Proponents say video gambling a win-win

For Gene Williams, there’s been no downside to video gambling.

Lynwood’s mayor says his village lacks a large retail base and, because it isn’t a home-rule community, “there are very few ways to bring in additional income.”

While gambling isn’t going to mean economic salvation for his village, Williams says that “any additional money to a small community like Lynwood, it’s a help…Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Southtown Star.