Lawmakers in Illinois filed online casino proposals after Gov. JB Pritzker said it was "worthy of consideration." ...

Boyd Gaming could begin construction on a new casino, valued to be around a $100 million development, in the Peoria area as ...

Illinois lawmakers have introduced companion bills that could pave the way for legalized online casino gaming in the state.

The state and local governments in Illinois earned more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue from gambling, new data shows. The ...

State and local governments earned more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue (excluding December sports wagering numbers) from Illinois’ 16 licensed casinos, about 8,700 video gaming terminals and 14 ...

Senator Cristina Castro introduced SB 1963, which will legalize iGaming, and Representative Edgar González, Jr. brought the ...

Wind Creek Chicago Southland has catapulted to second place among the state’s 16 casinos in revenue and admissions for ...

the Illinois state legislature passed a bill that permitted Illinois sports betting at riverboat casinos, horse racetracks, and select sports facilities. Online sports betting arrived in June 2020 ...

Sports bettors tend to be younger and male. In a recent poll of registered voters, Fairleigh Dickinson University found that a quarter of men under 30 bet on sports online. Problem gamblers make up 10 ...

At the Illinois Gaming Board’s first meeting of the year, it reported that the State and local governments earned more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue from Illinois’ ...

DraftKings Sportsbook just launched a retail sports betting location at Wrigley Field, as part of their multi-year agreement with the Cubs, so Illinois sports bettors will have a place to wager in ...

Overall, Illinois casinos are off to a strong start in 2025, with an expanded roster generating $144 million in adjusted gross receipts in January, up 21% year-over-year, according to the Gaming ...