Empress Boss Against Expansion 

When casinos are normally told that they are going to be able to offer more slot machines they get pretty excited about it. They think that they have died and gone to heaven. But this is not always the case. Sometimes they think that the expansion is a bad idea, and that is the case with the Empress Casino. The general manager at the casino, soon to be the Hollywood Casino Joliet, said that he thought expansion was a bad idea. Jon Johnson said that the expansion of slot machines was “the wrong time” and that the state needed to think more about that if they do it. 

There are already several casinos in Illinois and all of them would be able to bring in more slot machines. Not only that, but they would also see tracks being able to bring in slot machines too. The Empress says that they are having a hard enough time getting people in with the number of slot machines that they have, and they say that if the expansion is approved that they will not be adding in more slot machines. They say that the number of slot machines in the state is already too much, and that by offering more you are simply adding in extra slot machines, but not more bodies to play them. 

They say that the other casinos can do what they want, but that they will not bring in more slot machines as there is no reason to.