Gambling News by House of Odds

SPRINGFIELDState lawmakers today passed a bill to fund Chicago-area mass transit with a sales tax increase, but Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he wouldn't go along until lawmakers agreed to provide free bus and train rides for the state's senior citizens.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- A punch in the mouth. A kick in the pants. A slap in the face. Call it what you like, but 2007 was a painful wake-up call for Atlantic City, the gambling.