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Illinois tracks say they could use slots

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois -- Illinois race tracks will tell a state gaming commission today that allowing slot machines will help the state's flailing infrastructure plan, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Racing officials will say that allowing racinos at Illinois tracks will make up for revenue lost from the state's new law permitting poker machines at bars.

The poker machine law was expected to help fund state's $30 billion, multi-year infrastructure rebuilding plan, the Post-Dispatch reports. But because local governments can opt out if they aren't comfortable with gambling, the revenue hasn't streamed in as anticipated.

Lobbyists for the state's horse racing industry say that now is the time to debate whether to allow slots at tracks.

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