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'We are very excited': Amid record earnings, Arlington Park owner offers no update on track's sale
Jul 29, 2021 1:33 PM - While Churchill Downs Inc. executives announced record earnings Thursday -- including at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines -- the process to sell the Arlington Park real estate continues, in an effort to "provide significant cash to reinvest in our business, to pursue strategic acquisitions, or to return to our shareholders," an official said on a quarterly earnings call. -
Chicago cop sentenced for role in gambling ring
Jul 23, 2021 6:44 AM - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a veteran Chicago police officer to 15 months in prison for his role in a large-scale, international gambling ring.
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Man left child in vehicle outside Rivers Casino, police sayJul 20, 2021 1:00 AM - A Schiller Park man was arrested Sunday night after leaving a child alone in a vehicle outside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, police said.
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Days after submitting Arlington Park bid, Bears ink deal with Churchill's Rivers Casino
Jun 22, 2021 5:34 PM - Days after submitting a bid to buy the Churchill Downs Inc.-owned Arlington Park, the Chicago Bears on Tuesday announced a new partnership with the company's Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. -
Illinois mental health experts see varied impacts of sports gambling a year into state's legalization
Jun 16, 2021 12:15 PM - On Friday, wagering on athletics through online sports books will have been live and legal in Illinois for a year, and for every 100 bettors who put up only what they can afford to lose in hopes strings of events facing long odds occur for big payouts, about three will develop unhealthy gambling problems, said Faye Freeman-Smith, a member of the board of directors for the group Illinois Council on Problem Gambling and a gambling counselor.
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Jim O'Donnell: Duchossois 'sad' about probable end of Arlington? Don't bet on it
Jun 9, 2021 3:06 PM - There is a level of sadness for Dick Duchossois regarding the expected closing of Arlington Park.
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Bartlett doubling video gambling licensing feeJun 4, 2021 6:27 PM - Bartlett is doubling the annual video gambling terminal license fee but requiring terminal operators to pick up most of that cost.
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Rivers Casino will pay $15-per-hour minimum wage
Jun 4, 2021 4:06 PM - Rivers Casino in Des Plaines announced Friday that non-tipped minimum wage employees will be paid $15 per hour, bringing them up to the minimum wage already paid to tipped workers. -
'We can't force them not to sell': State lawmakers on likelihood of Arlington Park sale
Jun 4, 2021 2:33 PM - While state lawmakers might express the desire that Arlington Park remain open for horse racing, they're not taking nearly the same tack as former Gov. Jim Edgar, who thinks they and the current governor should apply pressure on owner Churchill Downs Inc. -
COVID-19 pandemic shrinks Kane County riverboat gambling grants
Jun 2, 2021 5:46 PM - Kane County's ability to help outside agencies with Grand Victoria Riverboat gambling proceeds fell to a new low Wednesday as county board members unveiled $560,000 in riverboat grant funds. That's a big drop from the more than $1 million in grants the county was handing out six years ago.
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