There is a bill slowly grinding its way through the Illinois General Assembly that would allow construction of harness racetrack crammed with as many as 1,200 slot machines in Richton Park.

Did I just write that?

In Richton Park?

Late last month, the Illinois Senate passed, by a vote of 49-8 , a bill that would clear the path for the start of construction of such a facility, a sports palace which Richton Park Mayor Rick Reinbold thinks could be built along the Sauk Trail-Laraway Road pathway just east of Harlem Avenue.

Hold on to your wallet, sports fans. This is still Illinois and, according to state Sen. Patrick Joyce, who along with state Rep. Anthony DeLuca are two of the eight co-sponsors of the bill, there are speed bumps which could delay or even kill the plan.

The biggest ob

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