I Took My Favorite Chicago Bars Through Our Tools. Here’s What They Could Earn.
From Division Street at 18 to Rush Street today: four Chicago spots, checked for video gaming eligibility and projected with the VGT Revenue Projector.
Cards, IDs and Cashless Play: What Other Jurisdictions Learned Before Illinois
What Nova Scotia, Norway, Finland, Australia and the U.S. learned from card, ID and cashless gaming programs, and what it means for the Illinois Gaming Board’s plan to put ID readers on video gaming redemption terminals.
Illinois Puts “Cashless Wagering” on the Video Gaming Agenda: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Operators Should Do Now
The Illinois Gaming Board put cashless wagering and video gaming self-exclusion rules on its Oct. 22 agenda. Here is what the record shows, plus the Chicago VGT Live Tracker.
Chicago VGT, Verified: State Approvals Hold at 65, City Licenses Still Zero
Pulled directly from the Illinois Gaming Board’s own licensee data today: Chicago VGT approvals hold at 65, pending applications tick up to 286, and the city still hasn’t issued a single local license.
Chicago VGT: Where It Stands, and Where It Goes Next
Nine months after legalization, Chicago has 65 state-licensed locations, 284 more pending, zero city licenses and zero machines. Here’s where it stands and where it could go.

