Illinois Collects $7.3 Million in First Six Months of Video Gambling

Published March 16, 2013

Illinois collects .3 million in first six months of video gambling

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Video poker machines that currently are for amusement only in some Illinois taverns will soon be paying out as the State has agreed to legalize the machines to help pay for its massive deficit. …. “The only way they are going to make that is if the …
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Theft just one sign of gambling addiction

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And when compulsive gamblers do steal to support their addiction, it's not just to pay off past debts, said Jim Pappas, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania. "It's mostly just to stay in the action," Mr. Pappas said …
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Paul Godfrey rolls up his sleeves at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.

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Managing this tangled web of corporate relations will be key to running a process that has already proven controversial, as players fend off concerns about rising crime and gambling addiction. No one one understands this better than the man in the …
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