$130 Million To Be Injected Into Illinois Coffers If Online Gambling Is Legalized And Regulated, According To OnlinePokerReport.com

“Illinois would get an immediate windfall of $130 million dollars, a steady stream of tax and fee revenue, increased employment, and the benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars poured into local media and services companies,” said Chris Grove, gambling industry strategist and editor of OnlinePokerReport.com.

The OnlinePokerReport.com analysis is based in large part on what New Jersey has experienced since that state regulated online gambling in 2013. New Jersey has generated more than $100 million in taxes and more than $500 million in revenue for casinos from online gambling.

“New Jersey has proven that online gambling can be safely regulated and serve as an economic engine,” Grove said. “All of the New Jersey’s casinos have confirmed that regulated online gambling drives new customers and new revenue.

“Regulated online gambling has saved Atlantic City’s casinos and brought some $100 million in new tax revenue to the state,” Grove added. “That’s the sort of help Illinois’ casinos, the Illinois racing industry, and the state itself could desperately use.”

To learn more about regulated online gambling in Illinois, visit www.onlinepokerreport.com/us/il/. To learn more about the author of the analysis, Chris Grove, visit www.onlinepokerreport.com/chris-grove/.

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