Harrah's enters race for Illinois' 10th gaming license - 2004-01-19
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and the city of Waukegan, Ill., have submitted a proposal for Illinois' 10th casino license, they revealed Monday.
Harrah's said the proposed casino would help transform the Waukegan region, which has lost 30,000 jobs in the last 3 decades. Waukegan, which is north of Chicago close to the Wisconsin border, has an unemployment rate of 8.4 percent, or 25 percent more than the metropolitan Chicago area.
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