Illinois customers may no longer bet below $2.50, based on messages BetMGM sent out. This is to help ensure operating margins within the new framework ...

These changes come in response to a per-wager tax enacted by the Illinois General Assembly in May and effective July 1. Under ...

BetMGM will enforce a $2.50 minimum bet in Illinois, as of Wednesday (July 16), as part of the response to the recent per-wager state tax ...

DraftKings could look to cannonball into the prediction market space with the acquisition of a startup platform.

Suburbanites should take notice of this trend. As Chicago shows, once a streaming tax is adopted, it only goes up.

President Donald Trump's tax bill, signed into law July 4, reduces how much in losses a gambler can deduct. Here's how the ...

Jefferies Group reduced its price target for DraftKings to $53 from $60 and has a Buy recommendation on the stock. This ...

(WIFR) - Changes are coming in Illinois as several new laws and tax increases are set to take effect July 1, 2025.

Income from the tax goes the state’s general revenue fund. FanDuel and DraftKings both announced they now will include a 50-cent fee on sports wagers made in Illinois starting Sept. 1.

Online casinos. While the larger U.S. iGaming economy is cruising along, Prairie State residents are seeing the signs of the change because of shifting consumer behavior, shifting laws and fierce ...

Several new Illinois laws and tax increases take effect on July 1, 2025, including new rules for single-use plastics, a tipped minimum wage increase, and taxes on sports bets, vaping and gas.

Earlier on June 12, DraftKings announced that it will introduce a 50-cent transaction fee on all mobile and online bets placed through DraftKings Sportsbook in Illinois.