Articles filed under Sports Gambling
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Will Arlington Park get to keep OTBs? State panel hasn't made a decision yet
Nov 23, 2021 4:27 PM - With their racetrack shuttered, Arlington Park management's bid to keep open their network of off-track betting parlors hit a snag Thursday amid tough questioning and skepticism by state regulators. -
Bill allowing wagers on in-state college sports will head to governor
Oct 28, 2021 10:17 PM - Betting on in-state college sports could become legal with the stroke of the governor's pen after lawmakers in the General Assembly approved an amendment to the state's sports betting law Thursday. -
Senate revives measure to allow limited sports betting on in-state colleges
Oct 27, 2021 5:33 PM - A state Senate committee revived a gambling bill Wednesday that would allow for limited betting on in-state college sports teams, sending it to the full Senate for consideration. -
Man who brought massive gambling ring to Illinois State University avoids prison
Sep 28, 2021 7:56 PM - The youngest person charged in connection with a massive international gambling ring, who was accused by the feds of running a "significant bookmaking operation" at Illinois State University, dodged prison during his sentencing hearing Tuesday.
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Welcome to baseball and gambling ... with apologies to Charlie Hustle
Aug 22, 2021 10:28 AM - What seemed unthinkable -- legalized sports betting -- not so long ago, seems to be becoming all the rage.
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'They killed it': Duchossois' son blames politicians, not Churchill, for Arlington Park's end
Aug 14, 2021 9:21 PM - Amid the pageantry of the final Arlington Million Day -- a day to honor Dick Duchossois and his family for their contributions to horse racing -- Duchossois' son blamed not Arlington Park owner Churchill Downs Inc., but Illinois politicians, for the planned destruction of the grand racing palace his father built. -
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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Former Gov. Edgar calls on Pritzker to exert pressure on Arlington Park owner
May 29, 2021 4:56 PM - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar -- a longtime racehorse owner and breeder -- urged Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state leaders to exert pressure on the owner of Arlington Park in an eleventh-hour attempt to save the historic racing venue and the struggling Illinois horse racing industry.
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