The gaming board released October figures that show a 15 percent drop in bets placed in the state, mirroring similar numbers from September, which also saw a steep decline in online bets. This coincides with the state's hefty tax on online gambling providers, which imposed a 50-cent tax on every bet placed by consumers. Other states with legalized online betting have not seen similar declines.
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.
so easy to foresee, for most of us, anyway