It appears a casino won't be coming to Chicago anytime soon.

Legislation authorizing a Chicago casino, which the Illinois Senate approved in May, was amended out of existence Thursday by an Illinois House committee.

The House stripped provisions creating four new, potentially land-based casinos in Chicago, Park City, Rockford and Danville. It also took away permission for electronic gaming at Illinois horse tracks.

In place of the provisions, lawmakers inserted language intended to fix implementation problems with Illinois' newly legalized electronic gaming in bars and truck stops. That measure couldn't get the 71 votes needed for passage Friday.

The House amendment essentially kills the Chicago casino for now.

Illinois lawmakers left Springfield on Friday night and are not scheduled to return until January.

A Chicago casino is considered a threat to boats in Northwest Indiana, which get about 70 percent of their revenue from out-of-state players. Some of those players likely would switch to a Chicago casino if one opened.

That would hurt many region cities that depend on gambling tax revenue to balance their budgets. Gambling taxes are the third-largest source of Indiana state government revenue.

The Chicago casino would have been allowed 4,000 gaming positions. That's slightly fewer than the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, which at 4,239 positions is Indiana's largest casino.

The original Illinois Senate-approved measure authorized building a Chicago casino either on Lake Michigan or on land.