Tag-Archiv: Illinois

Illinois sportsbooks kicked 2022 off with a surge of betting, raising the monthly handle in January to nearly $870m for the first time. With an extended NFL regular season and expanded playoffs played over five weekends, plus increasing action on basketball, the sports calendar was favorable in January. It’s a momentum-building start to a year…

Illinois sportsbooks won nearly $80m in November, the state’s most lucrative month since sports betting launched even as wagering fell just short of another record. With the third-most revenue in the country in November, Illinois is a significant contributor to a month-long surge in revenue that so far has totaled $658.5m across legal US sports…

Full House Resorts hat das Rennen um eine Casino-Lizenz in Waukegan, Illinois, gewonnen. Sein Vorschlag für ein Spiel- und Unterhaltungsziel American Place wurde vom Illinois Gaming Board ausgewählt, vorbehaltlich der endgültigen Lizenzgenehmigungen. American Place war ursprünglich einer von fünf Vorschlägen, die als Antwort auf eine „Ausschreibung“ zur Entwicklung und zum Betrieb eingereicht wurden.

Gov. Pritzker and State Sen. Dale Fowler joined Walker’s Bluff Winery owner, Cynde Bunch and Elite Casino Resorts CEO, Dan Kehl in a ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on a new $147m casino resort investment, located near the Walker’s Bluff Winery in Cartersville, Illinois. Local supporters and elected offcials joined the festivities which…

Illinois sportsbooks reached a new monthly record for wagering and revenue for the first time since the reinstatement of in-person registration. With more than $840m in wagers, Illinois joined the top 18 legal sports betting markets in the US that — using five weekends of football, the opening of the NBA season, and baseball’s postseason…

Hard Rock International has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its temporary casino in Rockford in Illinois. The Rockford Casino celebrated its opening act with a ceremony featuring Hard Rock executives, local community members and civic leaders to celebrate the newest economic driver and long-awaited attraction in the Northern Illinois region. The traditional Hard Rock…

Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is seeking to add 400 team members to its winning team as part of the property’s expansion. Rivers was recently named a 2021 Top Workplace by The Chicago Tribune and was the top-ranked entertainment and hospitality company in the large employer category. Rivers is hosting regular weekly hiring events and hosting a job…

Football fueled a surge in betting in September at Illinois sportsbooks, which combined to generate nearly $600m in wagers. September’s handle was short of the state record of $633.6m in March, dampened by an in-person online registration rule that will likely be lifted on March 5. “September will set a US record for legal sports…

The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) has rejected plans for casinos in Calumet City and Lynwood, leaving just two developers; Homewood and Matteson in the tender to build a casino in Chicago Southland. The Illinois Gaming Board voted unanimously to kick out plans by Southland Live, who wanted to use a section of the River Oaks shopping center…