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Gaming Board chief says funding, staffing problems would delay Illinois’ showcase $31 billion public works program hit serious resistance Tuesday, with both the timetable and the legality of key financing called into question.

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Wirtz says Assembly violated Constitution, and an injunction could jeopardize the $31 billion public works bill.

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Gaming Board chief says funding, staffing problems would delay Illinois’ showcase $31 billion public works program hit serious resistance Tuesday, with both the timetable and the legality of key financing called into question.

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Posted by Bob Secter at 4:30 p.m. Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz, who also runs a major liquor distribution business, today filed a legal challenge to the state’s new video poker law as well as liquor, candy and other tax hikes slated to go into effect Sept. 1.

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Gurnee village board members say they’ll take a wait-and-see approach on whether to seek a local law prohibiting video gambling.

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The AFL has hit Melbourne ruckman Addam Maric with a $5000 fine for breaking their strict anti-gambling rules.

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More liberal Colorado gambling regulations that went into effect in July caused gaming revenues for last month to hit near-record levels, according a Colorado Division of Gaming report released Wednesday.

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The Ohio Council of Churches says they’ll fight proposed rules allowing 18-year-olds to gamble at video slot machines.

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The Ohio Council of Churches promised Thursday to fight proposed rules allowing Ohio horse racetracks to operate video slot machines around the clock, with 18-year-olds welcome to play.

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The Ohio Council of Churches promised Thursday to fight proposed rules allowing Ohio horse racetracks to operate video slot machines around the clock, with 18-year-olds welcome to play.

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