Burr Ridge Video Gambling On Table

BURR RIDGE, IL – Burr Ridge trustees are planning Monday to discuss the possibility of allowing video gambling in town.

No action is set to be taken.

In a memo, the village listed 22 DuPage County towns, including Darien and Willowbrook, that permit video gambling at local establishments.

It also listed a dozen DuPage communities that ban it. They include Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, La Grange, Western Springs and Oak Brook, all of which the village labeled as its "core comparables."

Under a 2009 law, the state enacted a law allowing towns to permit such gambling.

Burr Ridge listed 22 establishments as eligible for video gambling licenses under state law:

• King Bruwaert
• SpringHill Suites
• Cooper's Hawk
• Are We Live
• Dao
• Five Seasons
• Topaz
• Falco's
• Capri Ristorante
• Johnny Cab's
• Yolk
• Marriott
• Peak Running
• La Cabanita
• Patti's
• Stix n Stones
• Hampton Social
• Crowne Plaza
• County Wine Merchant
• Eddie Merlot's
• Wok n Fire
• Pella (This village said this restaurant will open soon.)

State data shows that both Darien and Willowbrook received about $4,500 in taxes per machine last year.

The memo said the village may limit video gambling to certain zoning districts. It could also deny a license application based on a business' location and gambling's effects on neighbors.

According to the memo, a recent survey of towns with video gambling indicated criminal activity related to the activity was "very limited."

The village can enact regulations for video gambling, including requiring walls to separate gambling from other uses.

Last August, Trustee Joe Snyder asked for video gambling to come up at a later meeting. Trustee Russell Smith agreed with the suggestion.