Video Gambling—banning update


The following is from http://www.ilcaaap.org/ (Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems)

Communities that banned video gambling

01) Batavia (update—11/23/09)
02) Beach Park
03) Bloomingdale (update—11/02/09)
04) Buffalo Grove (update—11/02/09)
05) Carbondale
06) Carol Stream (update—11/02/09)
07) Country Club Hills
08) East Dundee (update—11/14/09)
09) Elburn
10) Elmhurst (update—11/02/09)
11) Evanston
12) Glen Ellyn (update—11/23/09)
13) Glenview (update—11/23/09)
14) Highland Park (update—12/14/09)
15) Hanover Park (update—11/14/09)
16) Hawthorne Wood (update—12/14/09)
17) Itasca (update—11/14/09)
18) Kildeer (update—11/23/09)
19) La Grange (update—12/14/09)
20) Lake Bluff (update—11/23/09)
21) Lake Forrest (update—11/23/09)
22) Libertyville (update—11/02/09)
23) Lincolnwood
24) Lisle (update—11/23/09)
25) Mettawa (update—11/23/09)
26) Mt. Prospect
27) Naperville
28) Northbrook
29) Oak Park (update—12/14/09)
30) Orland Park (update—12/05/09)
31) Palos Heights (update—11/02/09)
32) Rochester
33) Rosemont
34) South Holland (update—11/02/09)
35) Villa Park (update—11/02/09)
36) Warrenville (update—12/14/09)
37) Wayne (update—11/23/09)
38) West Chicago (update—11/23/09)
39) Wheaton (update—11/02/09)
40) Winfield (update—12/14/09)

Counties that banned video gambling

01) Cook County (update—11/02/09)
02) Du Page County
03) Kane County (update—12/14/09)
04) Lake County (update—11/02/09)
05) McHenry County (update—12/05/09)

Is your community/county listed? If so, very good. If not, why not?

Communities discussing video gambling

01) Antioch (update—11/14/09)
02) Arlington Heights (update—12/05/09)
03) Barrington (update—11/02/09)
04) Campton Hills
05) Champaign (update—12/14/09)
06) Chicago
07) Deerfield (update—11/02/09)
08) DeKalb (update—11/02/09)
09) Elgin
10) Fox Lake (update—12/05/09)
11) Gurnee
12) Homewood
13) Johnsburg (update—12/14/09)
14) Lindenhurst
15) Morton (update—12/14/09)
16) Oswego (update—12/05/09)
17) Park Ridge
18) St. Charles (update—12/14/09)
19) Schaumburg
20) Southland
21) Springfield (The State Capitol!—my addition)
22) Tinley Park (update—12/14/09)
23) Urbana (update—12/14/09)
24) Wadsworth (update—11/02/09)
25) West Dundee
26) Westmont (update—11/02/09)
27) Winnetka (update—11/02/09)

Counties discussing video gambling

01) Champaign County
02) Effingham County (update—11/02/09)
03) Tazewell County (update—11/02/09)
04) Will County

Is your community/county listed? If so, very good. If not, why not?

Communities that WILL NOT ban video gambling

1) Lake in the Hills
2) Wauconda

On a personal note, of course, at the present time I live in Morton located in Tazewell County. Morton is considering the possibility of banning video gambling. Tazewell County has taken it up and has tabled it for the present.

I also lived in Kane County when I taught in Illinois. While living in Kane County, I lived in both Batavia and Elburn for a time. Both communities have banned video gambling. I worshipped in West Chicago which has also banned video gambling. I also lived in St. Charles, where I taught while living in Kane County, and that community is now considering banning video gambling. That’s all the communities I lived in during my time in Kane County. The sequence was Batavia, St. Charles, Elburn, and then back to St. Charles.

Three communities and one county have successfully banned video gambling. Two communities and one county need to do the same. If they do, will that end my involvement? NO!!!