The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office reports four people were arrested in connection with illegal gambling.

Amid a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries targeting video gambling machines suburban law enforcement agencies are teaming up to fight back.

The Illinois Gaming Board says the state has around 9,000 licensed video gaming locations with about 49,000 installed ...

Jun. 11—Video-gambling machines are nothing but a staggering numbers game in Illinois. Here are some examples. More than 8,800 establishments host 49,450 gambling machines that in 2025 consumed $34.9 ...

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A raid at a home in South Carolina ended with the arrest of four people and the seizure of drugs, weapons, and video poker machines, according to authorities in Georgetown County. On Monday, after a ...

A hearing on reversing the city's legalization of video gambling terminals ended abruptly Wednesday after protests from opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson escalated into a call for a commissioner to ...

For our series, “The Bad Bet: How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost,” ProPublica Illinois examined video gambling across the state, the impact slot and poker machines have had on the state’s ...

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