A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied a request from a rejected bidder to block state gambling regulators from proceeding with a vote on the license for a long-sought Waukegan casino.

In denying Potawatomi Waukegan Casino’s request for a temporary restraining order, Circuit Judge Cecilia Horan said she was not convinced the company, owned by Wisconsin’s Forest County Potawatomi Community, has standing under Illinois’ gambling law to make the request.

Potawatomi “doesn’t come in as a resident of Waukegan, or even a resident of the state of Illinois…” Horsan said. “So I don’t believe that plaintiff is an entity that the statute was designed to protect.”