video gaming

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state of Illinois and local governments saw tax revenue from video gambling more than double last year. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reports the state made nearly $165 million in 2014 from video gambling, up from roughly $75 million in 2013...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network In two years, Illinois’ video gambling business has grown from zero to 18,118 positions. The industry came into being two years ago, and expanded rapidly with terminals turning up in bars, restaurants, truck stops and veterans’ halls...

On the two-year anniversary of the first video gaming machines being turned on in Illinois, we talked with Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association President Michael Gelatka about the consequences of the increased gambling in the state...