The Chicago Tribune reports that the Illinois Senate rejected gambling expansion as the week ended that would have put casinos in Park City, Rockford and Chicago, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The expansion would have also allowed slot machines at Illinois racetracks.
But the vote was 28 for and 28 against, and because approval requires 30 votes in the 59 seat Senate it did not pass.
Link said the added gambling would generate nearly $100 million in the first year for the state and $500 million annually once established.
State Senator Kirk Dillard said the expanded gambling proposal would have made Illinois a bigger gambling state than Nevada or New Jersey.