Dan Mihalopoulos
As Illinois Expands Gambling, It Will Also Try to Determine How Many Gambling Addicts It Has
Illinois will finally conduct a thorough study of the gambling problem in the state — the first such survey in nearly 30 years. It said it will spend more money to treat addiction, too.
Illinois Is Poised to Become the Gambling Capital of the Midwest
And like the state’s last gambling expansion, in 2009, the massive new bill could bring trouble.
Illinois Video Gambling Tax Hike Will Be Decided by Lawmakers With Financial Ties to the Industry
As video gambling has grown in the state, so have the industry’s links to lawmakers.
How Has the “Crack Cocaine of Gambling” Affected Illinois? The State Hasn’t Bothered to Check.
Since video gambling went live in 2012, more than 30,000 video slot and poker machines have been installed in the state and gamblers have lost more than $5 billion. Yet Illinois has failed to address the issue of gambling addiction in any meaningful way.
How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost
Lawmakers said legalizing video gambling would generate billions of dollars for the state. Instead, it’s proved to be little more than a money grab.
Nonprofit Watchdog Group Shutting Down
Project Six is closing its doors following our story revealing conservative donors.
‘Independent’ Watchdog’s Secret Funder: Conservative Small-Government Group
Project Six, led by the former City Council inspector general, got 98 percent of its startup money from the right-leaning Illinois Policy Institute.
