Gambling
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Competition for Kane County riverboat cash intensifiesAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - With state funding for social services in budget limbo, and dwindling profits for the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, competition for Kane County grants funded with gamb...
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Bartlett village board to hear revised plans for gambling bistroAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - The Bartlett village board Tuesday will consider revised plans for a video gambling bistro that's previously faced scrutiny from residents and town leaders. Daniela's Bi...
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Village grants Wheeling AMVETS video gambling waiverAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - Wheeling will waive half the fee it imposes on video gambling terminals for the only not-for-profit businesses in town with the machines. The village board Monday approv...
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Was Des Plaines lobbyist advocating for, and against, gambling expansion?Aug 20, 2015 1:00 am - A lobbyist hired by the city of Des Plaines to advocate against gambling expansion may have been doing just the opposite on behalf of Rockford, according to one alderman...
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Editorial: Municipalities wise not to rely on gambling revenueJul 28, 2015 11:00 pm - The game of chicken Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leadership in Springfield are playing with the budget keeps rearing its head in new ways. Will state workers get pai...
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Prospect Hts. debates 10th video gambling siteJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - Prospect Heights aldermen are debating whether to allow a 10th video gambling establishment into the city, pitting the additional tax revenue against the potential to ad...
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Hanover Park one step closer to new gaming cafeJul 17, 2015 5:30 am - The Village of Hanover Park is one step closer to getting a new video gambling cafe. The village board Thursday unanimously approved an expansion in the number of liquo...
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Streamwood video gambling cafe hosts grand openingJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - A new Streamwood video gambling cafe, Shelby's, celebrated its grand opening Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Village President Billie Roth attended the ceremony...
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Arlington Heights mayor: Village backs gambling expansionMay 30, 2015 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said two Fridays ago that adding table games in addition to the slot machines Arlington International Racecourse has long coveted would...
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Effort to expand gambling likely to be pushed into summerMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An effort to generate much-needed revenue for Chicago and Illinois by opening a city-owned casino and expanding gambling elsewhere could be pushed into sum...