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Illinois Gaming Board Met July 14

Illinois Gaming Board Met July 14.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Open Session 

a. Call to Order 

b. Roll Call 

c. Motion to Enter into Closed Session 

II. Closed Session 

a. Review of Closed Session Minutes 

i. Consideration of the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting closed session of Wednesday, June 9, 2021 

b. Discussion of Evidence Received per Board’s Adjudicatory Authority 

c. Litigation 

d. Motion to Adjourn Closed Session and Reconvene Open Session 

III. Open Session 

a. Review of Open Session Minutes: 

i. Consideration of the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting Open Session of Wednesday, June 9, 2021 

b. Board Member Comments 

c. Administrator’s Report 

d. Public Commentary 

i. Teresa Guinzy, Owner, KITT, LLC d/b/a Lucky Dogs 

ii. Anita Bedell, Executive Director, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems 

e. Administrative Matters 

i. Dissemination of Closed Session Minutes 

ii. Proposed Video Gaming Rule (Deactivation of Video Gaming Terminals) 

IV. Casino 

a. Owners Licensee Items: 

i. Final Approval of Owners License Renewal 

1. Casino Queen, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings at Casino Queen 

ii. Other Owner Licensee Items:

1. Standard General Focus Fund L.P. – Casino Queen, Inc. - Institutional  Investor  

iii. Key Person Approvals: 

1. James Allen – 815 Entertainment, LLC – President, Chief Executive Officer,  and Member of the Board of Managers of Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

2. Herman Campuzano – Elgin Riverboat Resort d/b/a Grand Victoria Casino – Regional Director of Internal Audit 

3. Jason Grover – Alton Casino, LLC d/b/a Argosy Casino Alton; HC Aurora,  LLC d/b/a Hollywood Casino Aurora; HC Joliet, LLC d/b/a Hollywood  Casino Joliet – Regional IT Director, Penn National Gaming 

4. HR Rockford Owner, LLC – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner, Business Entity 

5. Rockford Casino Development, LLC – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner, Business Entity 

6. Seminole Hard Rock International, LLC – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner, Business Entity 

7. SHRE/SHRI, LLC – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner, Business Entity 8. Seminole HR Holdings, LLC – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner, Business  Entity 

9. Agnes Billie-Motlow – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of  Managers of Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

10. Danelle R. Boose – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner 

11. Brad Buchanan – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of Managers of  Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

12. John R. Eder – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Executive Vice President, CFO,  Secretary, Treasurer of Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

13. Jeffrey E. Hook – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Executive Vice President of  Seminole Hard Rock International, LLC 

14. Robert L. Gips – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of Managers of  Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

15. Carla S. Gopher – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of Managers of  Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

16. Alexander Johns – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of Managers of Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

17. Jon S. Lucas – 815 Entertainment, LLC – COO of Hard Rock International, USA, Inc. and Hard Rock entities 

18. Jim Shore– 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member of HR Rockford Owner, LLC  and Seminole HR Holdings, LLC 

19. Connie Whidden – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Member, Board of Managers of  Seminole HR Holdings, LLC

20. Miles E. Bretsch – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner 

21. Daniel Fischer – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner and President of 815  Entertainment, LLC 

22. Brian J. Bear – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner 

23. Karen Eng – 815 Entertainment, LLC – Owner 

24. Bryan G. Westerman – 815 Entertainment, LLC - Owner 

b. Organization Gaming Licensee Items: 

i. Key Persons: 

1. Thomas C. Barry Jr. – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board Member 

2. Anthony Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Board Member and  Secretary 

3. Robert Francis Carey III – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member 

4. Timothy Sean Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member, President, and CEO 

5. David Allan Collins – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board Member 

6. William Charles Collins Jr. – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member 

7. Chrissa Barry-Dolan – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member 

8. Richard William Finn – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

9. Thomas Gregory Finn – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member 

10. Margaret Barry Jacob – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

11. Kevin D. Kline – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – CEO of Gaming 

12. Mark Thomas Monaghan – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board  Member 

13. Ruth Ann Moreland – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner, Board Member 

14. Richard T. Finn GST Exempt Trust U/A 2/11/94 FBO Richard W. Finn – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

