Gambling
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Elk Grove, Mount Prospect, Park Ridge voters support recreational pot salesNov 03, 2020 6:00 pm - By Eric Peterson epeterson@dailyherald.com Voters in Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect and Park Ridge support allowing recreational marijuana sales in their hometowns, a...
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Reduced hours, new capacity limits at most Illinois casinosOct 29, 2020 1:00 am - Eight of Illinois' 10 casinos are operating under reduced daily hours and new capacity limits amid rising COVID-19 positivity rates in most state regions. The new Illino...
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State gambling revenues plummet during pandemicOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Revenues flowing into state coffers from legalized gambling operations plummeted during the fiscal year that ended June 30 as casinos, racetracks and other...
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Bears announce first sports betting sponsor partnership with PointsBetSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - The Bears announced a partnership Friday with PointsBet, making it the team's first sports betting sponsor. "As we break into the sports betting category for the first t...
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Hawthorne plans sportsbooks at three suburban OTBs, including Prospect HeightsSep 15, 2020 10:00 am - A retail sports betting site is expected to open as soon as next month inside Player's Pub & Grill in Prospect Heights - one of three new sportsbooks that will launch at...
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Gamblers place $52.5 million sports bets in July. The most bet on sport? Soccer.Sep 15, 2020 1:00 am - Soccer matches see the most wagers in Illinois' first full month of action
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Marijuana question dominant among several Northwest suburban referendumsSep 07, 2020 1:00 am - More than 10 months after the sale of recreational marijuana to adults will have been legal in Illinois, some Northwest suburbs will ask voters to weigh in on whether to...
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DraftKings, FanDuel fees deemed taxable in landmark IRS memo
Aug 22, 2020 6:19 am - Daily fantasy sports companies like FanDuel and DraftKings must pay federal excise tax on their entry fees, the IRS has decided, in an internal memo that could cause a m...
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Buffalo Grove continues to weigh break on gambling license feesAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - In the wake of a local restaurant asking for a break on gambling fees because of coronavirus-related hardships, Buffalo Grove is surveying fellow Northwest Municipal Con...
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Buffalo Grove debates restaurant's video gambling feesAug 14, 2020 6:00 am - In late February, Buffalo Grove's Original Bagel & Bialy restaurant paid $6,000 in village licensing fees to operate six video gambling machines through the end of April...