Illinois’ tax revenues from legalized gambling go to education, infrastructure projects – WICS (Springfield)

The $157 million generated by casinos last year provided financial assistance to elementary and secondary education; video game terminals, such as slot machines, provided $141 million to local governments. "If you look at what the spend with the state spends on its entire budget," said Derek Helling, of the gambling website PlayUsa. "What it gets from gaming is kind of a drop in the bucket."