Illinois joins a growing list of states considering sweepstakes casino bans, including New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Maryland. ... What stands out from this list is that those states either already have real-money online casinos (New Jersey and Connecticut) or have been actively discussing them over the past few years (New York and Maryland). This overlap suggests that lawmakers may view sweepstakes casinos as competition to regulated iGaming markets.
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.