DOLTON: Saying they messed up, state regulators have revoked a video game license from a catering company that planned to open a mini-casino in a low-income retirement home in Dolton.
The Illinois Gaming Board had awarded Giovanni’s Catering Inc. a license in April but revisited that decision after the Better Government Association raised questions about how that license was vetted and the presence of a child day care in the Dorchester Senior Center complex.
The Dorchester, owned by the Village of Dolton, was to be the first “supportive living facility” in Illinois with video gaming terminals. Supportive living facilities provide housing for low-income residents in exchange for government subsidies…