Gambling
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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...
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Batavia VFW asks city to drop ban on video gamblingJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Batavia will reconsider its ban on video gambling, at the request of leaders of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Dale Richard, past commander of Overseas Post 1197, told...
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DuPage businesses seek repeal of video gambling banMay 14, 2014 5:00 am - Nearly five years after DuPage became the first county in Illinois to prohibit video gambling machines, some businesses and a park district are asking for the ban to be ...
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Lake Zurich ups fee for video gambling liquor licenseMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - Lake Zurich will charge 10 times more for a special video gambling liquor license than originally planned for restaurants, bars and other establishments. Village board m...
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Island Lake mayor casts deciding vote to allow video gamblingMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - In a surprising policy reversal, the Island Lake village board has voted to allow video gambling machines in bars and restaurants. With trustees tied 3-3, Mayor Charles ...
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Video gambling up for a vote again in Island LakeMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - Island Lake Trustee Chuck Cermak is again trying to persuade his peers on the village board to allow video gambling in town. For the third time in less than a year, the ...
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Agreement: Rivers Casino can't threaten workers wanting unionMay 06, 2014 1:00 am - Rivers Casino management must post a notice to employees promising not to threaten them if they seek to join a union, according to a settlement between the Des Plaines c...