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ILCAAAP News

Gambling Action Alert

Augest 16, 2010

The Southtown Star published an excellent article about video gambling... [ read more ]

Video Gambling Update

Augest 11, 2010

Today the Springfield newspaper published an editorial opposing video gambling, Governor Quinn's signing of HB 4927, and the Illinois' "don't ask, don't tell" gaming policy... [ read more ]

Camelot goes global with foreign lottery plans

Augest 11, 2010

Camelot is hatching ambitious plans to become a global gaming group. The Hertfordshire based National Lottery operator, which was sold to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in March, has its sights set on expanding abroad by bidding to run six new lotteries over the 10-year course of the third lottery licence... [ read more ]

Gaming Giants Bidding For Illinois Lottery Contract

Augest 11, 2010

Four huge gaming firms are bidding on the Illinois lottery contract and two of these gaming giants have teamed up to bid on the 10 year contract... [ read more ]

Online betting a house of cards for world economy

Augest 9, 2010

Legalizing online poker and other Internet betting would be a high-stakes loser for the still-sputtering U.S. and global economies, a leading national gambling critic warns... [ read more ]

Quinn's signature on video gambling bill

Augest 8, 2010

The Trib's story on Pat Quinn signing controversial legislation after hours is a jaw-dropper on several fronts. First, that the governor tries to appear reasonable when he's ripping up and throwing out reasonableness after hours... [ read more ]

Gambling company pushing Cayman lotto

Augest 6, 2010

An international company that has been reported to control some two-thirds of the world's lottery gambling operations has proposed several different gaming options for the Cayman Islands... [ read more ]

Illinois Lottery private management bid process

Augest 6, 2010

So week one has come and gone since bids were formally submitted for the private management contract to run the Illinois Lottery... [ read more ]

The bad guys won

Augest 3, 2010

The Illinois Gaming Board's efforts to keep organized crime out of state-sanctioned gambling could leave veterans with no place to go on a Tuesday night. That's Gov. Pat Quinn's rationale for signing a bill that strips regulators of the discretion they need to police thousands of new video poker terminals coming online soon... [ read more ]

Gambling Update – Governor signs HB 4927

Augest 2, 2010

Last year when Governor Quinn signed legislation that included the Video Gaming Act, it was all about JOBS for the capital construction projects. Late at night on July 30th, after the reporters had gone home, the Governor signed the controversial video gambling expansion bill (HB 4927)... [ read more ]

Choose lottery manager wisely

July 31, 2010

Bids are due this week as the state seeks a private management company to oversee the Illinois Lottery... [ read more ]

Gambling Action Alert

July 29, 2010

House Committee Approves H. R. 2267 to overturn the ban on Internet Gambling... [ read more ]

Bill to legalize Internet gambling: No dice

July 23, 2010

The House financial committee will mark up a bill Tuesday to legalize Internet gambling. Even many in the US industry oppose it... [ read more ]

Explosive report links pokies to jump in crime

July 22, 2010

There is a significant relationship between spending on poker machines and crime in Victoria, a study commissioned by the state government has concluded... [ read more ]

Casino pensioner deals labelled `grubby promotion'

July 19, 2010

Casino is "locking in" pensioners for four hours as part of cheap meal and free bus deals. The inducement has already been dubbed as "concerning" by the Independent Gambling Authority as critics labelled it as a "grubby promotion" encouraging senior citizens and people on limited incomes to gamble... [ read more ]

Group Steps Up Opposition to Video Poker in Chicago

July 16, 2010

Opponents of video poker are stepping up their efforts to keep gambling out of Chicago. They're calling on Mayor Richard Daley to oppose people hoping to overturn the city's longstanding ban on gambling... [ read more ]

 

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