It’s usually a 50-minute drive from Darren G.’s condo in the South Loop to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. Getting to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, would take about half an hour.
Darren hasn’t made a trip either way in almost six years, but every now and then he’ll pull up the routes on his phone, taking comfort in the inconvenience of getting to the slots and roulette tables where he estimates he lost more than $94,000 during the depths of his gambling addiction.