15. Walter F. Jacob and Margaret Barry Jacob Irrevocable Trust – Hawthorne  Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

16. Casey E.B. Allen – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

17. Colleen Carey Buckingham – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

18. Julie Anne Burke – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

19. Lisa M. Barry Cahill – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

20. Anthony Clement Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

21. John Joseph Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

22. Martin Brendan Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

23. Margaret Ann Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner

24. Nancy Therese Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

25. Paul Ignatius Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

26. Susan Diana Carey – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

27. Margaret Mary Coleman – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

28. Phillip William Collins – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

29. Caroline Collins Combass – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

30. Sallie Katherine Combass – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner

 31. Phillip Hunter Combass – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

32. Judith Ann Curtin – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

33. Lisa Mary Drummond – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

34. Helen Carey Ehret – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

35. Tierney Patricia Collin Eson – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

36. Kathleen Carey Ford – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

37. Carolyn Barry Frost – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

38. Maura Elizabeth Gates – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

39. Kearin Carey Hansen – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

40. Erin Ann Hearne – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

41. Ellen Janette Henry – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

42. George Francis Jacob Sr. – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

43. Margaret Gertrude Jacob – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

44. Adam Joseph Janette – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

45. John William Janette – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

46. Molly Carey Johnson – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

47. Mary Helen Finn Kramek – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

48. Kenneth Eugene Laski – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

49. William Michael Laski – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

50. Sallie Pauline Collins Maertz – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

51. Julie Marie Maurer – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

52. Mary Janette McCarley – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

53. David Francis Monaghan – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

54. Susan Barry Murray – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

55. Nancy Laura Nagan – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

56. Jeannie Marie O’Neil-Roman – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

57. Leah Hannan Carey Smith – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

58. Catherine Barry Stack – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

59. Taryn Leah Vaughn – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

60. Laura Helen Barry Walsh – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

61. Margaret Monaghan Whittle – Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. – Owner 

62. Fairmount Holdings, Inc. – Fairmount Park, Inc. - Owner 

63. Melissa G. Helton – Fairmount Park, Inc. – President

64. Harry S. McGehee Jr. – Fairmount Park, Inc. - Owner 

65. Connie Reames – Fairmount Park, Inc. – Secretary/Treasurer 

66. William P. Stiritz – Fairmount Park, Inc. – Chairman and Director 

67. Robert V. Vitale – Fairmount Park, Inc. - Director 

68. Robert V. Vitale Irrevocable GST Trust – Fairmount Park, Inc. - Owner 

c. Occupational Licensee Items: 

i. Level 1 Approvals: 

1. Melissa Helton – Fairmount Park, Inc. – General Manager 

ii. Approvals and Denials of Level 2 & 3 Applicants 

d. Supplier Licensee Items: 

i. Final Consideration: 

1. Casino Money, Inc. 

2. HR Rockford, LLC 

V. Sports Wagering 

a. Occupational Licensee Items: 

i. Approvals of Level 2 & 3 Applicants 

VI. Video Gaming 

a. Terminal Operator Licensee Items: 

i. Initial License: 

1. DK Gaming, LLC 

2. Maya Gaming, LLC 

b. Technicians & Terminal Handler Licenses: 

i. Approvals, Denials, and Non-Renewals 

c. Video Gaming Location Applicant Items: 

i. Approvals, Denials, Rescissions, and Non-Renewals 

d. Rule 320 Petition 

i. J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC, Petitioner, (“J&J”) v. Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC, Respondent, (“Accel”) and Action Gaming, LLC, Intervenors, (“Action”) Docket No. 17- UP-005 

e. Requests for Hearing and Requests to Reapply 

VII. Motion to Adjourn 

https://www.igb.illinois.gov/FilesBoardMeeting/20210714OpenMeetingAgenda.pdf 

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