The Illinois Gaming Board issued 65 cease-and-desist orders to operators it alleged were offering illegal sweepstakes and online casino products. Stake.US, Fliff, High 5 Casino and LuckyLand Slots were among the companies named.
The orders place named operators on notice of Illinois allegations concerning their casino and sweepstakes offerings.
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Illinois senator Bill Cunningham introduced SB3439, a bill that would expand the state definition of a gambling device to cover certain electronic machines and internet-based sweepstakes. The proposal follows cease-and-desist letters sent by the Illinois Gaming Board to 65 companies; the article reports that only JefeBet and Jumbo88 now list Illinois as restricted.
Illinois residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Kalshi and several subsidiaries in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on 8 January, alleging the platform offers unlicensed gambling, according to the report. The plaintiffs claim Kalshi’s event contracts breach state gambling and consumer protection laws and seek class certification, damages and other relief. The allegations have not been established in court.
The Illinois Racing Board ordered Hawthorne Race Course to stop live racing and suspend off-track betting after horsemen said purse cheques had bounced. The order leaves Illinois without live horse racing until Hawthorne resumes operations; sports betting was unaffected, and no reopening date was set.
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.