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Illinois Lottery player collects $1.4 million jackpot on FastPlay game
1+ week, 5+ day ago (148+ words) An Illinois iLottery player is $1.4 million richer after winning a jackpot in a FastPlay game in recent days. According to Lottery officials, the winning ticket was sold in the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game, which is one of 39 instant play games…...
Jeff Rehberger and the Business of Betting Big on Illinois
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (213+ words) Illinois legalized video gaming terminals in 2009. The market that followed was still taking shape, with many operators treating video gaming as one part of a broader business. Jeff Rehberger looked at that landscape and saw something else: a regulated, scalable…...
World Cup Gives Illinois Rare Wagering, Handle Boost in June
2+ week, 6+ day ago (447+ words) The Prairie State’s online and retail sportsbooks generated a 20% handle increase compared to the same month in 2025, while bets placed were up over 1 million. Illinois continued a trend felt across the largest sports betting jurisdictions in the U.S. during June…...
Joe Ferguson: Chicago’s debating over casinos, video gaming and sweepstakes — so what’s the difference?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (253+ words) Gambling is nothing new in Chicago. Legal gambling is. City Hall’s handling of it still looks like the rackets of yore. With a suffocating debt and pension load, and another looming budget deficit, Chicago cannot afford incoherence on this important…...
Bally’s issues going concern warning over liquidity issues following construction slowdown at Chicago casino
3+ week, 6+ day ago (818+ words) Days after pausing construction on nearly all non-gaming amenities at its $1.7 billion casino complex going up in River West, Bally’s Corporation issued a going concern warning related to liquidity issues. The warning, part of Bally’s second quarter earnings filing Friday…...