What do you expect from an Illinois lottery?

But I'm sure that the lottery officials are still getting paid, while they winners are left with nothing.

It's the same state that gave you how many former governors and representatives that landed in jail?

Now you can add a President of CPS to the list of crooks. Great role model for the kids!

Saw they are now delaying those with $600 or more in winnings (it was previously $25k and up). It really is amazing...if a private company refused to pay raffle winners and was still taking money for new bets, they would be shut down and the owner thrown in jail.

I'd love to see what would happen to "businessman" Brucey's company if he just flat refused to pay money to people they owe.

Unfortunately, when there is not current budget in place, the state law allows for this.

Otherwise, bullshit.

Between the GA and Congress, I have never seen such a bickering, do-nothing group of legislators in all my life. Time to flush 'em all.

Correct, so its not that they cant pay it. It is that this is what the law reads.

This should be revised, the Lottery should be a private company...maybe 2 or 3....that pay a hefty fee to the state each year.

Get this money out of the hands of the politicians.

The truth of the matter is that the mobile phone network that we're all being exposed to is sickening us all through harmful exposure to electromagnetic radiation. It affects our thyroid glands, inducing B-12 deficiency, which can lead to a host of health problems, including cardiac and neurological. The whole network should be scrapped, and we should go back to land lines.

Chas, Rauner hasn't even proposed a balanced budget himself, and for all the talk of the "liberal media", where is the media asking him WTF term limits have to do with the 2015 budget, and forcing him to answer. Yes Madigan sucks. We all know this. Brucey is pissed because he thought he could come in and be Scott Walker and now realizes he can't. You want term limits? Propose a bill and have the legislature vote on it. You want to bust unions? Propose a bill and vote on it. None of his must haves have anything to do with the budget, he's just found a convenient hostage. I'm pretty sure "Madigan and the politicians he controls" are getting close to having a presser saying exactly that.

the truth is, scientists say dont worry about it

And for all the talk of the "liberal media", where is the media asking him WTF term limits have to do with the 2015 budget, and forcing him to answer.

Chas, Rauner hasn't even proposed a balanced budget himself, and for all the talk of the "liberal media", where is the media asking him WTF term limits have to do with the 2015 budget, and forcing him to answer. Yes Madigan sucks. We all know this. Brucey is pissed because he thought he could come in and be Scott Walker and now realizes he can't. You want term limits? Propose a bill and have the legislature vote on it. You want to bust unions? Propose a bill and vote on it. None of his must haves have anything to do with the budget, he's just found a convenient hostage. I'm pretty sure "Madigan and the politicians he controls" are getting close to having a presser saying exactly that.

So you are saying what the Dems are trying to pass is balanced?

Isn't that the problem? Madigan is Speaker and controls which bills come to the floor for a vote. He's not going to allow bills to come up for a vote that would change his and the Dems hold on power in the state, like any bills containing term limits or busting unions. It doesn't matter what Rauner proposes, if rejected by Madigan.

You should read Mark Brown and Neil Steinberg. They're asking.

Yeah, I mean who could question Madigan, he has done a great job of taking care of his supporters for almost 40 years,