Illinois Gaming Board chairman Charles Schmadeke will leave the post when his current term ends on 1 July, the board said. He has served two terms, totalling nearly six years, and said it was time to step down.
The departure will change the leadership of Illinois’ gaming regulator.
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It was reported that Spectrum Gaming Group has recruited Tim Miller. It was also reported that Gavin Isaacs has taken an advisory role on GLI's board.
The Illinois Gaming Board has granted Accel Entertainment licences to place gaming terminals at locations in Chicago, the company’s chief executive said. Accel expects 700 to 1,400 locations to become operational from a pool of 2,500 available city licences, with its first sites anticipated to open in the coming weeks.
The Illinois Gaming Board proposed rules to extend self-exclusion checks to the state’s nearly 50,000 video gaming terminals, according to the report. The proposed system would require players to verify their identity when obtaining vouchers or opening an account, and operators would need to offer account holders responsible-gambling limits, including self-exclusion.
The Illinois Gaming Board put forward new rules on Thursday, a news report said. Those rules are meant to extend self-exclusion prerequisites to nearly 50,000 machines across the state. The report said the state's video gambling terminals form the largest such network in the world, and self-exclusion does not currently apply to it.
The Illinois Gaming Board voted unanimously to advance three proposed changes to the state’s self-exclusion rules. The proposals would add six-month, one-year and three-year exclusions, with automatic re-enrolment and an option to leave the programme; they would also bar targeted marketing to people leaving the programme for at least 12 months. The proposals now go to the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for review and public comment.
The Illinois Gaming Board voted unanimously to advance proposed rules that would let people choose self-exclusion periods starting at six months, instead of the current five-year minimum. The draft also adds online and notarised-mail enrolment, includes fantasy contests and would bar operator marketing to people for at least 12 months after they leave the list; JCAR review is required.