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A Chicago-based company’s bid to bring off-track betting to South Richmond cleared its final hurdle at the local level Monday.

The Richmond City Council approved a resolution expressing its support for the new operator of Colonial Downs to convert an old Kmart on Midlothian Turnpike into a gambling hub with hundreds of historical horse-racing machines. The proposal faced no pushback from council members, and little from members of the public in attendance at the meeting.

Revolutionary Racing, the new operator of Colonial Downs, intends to convert the 140,000-square-foot former Kmart at 6807 Midlothian Turnpike into a $41 million gambling facility, one of several it is planning across the state in the next two years. The ownership group, which purchased the shuttered New Kent County horse track this year, said the South Richmond site will employ 200 people and generate $2 million in tax revenue annually.

Historical horse-racing machines allow players to gamble on races that have already happened while hiding the horses’ names and other race details. The terminals resemble slot machines, but because the payouts come from pools of money generated by the players, they function under the same pari-mutuel wagering system used in live horse racing.