Sports betting tax becomes battleground between Chicago and state lawmakers – Capitol News IL

Rep. Daniel Didech, who serves as chairman of the Illinois House Gaming Committee and played poker professionally for over five years, filed House Bill 4171 to maintain uniform, statewide regulations on sports gambling by preventing local governments from imposing their own taxes. The state raked in $429 million in tax revenues related to sports gambling in fiscal year 2025.
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Joseph A Murzanski
7 months ago

Since when is there a difference between Chicago and State lawmakers? Aren’t they one and the same?

Wally
7 months ago

Everyone wants a bigger piece of the gambling pie and all they’re doing is making the pie smaller as higher and higher taxes drive gamblers to other sources.

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