Gambling Activity Sees Surge In Starved Rock Country in November
In addition to spending money on Christmas presents, folks in the Illinois Valley have been putting a lot of money into slot machines.
Ottawa led the way in Starved Rock Country with more than $3.8 million put into machines last month. Peru and Streator also saw quite a bit of gaming activity, with almost $2.9 and $2.5 million dollars gambled in November.
La Salle also topped the two-million-dollar mark, with over $2.1 million put into machines. Gambling activity was also up in Bureau Valley as well, as Princeton games put more than $1.5 million into machines.
The cities' take of all that gambling activity was a little over $158,000.
