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A slot machine at Hollywood Casino in Aurora
Graphic: 52 cases, 85 kids
An Aurora grandmother whose family said was addicted to gambling left her four grandchildren alone outside Hollywood Casino (above) in Aurora in 2011. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times Media
Mary J. Speropoulos pleaded guilty to child endangerment for leaving her four grandchildren alone outside the Hollywood Casino in Aurora. | Aurora Police Department photo
The casino floor inside the Hollywood Casino in Aurora. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
Renee L. Arku was sentenced last week for leaving two foster girls, 3 and 6, in a hot car outside a casino in Rock Island.
Michelle E. Pelletier, of Evanston, was arrested in March 2011 and pleaded guilty to child endangerment for leaving her 4-year-old son unattended in a hotel room. He locked himself out of the room and was found wandering in a hallway. | Metropolis Poli
The Hollywood Casino in downtown Aurora.
Out for an evening walk in downtown Aurora with her four grandchildren, Mary J. Speropoulos felt the need to gamble. She couldn’t resist. So she headed to Hollywood Casino that day, Sept. 12, 2011, then left her grandkids alone outside the casino while she went …
