It was also a good month for operators, who claimed $97.2 million in gross revenue, the second-highest total in state history behind the $102.1 million last October. All but about $71,000 of that total was eligible to be taxed, giving the state $14.6 million worth of receipts for March.
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.