Some Illinois lawmakers are starting to get irked at the communities choosing to opt out of the recent Video Gaming Act, which allows certain types of establishments to offer legal gambling via machines like video poker and video slots. Dozens of villages and counties have banned the machines instead of welcoming them in with open arms, threatening to tumble the shaky house of cards the state built to help fund a $31 billion construction program. more ›

Evanston became the largest city thus far in the state of Illinois to outlaw video gambling, the mayor claiming - according to the Tribune - "the 'social consequences' outweighed the financial benefits." The Evanston City Council unanimously voted 9-0 on the issue. The new law allowing video gambling, passed in May, also gives communities the option of voting it down. So far, DuPage County has banned it as have smaller communities like Rosemont and Country Club Hills; the Naperville City Council is slated to take up the issue tonight. [Trib, CBS 2] more ›