03/14/17 Illinois wants to bring casinos to Chicago The bill establishes that casinos in Chicago would bring the state an extra 20 percent in revenues.
03/13/17 New investments, key to compete in the gaming market Horseshoe Hammond Senior VP and GM Dan Nita highlighted investments and hospitality as the key for Northwest Indiana’s casinos to compete in the market.
03/02/17 Illinois passes a gaming bill A new bill would legalise further casinos and slots operations at racetracks.
02/01/17 Hearing to expand casino gambling in Illinois Lawmakers are pushing for six land-based facilities in the state.
01/18/17 Illinois would go forward with casino licenses The State would review the frozen budget that includes gaming expansion.
01/11/17 Illinois leaves casino proposal on hold Senate leaders stopped a budget package that would authorise the state to build six casinos.
12/14/16 Illinois lawmakers demand lottery investigation State lawmakers said that they want the justice to investigate the Illinois Lottery over how they manage the prizes.
09/13/16 Illinois gambling expansion continues According to data provided by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, Illinois gambling industry is booming.
05/23/16 Gambling expansion considered in Illinois Whilst state negotiators put together a budgetary framework, they considered gambling expansion as a way to generate revenue.
05/20/16 DFS go forward in Illinois The State’s Senate approved a bill to allow online daily fantasy sports in legal regional casinos.
03/07/16 Online lottery operators didn’t accomplish its target Illinois lottery grants IOU’s to winning players after a battle between Republican and Democrats representatives for the budget.
12/30/15 Daily fantasy sports operators are reaching a deal with Illinois AG Lisa Madigan DraftKings and FanDuel will be able to continue their operations in Illinois after negotiating a cease fire.
