No, You Can’t Bet if White Sox Will Set MLB Loss Record Even though the Chicago White Sox could set an MLB record for the most losses in a season, Illinois does not offer odds on it. Posted on: July 30, 2024 | News | Dan Holmes Read More
Illinois Operators In Line With National Hold Percentages With One Hometown Outlier How do IL sportsbooks compare with national averages for hold percentage? PlayIllinois breaks down the numbers. Posted on: July 29, 2024 | News | Cole Rush Read More
Churchill Downs Reports Record Revenue in Second Quarter Helped by the success of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Churchill Downs reported record revenue in the second quarter of 2024. Posted on: July 26, 2024 | News | Dan Holmes Read More
Bally’s Agrees To Merge with Affiliates Of Standard General L.P. Bally's agrees on a buyout merger with Standard General L.P. We look at what this means for the future of Bally's Chicago. Posted on: July 25, 2024 | News | Cole Rush Read More
Quick-Acting Fan Takes Advantage Of Chicago Bulls’ 1901 Project URL Blunder The Chicago Bulls tweeted about a $7B plan for the area around the United Center but failed buy the relevant URL—and a fan snapped it up. Posted on: July 25, 2024 | News | Cole Rush Read More
Bally’s Unveils New Plan for Chicago Casino Bally's released a revised plan for its permanent Chicago casino on Friday, as well as a plan to fully fund it. Posted on: July 23, 2024 | News | Phil West Read More
WNBA Partners With DraftKings As Chicago Sky Enters Olympics Break As the newest partner of the WNBA, DraftKings' marketing presence at Chicago Sky games will grow when the team resumes play Post Olympics. Posted on: July 22, 2024 | News | Cheryl Coward Read More
Accel Entertainment Purchases Collinsville Racetrack With Plans For A Casino Accel Entertainment purchases old Fairmount Park, now FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing, with plans to develop an Illinois casino. Posted on: July 18, 2024 | News | Dave Bontempo Read More
Permanent Waukegan Casino Remains On Hold Due To Court Challenges Legal challenges by the Potawatomi Tribe after its bid for a casino license was rejected are delaying plans for a permanent Waukegan casino. Posted on: July 16, 2024 | News | Phil West Read More
Illinois Casinos Win $138.3 Million In June; Surpass $1.6 Billion In FY 2024 Revenue Illinois' 15 casinos finished FY 2024 up 13.1% YoY, getting a major boost from some of the state's smaller casinos. Posted on: July 10, 2024 | News | Hill Kerby Read More