The nascent lottery sports pilot is limited to parlay wagers, meaning bettors pick the outcomes of multiple games as part of the same bet. Such parlay cards were long illegal in most states outside Nevada — though ubiquitous in office pools, local taverns and with neighborhood bookies

The pain from lawsuits in Illinois isn’t limited to the purses of the companies that get sued, but is spread to the pocketbooks of every state resident, a new report said, estimating the state’s high level of litigious activity costs the average Chicago area resident $811 each, every year.

On Aug. 26, the Illinois Civil Justice League, an organization which advocates for reform of the state’s civil court system, released a report indicating the state’s tort system hits those in the Chicago metropolitan region with $3.8 billion in annual direct tort costs annually.