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Ill. Senate president champions online gambling
Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday, claiming the payoff could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
States should fold on Internet gambling
California and New Jersey, each seek more revenue, are leading the states toward Internet gambling, starting with online poker. But this all-too-easy form of gaming would come with at a high cost to society – and government.
Gambling commission stands behind choice for interim director
The state gambling commission is standing behind its decision to hire Carl Stanley McGee as interim executive director, despite a recommendation from a prominent Republican lawmaker to delay the hire until the panel sends trained investigators to look into sexual assault accusations against McGee lodged by a teenager in Florida five years ago. State Rep. Daniel Winslow, R-Norfolk, asked the ...
Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward
When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a legal switch that will let them turn virtual ...
Gambling on pensions
Once in awhile something gets dropped into the state legislative hopper more interesting than the usual bridge-naming and nonsense. Take Rep. Paul Clymer’s bill to address the public pension crisis by charging casino-goers a $2 cover charge.
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