GGR retraction from Q3<\/a>, as Illinois’ casinos will once again be dark. For how long, Pritzker says, is up to the general public.<\/p>\n“Tier 3 boils down to this: if you don’t need to do it, don’t,” the governor said. “The more we can avoid gatherings, especially indoors with people that we don’t already live with, the more likely we are to be able to celebrate the December holidays with less risk to our loved ones and ourselves.”<\/p>\n
Penn National Hurt by Closure\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
Pritzker’s decision to reclose casinos is especially damaging to Penn National Gaming. The Pennsylvania-based casino firm operates three of the 10 Illinois casinos — Argosy Alton, Hollywood Aurora, and Hollywood Joliet.<\/p>\n
Roughly six percent of Penn’s net revenue in 2019 was derived from its three Illinois properties.<\/p>\n
The good news is that mobile sports betting is operational in the Land of Lincoln, and it’s thriving. Illinois sports betting handle totaled $305.2 million in September, making the state the fourth-largest sports betting market behind Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.<\/strong><\/p>\nOf the $305 million wagered, 92.7 percent — or $283.1 million — was wagered online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) is once again forcing the state’s 10 commercial casinos to shut their doors because of a surge of new COVID-19 cases. Yesterday, the billionaire first-term governor announced the reimplementation of coronavirus restrictions. The new “Tier 3” mitigations, part of Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan, requires all casinos to shutter at 12:01 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":155728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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