Casinos in Illinois are an enormous business. Here's how much money they generated in gaming revenue and taxes in 2025.

Illinois’ gambling industry could be set for a boost if House Bill 3080 and Senate Bill 1963 are successful in their attempts to legalize online casino gambling in the state. This is the second time ...

When riverboat casinos first opened in Illinois in the early 1990s, the state’s most powerful politicians were conspicuous by their absence. The lure of government money flowing from gamblers had ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Illinois will “at some point” legalize real money online casino gaming, the state’s attorney general predicted Thursday. Illinois is set to legalize iGaming as part of its continued ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. Casino connoisseurs of Chicago may have to wait another year to hit the long-awaited permanent Bally’s casino location, as ...

Placing a legal bet in Illinois once required a trip to a racetrack. Then riverboat casinos set sail and eventually made landfall, followed by an ever-growing wave of ...

State lawmakers are taking a hard look at Illinois’ casino scene, where some properties just aren’t cutting it. A new bill floating around Springfield could let the three worst-performing casinos pack ...

With a new casino opening less than 10 miles across the Indiana-Illinois border, one gaming analyst said Northwest Indiana’s industry has expected this for decades. “They’ve been talking about this ...

CARTERVILLE — Illinois officials on Friday celebrated the opening of the state's newest casino, Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort, just outside of Carterville. It is the state’s 14th casino since 1991 when ...