PointsBet and Hawthorne Race Course have debuted Illinois’ latest retail sportsbook entity, hailed as “the closest in-person sports betting destination to downtown Chicago”. The brick and mortar sportsbook at Hawthorne is the first of four Chicagoland locations that the companies will open as Illinois partners, with three off-track betting sites in Prospect Heights, Oakbrook Terrace, and Crestwood to follow in the coming weeks.