With marijuana and sports betting helping to fill Illinois’ coffers with tax money, some say online gambling isn’t far off.

Six states allow casino gambling online: Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and Connecticut. But at a recent East Coast Gaming conference, panelists named Illinois as one of the additional states that could soon adopt internet gambling.

Executives said Illinois already possesses the necessary infrastructure and regulatory systems to make internet gambling profitable.

Dave Briggs from PlayIllinois.com said Illinois could soon allow internet gambling simply because of the bottom line. “In the gambling industry, the online casino part of it is the real moneymaker for both the state and the operators,” Briggs said.