Drop in casino revenue, taxes underlines challenge for Lightfoot – Crain’s

According to the Commission on Government Forecasting & Accountability, the casino business in Illinois appears to be mature and then some, with revenue flat to down and gamblers flocking to alternate ways to put down a wager, such as video poker. That could limit the hundreds of millions of dollars Chicago hopes to eventually reap to help pay old pension bills, even if the casino would serve a relatively untapped market: downtown tourists and conventioneers.

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