Gambling
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Rivers Casino expansion plan includes events ballroom, moreFeb 17, 2021 6:00 pm - Rivers Casino's stalled but long-anticipated expansion plans in Des Plaines were unveiled Wednesday, calling for a two-story addition that will house a poker room, more ...
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Rivers Casino reopens after late Sunday kitchen fireFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - Rivers Casino in Des Plaines reopened at 7 a.m. Monday after a late Sunday night fire in the kitchen of an attached restaurant forced an evacuation. No injuries were rep...
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Illinois gamblers wagered $45.6M on Super BowlFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois generated nearly $1.2 million in gambling tax revenue from Super Bowl bets made at sportsbooks throughout the state. That's according to preliminary wagering in...
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Constable: Arlington High grad keeps on quarterbacking the anti-gambling movementFeb 06, 2021 12:00 am - In his first game as quarterback for the now-defunct Arlington High School Cardinals in 1956, Tom Grey passed for a touchdown, ran for a touchdown and earned the headlin...
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Rockford casino gets preliminary OK as regulators probe key investor from Naperville
Feb 04, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois gambling regulators gave an initial green light to what could become the state's 11th casino Thursday, handing down preliminary approval for a proposed Hard Roc...
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Trying to win Mega Millions? These are the numbers that come up mostJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - With a jackpot nearing $1 billion, sales of Mega Millions lottery tickets are soaring ahead of the next scheduled drawing Friday. When 70 sequentially numbered white bal...
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Do you feel lucky? Suburbs on a roll with 3 lottery wins, bigger jackpot looming FridayJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - So you didn't win the $731.1 million Powerball. Not to worry, something even bigger is on deck with Friday's Mega Millions drawing. With a jackpot projected to be in t...
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$1 million lottery ticket sold in Elk Grove VillageJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Someone won $1 million Tuesday through a Mega Millions ticket bought at Lively Liquors, 1170 E. Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village. The ticket matched five numbers — 10-...
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Jim O'Donnell: Was Aaron Rodgers playing in a concussed fog at Tampa?Jan 20, 2021 12:00 am - HANDICAPPING THE NFL can be such a funny game. None may offer a past performance more curious than Sunday's NFC Championship Game between Tampa Bay and Green Bay (Fox, 2...
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Jim O'Donnell: A simple formula for picking winners on Wild Card WeekendJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - WEEK 18 OF THE 2020 NFL SEASON could be called a lot of things. At Halas Hall, George McCaskey and his bottom-lining Bears buds might opt for "Ball of Confusion." Nation...