"Chicago pol Morgan Murphy Jr. is rolling the dice one last time in his never-ending quest to score some big bucks by turning Kenosha into a casino town.
The former Illinois congressman's company, Nii-Jii Entertainment, is barely breathing and has almost nothing in the bank. But that won't stop this group from trying to collect on its failed attempt to open a casino at Kenosha's Dairyland Greyhound Park. You see, while its bid went down in flames, Murphy & Co. salvaged one golden asset - a non-compete clause preventing the Menominee tribe from teaming up with anybody else to operate a Kenosha casino. That could be a huge problem for the Menominee tribe in its latest effort to open an off-reservation casino. In January, the tribe hooked up with the Mohegan tribe, which runs a successful Connecticut casino, and local trucking magnate Dennis Troha, who is also a Nii-Jii shareholder. Sources say Nii-Jii initially asked the Menominee for tens of millions of dollars to go away, though a negotiated payment in the $10 million neighborhood seems more realistic." Get the Story: