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Historic Wrigley Field, home of the MLB Cubs, wants in. Last September, the Cubs and sports betting leader DraftKings announced a multi-year partnership. The MLB franchise and DraftKings want to build a retail sportsbook at Wrigley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“An increasing number of sports fans want to integrate sports betting into their game experience, and we’re excited to be one of the first to engage in developing a retail sportsbook at a professional sports venue,” said Cubs President of Business Operations Crane Kenney.<\/p>\n
Should the Chicago City Council lift its embargo on sports betting, the Cubs and DraftKings would need approval from the Illinois Gaming Board, as well as Major League Baseball. If all goes as the Cubs hope, the team and DraftKings would then need to pay a one-time $10 million sports betting licensing fee to the state.<\/p>\n
Motion Tabled<\/b><\/h2>\n
After Burnett and Hopkins introduced the sports betting ordinance during this week’s City Council meeting, Alderman Anthony Beale (9th Ward) moved the measure to the government agency’s Rules Committee for further consideration.<\/p>\n
The City Council’s next scheduled meeting is for September 14. A recommendation from the Rules Committee on the sports betting initiative is expected at that time.<\/p>\n
Burnett says he recognizes not everyone is in favor of sports betting. But he says walk down the halls of City Hall during the Super Bowl or other major sporting events, and “everybody’s doing squares, pools, and all kinds of other things related to sports betting.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chicago sports betting within the city limits remains a prohibited activity. But some officials are hoping to soon end that regulation. Illinois legalized sports betting in 2019. It came by way of a major gaming expansion package signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) that authorized five regional casinos in Chicago’s southern suburbs, as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":180693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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