Gambling expansion bill craps out

“These are informational meetings with various organizations about the status of the budget process and an analysis of how their programs and services are impacted by the House budget”

An Illinois House committee Wednesday shot down a massive gambling-expansion bill previously approved by the Senate that supporters said would have provided the state with more than $1 billion a year in new … via State Journal-Register

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Thu, June 14th, 2007

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