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 for the first of a series of posh, private events hosted by the video gambling industry during the 2018 Global Gaming Expo, North Americas largest gambling trade show. They included gambling executives, lobbyists and about a dozen Illinois lawmakers.
The politicians had flown to Las Vegas to learn about the latest developments in the gambling industry and to discuss its expansion in Illinois, including propo…
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