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Senate Democrats are preparing to roll out a legislative gambling package that would allow new casinos in Waukegan and a south suburb--but not Chicago--while avoiding the idea of legalizing video poker, which the governor has rejected...

Illinois – As reported by the Associated Press: `` Advocates for gambling expansion said Tuesday they haven't given up on the idea, despite Gov. Rod Blagojevich announcing he opposes gambling as a way to balance the state budget...

The good news as we were going to press this week was that Angelciti has paid out $28 000 and some change on a handwritten Costa Rican check, in Spanish to a player who has been waiting for over nine months after hitting a series of lucrative Royals...

INDIANA – As reported by the Indianapolis Star: “Indiana's riverboat casinos took a financial hit in April, with revenues dropping nearly $17 million from March...

LAS VEGAS -- A former Mirage hotel-casino official was arrested by state Gaming Control Board agents today in connection with a previously reported investigation into the casino's failure to file thousands of required cash transaction reports with the gov...

LAS VEGAS -- The human resources department of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has won a national award for its employee services programs...

ATLANTIC CITY - At a Gamblers Anonymous meeting in Egg Harbor Township, a new member talks about losing her home to the casinos.Up at her place in Lacey Township, Dalia Russell is talking about how a $1 million casino jackpot let her buy a new home...

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Gambling on professional and college sports in Delaware is feasible and could add more than $4 million a year to the state's general fund, a study group said Thursday...

SPRINGFIELD - Just two days after the governor said he would not support any gaming expansion to fill a $5 billion deficit, Rep. Lou Lang on Thursday pushed forward with his three-part package of gambling legislation...

Two lawmakers are pushing an alternative to taxes to generate money for the cash-strapped state gambling. Legislators introduced gambling and other bills into the mix of Gov...