Something else took me to Arizona last week, but on what the locals considered a pleasant Tuesday afternoon I was in Surprise Stadium, in the Phoenix suburb of the same name, for the Cubs’s final preseason game. They were facing the Texas Rangers. Both teams were wearing Cubbie blue. The temperature on the field was […]
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Missing the jackpot
The governor signs a revised Chicago casino bill, with cuts to city and state shares of profits.
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Chicago once waged a 40-year war on pinball
Alderman Ed Burke (yes, that Ed Burke) was among those who fought to keep the ban, fearing kids would blow their “lunch money” on pinball.
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Police chief Eddie Johnson on the violence: ‘I’m just sick of it,’ and other Chicago news
Also, there’s a gelato war brewing in the Gold Coast.
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Donald Trump staged his mid-90s comeback in Gary, Indiana. What did Gary get in return?
The city’s investment in the casino mogul didn’t go according to plan.
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The 50 worst moments in the first 50 years of the Chicago Bulls
A 50-year history of the Bulls’ big egos, bad draft picks, blown knees, and heartbreaking losses
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There’s nothing glamorous about the Quad Cities, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good to do there
There’s nothing glamorous about the Quad Cities, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good to do there.
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Colson Whitehead deals a weak hand with The Noble Hustle
In The Noble Hustle, novelist Colson Whitehead bellies up to the table at the World Series of Poker ready to fold.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 7/29: Rivers Casino, Blue Hawaii, and Wet Hot American Summer
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, July 29
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There’s a sucker born every minute at Foo Noodle Bar
Don’t bet on the noodles at the Horseshoe Casino.
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The dwindling ranks of Team Mr. Wolfson
The Trib got more than it bargained for with the story of a homeless substitute teacher.
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The economic argument against drug prohibition
An interview with University of Chicago economist and vice specialist Jim Leitzel
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12 O’Clock Track: Catheters, “I Fall Easy”
“I Fall Easy” from the Catheters’ 2002 album Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days
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Racinos: Horse-racing tracks with slot machines
A new provision to allow slots in horse-racing tracks may determine the future of gambling in Illinois