Illinois News - Page 25

News Brief: The Ho-Chunk Nation is in the giving spirit this holiday season, but leaders at a south suburban school are at odds over whether to take the present.

News Brief: Opponents of a planned Ho-Chunk casino in Lynwood are calling for supporters to raise the white flag in light of recent changes to state law making approval for American Indian gaming more difficult.

A WMS Industries board member abruptly resigned last month while firing off a two-page resignation letter that alleges company wrongdoing at the Chicago-based slot machine manufacturer and a personal vendetta by a Wisconsin gaming regulator, documents show.

News Brief: Blowout numbers from a merger partner and word of a possible sale of a Detroit casino pushed shares of MGM Mirage to a 52-week high early Friday.

News Brief: Local schools are finally starting to receive direct tax benefits from casinos, more than a decade after the first riverboats began cruising the Des Plaines River.

News Brief: Harrah's is a leader in using computer technology to boost gambling. The company can trace 75.6 percent of its gambling revenue back to specific customers.

News Brief: Mayor Lyn Howard says there is no connection between a bankruptcy he filed March 18 and his patronage of the Par-A-Dice Riverboat Casino in East Peoria.

Kane County Judge Donald Hudson said Thursday he wouldn't bump other cases, especially those involving defendants sitting in jail, for police chief Chester Morris, who is out on bond on allegations of official misconduct and conspiracy to commit gambling.

News Brief: Gov. Blagojevich pledged during his campaign that he wouldn't take contributions from gambling interests, according to a survey that bears his signature.

News Brief: Money talks at the state Capitol, but not loud enough to drown out the complaints, questions and demands raised by an effort to expand gambling in Illinois.

News Brief: A bid to place casinos in Chicago, Waukegan and the south suburbs hit legislative turbulence Tuesday over an attempt to divert as much as $300 million in new casino revenues to Illinois' clout-heavy horse-racing industry.

News Brief: Senate President Emil Jones said Gov. Rod Blagojevich supports a Chicago-owned casino, but aides to the governor insisted he has not yet made up his mind on the issue.

News Brief: Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, said Monday he is pushing forward with legislation containing a land-based, city-owned casino for Chicago, claiming Gov. Rod Blagojevich supports the idea.

News Brief: Illinois gambling proponents are proposing new casinos as the General Assembly returns this week for its fall veto session.

The Illinois Lottery reports that John Wood of Roscoe is the state's newest millionaire after winning a $19 million prize in the Lotto game.

John G. Brokopp: It’s a high-energy alternative to traditional table gaming.

News Brief: After years of battling the moralists and a reluctant Springfield, that a land-based casino is finally within the Chicago’s grasp.

Three casinos are slated for $500 million in new construction and expansion along a few miles of the Mississippi River in an effort St. Louis area officials hope will spark additional development.

News Brief: There is a new generation of poker players who feast on the growing number of novices taking up online poker.

John G. Brokopp: The games are in reality a misnomer.