The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting in Chicago on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Below is a brief synopsis of the meeting, however, if you’d like to hear the full meeting recording, it can be found on the IGB’s...more
A bill recently passed by the Illinois Senate will significantly expand the gaming landscape in Cook County and the surrounding areas and modify certain fee and tax structures. Most notably, the bill will permit sports...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held a special meeting on Monday, May 6, 2019, to consider the appointment of a new Administrator. Chairman Donald Tracy, Member Steven Dolins and Member Ruben Ramirez Jr. attended in person....more
Happy Easter and Chag Sameach!
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its April monthly meeting in Chicago on Thursday, April 17, 2019. Below is a brief synopsis of the meeting. However, if you’d like to hear the...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, also known as the second coldest day in Chicago history. While the extremely cold weather kept most away, the Board conducted business...more
Happy Holidays!
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its December monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in Chicago. While the later than usual start time of 10 a.m. implied brevity, the meeting was action-packed,...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its November monthly meeting on Friday, November 2, 2018 in Springfield. Member Robinson attended by telephone. In unusual fashion, the IGB combined the Riverboat and Video Gaming...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its September monthly meeting on Friday, September 14 in Chicago. Below is a summary of the Riverboat Meeting and the Video Gaming Meeting.
RIVERBOAT-
The Chairman opened his...more
With our apologies for the delay, on a beautiful summer morning, the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on August 2, 2018. In attendance at the open session meeting were Chairman Tracy and Members Alejandre,...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meetings on June 12-13, 2018. In attendance at the open meeting were Chairman Tracy and Members Alejandre, Dolan and Robinson. As you recall, Member Hansen resigned from the...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly open meeting on May 24, 2018 in Chicago at the James R. Thompson Center. Although Members Alejandre and Robinson were in attendance via teleconference, Chairman Tracy and...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meetings on April 12, 2018 in Chicago. Just like our nice weather, the meeting was fleeting. As you may know, the IGB canceled the closed session meeting scheduled for April...more
Happy (almost) Spring! The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held a special meeting on March 7th in Chicago. Before we provide a synopsis of both the Riverboat and Video Gaming meetings, we wanted to take a few moments to discuss...more
In very snowy Chicago weather, the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on February 9, 2018. Only the very brave attended!
RIVERBOAT-
After the approval of the meeting minutes from the January 2018...more
Happy New Year! The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on January 9, 2018 in Chicago. If the meeting is any indication of changes to come, 2018 may turn out to be an interesting year for Video Gaming....more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on November 16, 2017 in Chicago. Before discussing the summary of the meeting, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind licensees that while the holiday season is...more
L’Shana Tova! The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on Rosh Hashanah, September 21, 2017, in Chicago. Below is a brief summary of the events of the Riverboat and Video Gaming meetings in which all Board...more
On a very temperate morning, the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 24, 2017, in Chicago. It seems fitting that as we send our kids back to school this week, we also must get back to our...more
Happy Spring! The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Chicago. We have provided a summary of both the Riverboat and Video Gaming Meetings below.
Riverboat Meeting-
The...more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) held its March monthly meeting on
Friday, April 21, 2017, in Springfield.
Riverboat -...more