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Some big casino operators, like MGM, have announced they would not bid. Local companies Related Midwest and Rush Street Gaming have expressed interest in a potential casino, which could raise politically uncomfortable questions if they’re chosen due to Lightfoot’s long friendship with Rush Street Gaming chairman Neil Bluhm’s daughter, Leslie, who has given more than $100,000 to Lightfoot’s political funds.

To prove their case, prosecutors must show that the enterprise went beyond just Kelly himself, said Blakey, now a professor emeritus at Notre Dame’s law school. But they don’t necessarily have to prove a sophisticated Mafia-like structure existed under him. Case law has held that the enterprise must only be as organized as a pickup basketball game, Blakey said, and Kelly’s indictment more than meets the elements of a RICO case.