The bad bet: How Illinois bet on video gambling and lost – Chicago Sun-Times
With the last streaks of daylight fading on a mild October evening, the cars pulled up in waves at Pieros Italian Cuisine, an old-school Las Vegas hotspot known for its osso buco. Cadillacs with tinted windows. Taxis and rideshares. A black Bentley limousine and a white minivan. Men and women emerged, most casually dressed, there…