Illinois Halfway to Including Gambling Disorder as a State-Defined Substance Abuse Issue A bill that would put new resources behind treatment for disordered gambling has cleared the Illinois Senate Posted on: April 9, 2025 | Derek Helling Read More
Castro And González Renew Push For Illinois Online Casinos for Third Time in Five Years of the Illinois legislature have filed companion bills to legalize online casino play in the state for a third consecutive year Posted on: February 7, 2025 | Derek Helling Read More
Bally’s Chicago Permanent Casino Faces Lawsuit Over ‘Minorities-Only’ Investment Offering A lawsuit was filed against Bally's Chicago for the company's investment opportunity to those who self-identify as women or minorities. Posted on: February 7, 2025 | J.R. Duren Read More
Bally’s Chicago Seeks Property Tax Break From City Council Bally's Chicago is applying for a Class 7 tax incentive, which would temporarily reduce its property taxes by 60%, gradually increasing back to the normal rate over 12 years. Posted on: January 17, 2025 | Tebearau Egbe Read More
Lack of Parking Reportedly an Issue as Bally’s Chicago Posts Disappointing Revenue at Temporary Location Bally's Chicago is reporting declining revenue at its temporary location, with parking issues a root cause. Posted on: January 14, 2025 | Tebearau Egbe Read More
Illinois Gov. Pritzker Reignites Discussion Of Online Casino Legislation Illinois online casino legalization could be back on the table as the 2025 legislative session begins following comments from the governor. Posted on: January 9, 2025 | Hill Kerby Read More
Bally’s Opens Casino Investment Opportunity To Fulfill Agreement With Chicago The Bally’s Corp. is making a 25% stake in its future Chicago casino available to qualified of the public Posted on: December 31, 2024 | Derek Helling Read More
Newly-Opened Wind Creek Southland Already Ranks Among Illinois’ Top Casinos Wind Creek Southland Casino ranked fifth among Illinois' 16 casinos for revenue in the month of November despite just being open 22 days. Posted on: December 12, 2024 | Tebearau Egbe Read More
Peoria Initiates Negotiations to Move Par-a-Dice Casino into Town Par-a-Dice Casino in Peoria, Illinois, may soon move to more modern, landlocked location in the middle of town. Posted on: December 10, 2024 | Tebearau Egbe Read More
Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino Now Open for Business Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino opened its doors for business this week, becoming the second casino to open in the area since August. Posted on: November 13, 2024 | Tebearau Egbe Read More