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

BetMGM Sportsbook, a jointly owned venture between Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International and Entain plc, launched a ...

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 ...

The Land of Lincoln is nearing the implementation of a ban on credit cards for funding sports betting accounts, as proposed ...

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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.

Illinois is adding a 25-cent fee to all bets and 50-cent fee to high-volume sportsbooks such as DraftKings and FanDuel starting July 1. Illinoisans lost $1.12 billion in 2024, with $700 million of ...

Latest Illinois sports betting tax targets leaders A new tax in Illinois for the second year in a row hits DraftKings and FanDuel hardest. The top two sportsbooks are the only ones that have surpassed ...

Changes are coming in Illinois as several new laws and tax increases are set to take effect July 1, 2025. An increase in the motor fuel tax will increase the price paid at every pump in Illinois. FY ...

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 ...

FanDuel and DraftKings both are well above that volume and announced they will implement 50-cent fees per wager on Illinois customers in response to the tax.