Gambling
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Daily fantasy football creates big-dollar industryAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - LAS VEGAS - When lawmakers carved out an exemption for fantasy sports in a 2006 law targeting online poker, no one predicted that it would spawn an online gambling opera...
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Batavia: Still 'no' to video gamblingAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - Batavia still will not have video gambling. The city council voted 8-6 Monday to keep its ban in place. It banned video gambling in 2009 when the state first allowed it ...
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Blagojevich, state corruption feature in rulingAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - A U.S. appeals court took on the issue of Illinois corruption under now-imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich as it revived a lawsuit alleging that racetrack owners br...
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Batavia gets a step closer to repealing video gambling banJul 16, 2014 5:15 am - Video gambling may soon be allowed in Batavia. Batavia aldermen, in an 8-2 vote at Tuesday's joint committee meeting, said they favored repealing a 2009 ban on video gam...
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Company wants to turn vacant storefront in Island Lake into gambling parlorJul 11, 2014 1:01 am - A company that runs video gambling operations throughout Illinois hopes to find Lady Luck in Island Lake. Representatives of Laredo Hospitality spoke during Thursday's v...
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With video gambling, Lake Zurich guarding against 'mini Las Vegas'Jul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Now that Lake Zurich officials are on board with video gambling, Mayor Thomas Poynton says he and other officials want to ensure the village doesn't develop a "mini Las ...
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Suburbs see steep lottery sales growthJun 30, 2014 4:00 am - Every weekday on his way home from work, Maurice Shoots stops at the Car Spa Shell gas station and convenience store on Peterson Road in Libertyville to try his luck at ...
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Gambling U.S. soccer fans put money where mouth isJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - You know a sport has arrived when people are willing to gamble on it in record numbers. “Globally, the World Cup is bigger than the Super Bowl and March Madness,” says ...
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Veterans groups turn to video gambling to surviveJun 20, 2014 5:00 am - Faced with declining membership and lack of new blood, some veterans' organizations are pegging their survival on video gambling. A few, particularly those that installe...
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Lombard keeps ban on video gamblingJun 20, 2014 1:00 am - Lombard's ban on video gambling won't be going away anytime soon. Responding to feedback from residents, the village board on Thursday night decided to keep the ban, whi...