Legislators who approved a first-of-its-kind per-wager tax say big gambling corporations like DraftKings can afford another ...

Mark Aiello bet big on basketball, and thought he won $389,000 by correctly guessing rebounds and assists by certain Chicago ...

The Illinois Gaming Board ( IGB) dismissed a complaint filed by Mark Aiello, a military veteran from Roselle, Illinois, who ...

The fee is in response to a first-of-its-kind sports gambling tax in Illinois. Watch quick-thinking elephant rescue drowning ...

Illinois sports bettors will soon face a $0.50 online bet fee imposed by FanDuel, reacting to new state tax laws aimed at ...

Sports betting service FanDuel has added a 50-cent surcharge to all wagers laid in Illinois to offset the state's per-wager ...

The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) is seeking a new chairman to replace Charles Schmadeke, whose terms ends on July 1 ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

Governor JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Senate Bill 690 into law on June 28, 2019. The first in-person bet was placed at Rivers Casino Des Plaines on March 9, 2020, and the first online wager was ...

In the backstretch of the legislative session, horse racing advocates are pushing to revitalize the industry in Illinois and ...

PENN Entertainment expects to open its Hollywood Casino Joliet in Illinois on August 11, subject to customary regulatory ...