With slot machine salesmen and liquor licensees urging the Fox River Grove Village Board to legalize what proponents like to call “video poker,” the Board complied on a 6-0 vote. Frank Gumma, owner, Ideal Gaming, Inc., East Dundee, made the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Gambling
Those businesses in McHenry County that want to have slot machines (video poker to those who wish to make this form of gambling sound more benign) are listed below: Algonquin Creekside Tap Don Marcos Mexican Restaurant Main Street Billiards Cafe … Continue reading
An email from Mike Tryon about the next-to-the-last week in Springfield: Key legislation was debated and voted on last week in the General Assembly. Here is an update of some of the more noteworthy items: Bill to Curb use of … Continue reading
The money lost at casinos in Illinois has increase over 20%, but money going to State Aid to Education is up only 2.1%. One reason is that Illinois has a graduated income tax based on calendar years. Because Des Plaines … Continue reading
An informal discussion was held Tuesday night by the Crystal Lake City Council about whether to allow slot machines (“video poker,” if you favor the idea) in town After presentations by two gambling machine purveyors, City Council members expressed a … Continue reading
I’ve seen Personal PAC, the rabidly pro-abortion Political Action Committee endorse McHenry County Board candidates, but I have never seen a statewide Pro-Life group do the same. Paul Caprio, Executive Director of Family PAC has written a letter of endorsement … Continue reading
A press release from The Task Force to Oppose Gambling for Chicago: Gambling Expansion, Including a Chicago Casino Threatens Families in This Recession Task Force Appeals to Quinn to Veto SB 744 House (Chicago, IL…) The Task Force to Oppose … Continue reading
Monday, the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 744 by a vote of 30 to 27 with two voting “Present.” The Senate roll call follows. The roll call by state representatives and an explanation of the bill can be found here. … Continue reading
And who is that friend who voted for a casino in Chicago and many other places? State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-Barrington Hills). The 65-50-2 vote roll call is below: In McHenry County State Representatives Jack Franks and Mike Tryon voted, … Continue reading
It’s been a couple of weeks since the McHenry County Board bucked Chairman Ken Koehler, State Senator Pam Althoff, State Rep. Mike Tryon and those who stand to gain financially from placement of video poker machines in local taverns and … Continue reading
Leaves are still waiting to be raked this last week that my Village of Lakewood picks them up, so I won’t be in Woodstock for the McHenry County Board meeting vote on video slot machines. Proponents, of course, will describe … Continue reading
This is the fourth article on Tuesday’s gambling debate at the McHenry County Board. Click to find who voted how and for Part 1 and Part 2. Having failed to alter the agenda to allow a Tuesday up or down … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published a little of the unfocused situation surrounding the county board’s debate on gambling, as well as the roll call showing who was up for election this time around. Today, I’m going to tell you what … Continue reading
When the Illinois General Assembly was first debating legalizing casinos in 1992, Methodist Bishop R. Sheldon Duecker led the fight against them. In Minnesota in 2005, Bishop Sally Dyck took to the airwaves in paid ads to oppose a state-run … Continue reading
As we were on our vacation to the Intermountain West the last part of June, my family was amused at my taking photos of gambling signs and machines. Look at the difference in the British Petroleum gas station sign in … Continue reading
Spring Valley Democrat Frank Mautino has gotten Senate Bill 349 onto the House floor. It would put slot machines where liquor is served, fraternal organizations, veterans’ clubs and truck stops. Incredibly, no state senator opposed the bill. The vote was … Continue reading
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. McHenry County has a vibrant history of gambling. Sheriff Ed Dowd seized the slot machines in Algonquin in a very public raid while I was in college in the early 1960’s. When they were … Continue reading
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. McHenry County has a vibrant history of gambling. Sheriff Ed Dowd seized the slot machines in Algonquin in a very public raid while I was in college in the early 1960’s. When they were … Continue reading
When I heard that statewide junior college associations were discussing a casino is Danville, the proceeds of which would go to junior colleges, I was so surprised I couldn’t print here what I thought. Who could have such a stupid … Continue reading
When I heard that statewide junior college associations were discussing a casino is Danville, the proceeds of which would go to junior colleges, I was so surprised I couldn’t print here what I thought. Who could have such a stupid … Continue reading