in 1967. Miller had been a member of the Illinois Racing Board from 1951 to 1967 and also served as Board Chairman. Miller converted Balmoral's thoroughbred track to a half-mile track for harness racing.
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Among their philanthropic activities is the Bernice and Leonard H. Lavin Endowed Scholarship for Inner City Chicagoland Students at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, [5] the Lavin VentureStart programs in the Entrepreneurial Management Center at San Diego State University, [6] and the Leonard and Bernice Lavin Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington.
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