Column: Sports betting has become big business in Illinois – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "...Illinois legislators have grasped for new gambling revenues like a drowning man lunges for a life preserver. Why? They want the revenue. More important, there’s little resistance to levying taxes on activities in which otherwise-tax-averse citizens voluntarily participate."

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