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Billing the production as a "Weekend at Bernie's" set in Monte Carlo, the Southwestern Illinois College musical, "Lucky Stiff," is set to debut at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The limited-run show will continue with evening performances on July 19, 25 and 26 and 2 p.m. matinees on July 20 and 27.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge has reversed the illegal gambling convictions of two former officials of a Fargo-based simulcast horse betting company.

Socially responsible plans invest in companies that benefit the social good and screen out those that sell tobacco, promote gambling, make weapons, ...

The company's new projects include the Hollywood Casino in East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County. Earlier this month, Penn National scuttled plans to be ...

“Penn National also plans to invest $50 million to improve Empress Casino Joliet’s competitive position, as the Illinois Gaming Board ruled earlier this ...

The grant money was raised by offering a veterans cash, scratch-off lottery ticket earlier to Illinois lottery ticket buyers. According to the state's ...

FRANKLIN GROVE – After promising their children a weekend getaway, not even winning an $8.5 million Illinois Lottery jackpot could stop Renee and Terry ...

DIXON - The Franklin Grove owners of a lottery ticket bought in late May and worth $8.5 million will be presented with their check Thursday morning at Murphy USA gas station in Dixon, where the winning ticket was sold.

Several suburban lawmakers are hoping to expand treatment options for gambling addicts and study the impact of casinos after a Daily Herald analysis of the state's gambling industry.

For the umpteenth time, the process of awarding Illinois' 10th riverboat casino license-which could result in it landing in Des Plaines or Rosemont---has been resurrected.

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For those thinking that a casino ownership might be a good investment, be prepared: The Illinois Gaming Board doesn't know the meaning of the word "privacy," a review of the application form for the 10th casino license reveals.

For Meg, the weekly Gamblers Anonymous meetings didn't work. "I just did it to show my husband and my family I didn't have a problem," says the middle-class suburban mother of two.