has had to hold off on building its permanent casino while a lawsuit from a spurned bidder for the coveted project plays out against the north suburb.īally’s lobbyists weren’t involved in crafting the legislation, and their massive downtown development 'was not prominent in the thinking' of the bill, according to the South Side senator, who shepherds most gaming legislation in his chamber’s Democratic super majority. Cunningham said the amendment was written at the behest of officials in Waukegan, where Full House Resorts Inc.