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Constable: Once a sporting distraction, gambling now the main event

By Burt Constable
Mar 15, 2022 5:30 am - In 2002, I wrote a column suggesting gambling was a distraction from the enjoyment of sporting events. Even though gambling on sporting events was illegal in Illinois, o...
Nicasa Behavioral Health offering problem gambling services

Daily Herald report
Mar 13, 2022 1:00 am - Nicasa Behavioral Health Services is offering a range of services and information in March as part of Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Free educational workshops, virtu...
Gambling board pulls plug on Russian sports betting

Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 10, 2022 12:00 am - While President Joe Biden is going after Russian oligarchs' bank accounts, Illinois gambling regulators are going after their sports betting markets. In a largely symbo...
State regulators approve plan for Danville casino

Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 10, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois regulators on Thursday gave preliminary approval for a new casino to open in downstate Danville, dealing out one of the final cards of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's 2019...
Judge gives 'Uncle Mick' 18 months for running illegal gambing ring

Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 09, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge gave 18 months in prison Wednesday to a man the feds say ran the largest, longest and most lucrative criminal gambling ring in the history of Chicago's f...
Jim O'Donnell: Relaxed sports gaming rules in Illinois will add more madness to March

By Jim O'Donnell
Mar 05, 2022 8:15 am - A FIREBALLING CYNIC MIGHT SUGGEST that until elementary schools have slot machines for ages 6 and up, legalized gambling hasn't really arrived in Illinois. Nonetheless, ...
Ecker Center offers problem gambling treatment

Submitted by Ecker Center for Behavioral Health
Mar 01, 2022 10:00 pm - Ecker Center for Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the National Council on Problem Gambling, dedicates the month of March to helping individuals who may be experi...
Long way to go: Arlington Park sale to Bears now expected to close in first half of 2023

By Christopher Placek
Feb 24, 2022 12:00 am - The sale of the 326-acre Arlington Park property to the Chicago Bears is expected to close during the first half of 2023, Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said T...
Now at max, Hawthorne seeks state law change to reopen more Arlington betting parlors

By Christopher Placek
Feb 17, 2022 12:00 am - Hawthorne Race Course Thursday picked up one more of Arlington Park's shuttered off-track betting parlors - this one in Rockford - giving the Cicero racetrack its maximu...
Illinois gamblers bet nearly $61 million on Super Bowl

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois gamblers wagered nearly $61 million on the Super Bowl, regulators announced Tuesday, a 33% increase from last year when the big game was on the board legally fo...

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