Albert, The owner of the casino, James Jumer is a Hotel owner from Peoria, Il. Jumer owned very elegant hotels in Peoria, Urbana, and Bloomington, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa. When Illinois legalized gambling he applied for both the Peoria and Rock Island license. At the time I had a very lengthy meeting with Mr. Jumer and his second in command(some joker named Ron). To make a very long story much shorter they took the Rock Island deal over Peoria(they also had a small piece of the Paradice). I felt a the time I was used by them, but was very happy I didn't join their team in the end. The boat is a very marginal operation and the last time I stayed at their premier hotel in Peoria it was run down and smelled bad.