Oak Lawn expects to reap at least $500K from ‘penny per push’ video gaming tax, believed to be first of its kind in Illinois – Chicago Tribune

The “push tax,” which is akin to a sin tax on people who gamble in Oak Lawn, will assess users a penny for each push or play of a video gaming terminal beginning Jan. 1.
Existing video gaming regulations impose licensing fees on terminal operators. Oak Lawn charges $1,000 annually per operator and $500 annually per video gaming terminal. But the push tax is unique in that it assesses a tax on individual players.

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