Hollywood Casino Joliet posts higher revenue at new land-based facility in September, Chicago

Levy tapped to run restaurants, bars at Bally's Chicago casino

Bally’s has picked Levy, the Chicago-based hospitality group behind Wrigley Field dining, to operate restaurants at its ...

Construction on the Bally’s Casino in Chicago Resumes

Construction on Bally’s Casino in Chicago is back in action. After a two-week pause, Bally’s Corporation got the green light to keep building their new casino. The Illinois Gaming Board stopped the ...

Pressure aimed at Edwardsville and Chicago, both holdouts on video gambling

Several Edwardsville restaurateurs told officials they may close or move if they can’t install poker and slot machines.

Bally’s Chicago casino set to operate 24/7 starting next week

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BALLY'S CHICAGO TAPS LEVY TO DELIVER HOMEGROWN HOSPITALITY AT FUTURE FLAGSHIP CASINO RESORT

Bally's is proud to announce Levy as its exclusive food and beverage partner for its highly anticipated Bally's Chicago ...

Editorial: A Chicago casino that’s a slot shed is worse than no Chicago casino at all

Chicago’s new casino was sold to this city on the grounds that here would come a world-class resort facility, replete with hundreds of hotel rooms, a dozen or more distinguished restaurants, bars and ...

Bally's says it's on track for Chicago casino despite Johnson comments

A spokesperson for Bally’s said plans for a permanent Chicago casino in the River West neighborhood are still on track despite comments by Mayor Brandon Johnson this week published in the Chicago ...

Profits from Chicago's first casino lower than expected, jeopardizing future pension funding

CHICAGO (CBS) --The dice may be hot, but profits are not at Chicago's first casino. The money fell well short of expectations in Bally's first three months at their temporary site at the Medinah ...

Could a Chicago casino project be a template for developing Tropicana site?

Industry analysts are encouraged by a recently announced financial arrangement between Bally’s Corp. and Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. to develop a Chicago casino, and there are suggestions the two ...

Hollywood Casino Joliet posts higher revenue at new land-based facility in September

The new Joliet casino generated more than $11.2 million in adjusted gross receipts last month, ranking fourth in revenue ...

Excitement builds as Mega Millions jackpot soars to eighth largest in history

The thrill is in the air, and it's growing right alongside the Mega Millions jackpot. After no ticket matched all six numbers ...

Mega Millions jackpot grows to $843 million, longest streak without a winner since game started

The Mega Miilions jackpot it is now the longest streak without a winner since the game started more than 20 years ago.

Immigration arrest of Chicago daycare worker at drop-off time for kids sparks outcry

Witnesses say a Chicago daycare center employee was detained at work during a drop-off period for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement ...

Greg Hinz: Lawmakers did only half the job of fixing Chicago's creaky public transit system

For the moment, only part of the job of fixing Chicago-area transit has been completed. There’s still work to do.

Mega Millions drawing: Here are the winning numbers for Tuesday's jackpot

The Mega Millions estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing was a whopping $800 million. The winning numbers were 11, 14, 17, ...

Mega Millions: Jackpot hits $843M without winner, but your ticket may not be worthless

With no ticket matching the six numbers drawn — 11, 14, 17, 50, and 57, plus the gold Mega Ball 6 — the jackpot has grown to ...

Did anyone win Tuesday's $800M Mega Millions jackpot?

WASHINGTON — The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $800 million for Tuesday's drawing after no ticket matched all six numbers ...

“I Cried A Little”: 80 Lucky Shoppers Who Hit The Thrift Store Jackpot

What’s not to love about thrifting? It’s good for the planet, tons of fun, and full of surprises—you never really know what ...

The story behind Soil's nu metal era anthem Halo

Unimpressed with black metal's headline-grabbing theatrics, Soil embraced their roots to make an all-time classic ...

Mega Millions jackpot tops $700 million, next drawing Wednesday

What happened after Michael J. Fox finally met Eric Stoltz 40 years after replacing the actor in 'Back to the Future' ...

PHOTO ESSAY: Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy ...