# Winner of this week's 'No sh\*t, Sherlock' Award: the Illinois Gaming Board

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**Created:** [January 31, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-of-this-weeks-no-sh-t-sherlock-award-the-illinois-gaming-board/52554 "2001-01-31T13:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-of-this-weeks-no-sh-t-sherlock-award-the-illinois-gaming-board/52554/1 "2001-01-31T13:55:19Z")

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[http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/metro/chicago/article/0,2669,ART-49569,FF.html](http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/metro/chicago/article/0,2669,ART-49569,FF.html)

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> Gaming Board rejects Rosemont casino bid  
> Regulators say some investors have mob ties  
> January 31, 2001
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> In a stinging blow to what once seemed an unstoppable deal, the Illinois Gaming Board on Tuesday rejected a planned Rosemont casino, concluding that top officials of the would-be riverboat had misled the board and that some investors had links to mob figures.
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> “The investigative record establishes the insidious presence of organized crime elements associated with this proposed project that cannot be ignored,” Gaming Board Administrator Sergio Acosta said in a statement to the board.

Presumably Mr. Acosta delivered this line with a perfectly straight face.

“Oh, no! Organized crime and gambling?”

Next week: Friends of the Earth reports that “bears shit in the woods”, and in a late-breaking update, Msgr. O’Flaherty discovers that the Pope is Catholic.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-of-this-weeks-no-sh-t-sherlock-award-the-illinois-gaming-board/52554/2 "2001-01-31T14:18:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \*  
> \*\*Presumably Mr. Acosta delivered this line with a perfectly straight face.
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> “Oh, no! Organized crime and gambling?”
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> Next week: Friends of the Earth reports that “bears shit in the woods”, and in a late-breaking update, Msgr. O’Flaherty discovers that the Pope is Catholic. \*\*

Are you saying that they should not have rejected the idea due to possible mob ties? 😕

Or are you just saying, “Yeah, no _kidding_ they have mob ties! Tell me something I don’t know, bozo!” ?

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-of-this-weeks-no-sh-t-sherlock-award-the-illinois-gaming-board/52554/3 "2001-01-31T14:33:55Z")

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WAG here, but I’ll say the latter.

**DDG** - that was pretty much the reaction at the M2U household this morning upon reading that - talk about the rolling of eyes! I hope Mr2U was able to yank 'em back facing forward before taking off to work…😃