Gambling
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Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis opening restaurants at Hollywood Casino in Aurora and JolietMar 12, 2025 10:34 am - Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis will open restaurants in the new land-based Hollywood Casino locations in Aurora and Joliet. Joliet is slated to open later this year while Aurora is scheduled for the first half of 2026.
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$10M lottery ticket sold in South Elgin
Jan 04, 2025 12:23 pm - A winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $10 million was purchased at the Speedway gas station at 1775 N. La Fox St. in South Elgin, the lottery said Saturday.
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Thief steals $1,300 in credits at Rivers Casino, police sayJan 03, 2025 10:37 am - A gambler at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines reported losing roughly $1,300 in credits on Wednesday when he walked away from a gambling machine without cashing out.
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How Illinois generated $2 billion in tax revenue from gamblers in the last fiscal yearDec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Gamblers in Illinois added more than $2 billion in tax revenue to the state’s coffers during the last fiscal year.
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Strike at Boeing part of new era of labor activism long in decline at U.S. workplaces
Nov 05, 2024 2:19 pm - Organized labor has made itself heard over the past couple of years, and the number of actions taken by unions has soared. There were 470 work stoppages involving roughly 539,000 workers last year, according to Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The nearly 500 work stoppages resulted in about 24,874,522 strike days.
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$1 million Illinois lottery ticket sold at Elmhurst grocery storeNov 05, 2024 11:00 am - A shopper at an Elmhurst Jewel-Osco grocery store won $1 million last month in the Illinois Lottery.
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$9.2 million lottery ticket ‘accidentally’ bought at Addison grocery storeOct 18, 2024 8:42 am - An unnamed Illinois Lottery player won a $9.2 million jackpot recently after the lottery machine at an Addison grocery store wouldn’t let him purchase the lottery ticket he wanted.
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$1.45 million Lotto winner bought ticket in Des PlainesSep 24, 2024 1:09 pm - A $1.45 million Lucky Day Lotto ticket was sold over the weekend in Des Plaines, Illinois Lottery officials said Tuesday.
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Schaumburg man finishes 2nd at World Series of Poker’s Main Event tableJul 17, 2024 12:14 pm - Jordan Griff, a onetime Schaumburg resident, finished second at the World Series of Poker’s No Limit Hold’em Main Event and pocketed $6 million in winnings.
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Winning $1.25 million lottery ticket sold in PalatineJul 12, 2024 9:56 am - A winning $1.25 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot ticket was purchased in Palatine, the Illinois Lottery announced Friday. The ticket for Wednesday night’s drawing was sold...