It is expected to employ about 300 people.
It features 650 slot machines and table games, a hotel, restaurants, a full-service spa and 1,200-seat event center. The Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort is the fourth casino to open in recent years that was authorized by a 2019 gambling expansion law that was a centerpiece of Pritzker’s first term. JB Pritzker joined hundreds of people from across southern Illinois on Friday to celebrate the opening of the state’s 14th casino on a rural estate just outside of Carterville.
Friday, AugCarterville casino was authorized by 2019 law expanding Illinois’ gambling industryĬapitol News – Gov.