In December, the Illinois Legislature passed new rules that require all fees to be split evenly between the local bars and the "terminal operators" – the companies that own and supply the gambling machines. "The only guy who gets hurt on this, or the only business to get hurt, are our small businesses. The ones who weathered the storm of the pandemic," Councilman Sid Ruckriegel said.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.