It appears that the Illinois bill for additional licenses is now dead in the
water. "Thanks" to all our Illinois politicians that wasted time and tax
dollars. Shows you want you can accomplish by attaching a bunch of crap to a
bill. Don't worry, I am sure they will try it again! They did pass a tax raise
though! Time to move.
Also noticed that Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana posted a 10.29% slot machine
hold for the month of December 2010. Maybe Jack Binion is trying to make it
into the Guinness Book of World Records for highest slot hold ever???
Joey
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From: Poker Player <videopokerplayer01@yahoo.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 7:52:14 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] 60 Minutes to Air Sunday’s Show on Electronic Poker
Machines
It should be noted that the bill allows the use of any VLT game. This means
that owners will not be limited to video poker as first presented. They will
most likely have slot machine games instead of video poker games. I know a few
people that own bars and they said they are looking at IGT and Bally slot
machines.
Last I heard they were still trying to figure out how the state reporting system
would work to assure it was all "legit". Things took off quick and then it
suddenly became hard to find info on.
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From: Howard W. Stern <howard.w.stern@earthlink.net>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 3:27:07 PM
Subject: RE: [vpFREE] 60 Minutes to Air Sunday’s Show on Electronic Poker
Machines
Thank you!
And very likely very low payback!
I actually live about 10 minutes from the new casino site in Des Plaines on
River Road.
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf Of Jason
Pawloski
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:44 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Cc: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] 60 Minutes to Air Sunday’s Show on Electronic Poker
Machines
The poker in ILL will be "real" poker, but by the regs it's limited liability.
So no payouts over $500 and thus no high denoms (and no W2Gs)
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On Jan 8, 2011, at 9:34 AM, "Howard W. Stern" <howard.w.stern@earthlink.net <mailto:howard.w.stern%40earthlink.net> > wrote:
That is after raising the state income tax from 3% to 5.25%. (Note: If you hit
a taxable in Indiana the rate is 3.4% which is counted as income in IL but you
can reduce IL tax by the 3% rate now. I suspect the new law will mean that an
Indiana taxable will pay 3.4% to IN and 1.85% to IL.) Sadly, all of this is not
nearly enough as the IL legislature has not done nearly enough to fix the train
wreck of government pensions in IL that are currently underfunded by about 100
billion dollars! The state also wants to disband the IL Gaming board. From our
perspective, does anyone know if the law already passed for gaming machines in
taverns will include normal VP or the kind where your draw strategy does not
matter. About 15 years ago the state experimented with video lottery games ran
by the IL lottery in a few bars.From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vpF…@…com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of
Bruce Cohen
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:06 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] 60 Minutes to Air Sunday’s Show on Electronic Poker MachinesAs a writer for an online news/commentary source,
I get this kind of stuff... Interesting?Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
For Further Information,Contact:
January 7, 2011
Doug Dobmeyer, 773/338-9825Cell: 312/315-6887
CBS – 60 Minutes to Air Sunday’s Show on
Electronic Poker Machines
House Considers SB737, Gambling
Expansion to Chicago and Illinois House( Chicago , IL …) The CBS news program, 60 Minutes on Sunday, January 9, 2011
at 6 P.M. CST will have a segment on video poker machines that include slot
machines. Currently in the U.S. there are twice as many slots as there are ATM
machines. A brief promo of the show can be viewed at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7220372n
<http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7220372n
<http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7220372n&tag=contentMain;contentBody>
&tag=contentMain;contentBody> &tag=contentMain;contentBodyAt the same time the Illinois House is considering SB737, a gambling expansion
bill that would make Illinois a high profile predatory gambling state. The draft
bill recently underwent a makeover and added slots at Chicago ’s two airports.Position of the Task Force: The Task Force to Oppose Gambling for Chicago is
calling on the Illinois Legislature to reject SB737, gambling expansion to
Chicago with 4,000 gambling positions; slots at Chicago’s two airports;
expansion of gambling positions by 7,200 at current casinos; expansion of slot
machines to Chicago’s airports; placement of four new casinos in Rockford,
Danville and two suburbs of Park City (Lake Co) and an undisclosed location in
south Cook Co; placement of slot machines at Illinois racetracks; expansion of
gambling positions at current riverboat casinos and allocation of state money to
county fairs to foster wagering on racing.Doug Dobmeyer, Spokesperson for the Task Force said, “We know the gambling
expansion is gamesmanship to bring sorely needed revenue into the state. At the
same time a 2.25 percent income tax is being considered. The tax is the fairer
way to have income for the state without disrupting the culture of a family
environment in the state and Chicago .”Dobmeyer added, “ Chicago is in the midst of replacing a long time mayor. A
vast majority of recently polled candidates for mayor and aldermen are opposed
to a casino and video poker machines in Chicago . The citizens of the city have
not been asked or given the opportunity to vote on the concept of a casino for
the city. Instead a coalition of suburban and downstate legislators wishes to
impose a casino on the city.”This public policy issue has resurrected itself in the 2010 lame duck Veto
session. Efforts are also being made to overturn Chicago ’s current ban on video
poker machines. If successful more than 15,000 machines could be placed in the
50 wards and reduce income by $500,000, 000 annually. If SB737 becomes law and
the video poker ban is overturned, Illinois would become the number one
predatory gambling state in the nation.A major concern of more gambling is, it draws low-income people and problem
gamblers to support thegambling business. This disrupts family’s efforts to educate children and meet
the basics of family life, especially during the recession the country is
immersed in.Where: On CBS, Sunday Evening – Check Local Listings
When: Sunday, January 8, 6:00 PM - Check Local Listings
Follow up Interviews: An interview can be scheduled with Doug Dobmeyer, Task
Force spokesperson by calling 312/315-6887.- 30 -
Doug Dobmeyer
Spokesperson
Task Force to Oppose Gambling in Chicago
5801 N. Sheridan Road, Apt. 3-E
Chicago, IL 60660
Landline phone: 773/728-2661
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