The $16.6 billion budget approved by a City Council majority last December lifted the ban on video gambling in Chicago, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to pursue licensing approval from the Illinois Gaming Board.
Convinced that Johnson is buying time in order to pursue a repeal of the Council’s lifting of the ban, Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) is taking matters into his own hands.
Beale is sending a letter Wednesday to the Illinois Gaming Board meant to serve as official notification that City Hall has lifted the video gambling ban, and that acceptance of license applications for video gambling can begin.
