{"id":232312,"date":"2020-10-22T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=232312"},"modified":"2021-05-28T09:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:18:53","slug":"what-has-legalized-sports-betting-meant-for-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/what-has-legalized-sports-betting-meant-for-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"What Has Legalized Sports Betting Meant for Illinois?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois first legalized sports betting in the year 2019, taking full advantage of the right to set its own laws on the matter following the overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 \u2013 or PASPA. Since the first legal bet a year later, the state has seen a number of consequences flow from its choice to allow sports betting. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the obvious (such as new opportunities for gamblers to place bets) to the less obvious, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/sbk\/nfl-betting\">legalized sports betting<\/a> has had a profound effect on Illinois. This article will explore exactly what has happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>New Opportunities for Betting<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most obvious consequence of the legalization of sports betting in Illinois is exactly what it says on the tin. Gamblers in the state can now legally bet and according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsn.com\/sports-betting-usa\/illinois\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WSN.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can bet on most sports in Illinois including college football. You can bet either online or in person, and they can set up the accounts they need at the bookmakers, no matter where they might be in the state. It\u2019s understood that there are now at least five different online sports betting mobile phone applications available to download. At first, it was the case that those looking to carry out sports betting in the state would need to sign up at a physical location first, but this has been mostly suspended in recent months due to the restrictive conditions imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of PASPA have in the past claimed that overturning it could lead to problems in terms of bribery and corruption. Players of sports betting, they argue, might have an incentive to deliberately lose games in order to share in the profits of large bets. And while corruption, match-fixing and similar scandals may take time and investigation in order to be highlighted, there has not yet been any obvious evidence of widespread sports betting corruption in the state of Illinois.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-232362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens.jpg\" alt=\"Legalized Sports Betting Illinois\" width=\"750\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens.jpg 750w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens-370x190.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens-406x209.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiversScreens-600x309.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Public Spending<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When different US states legalize sports betting after a long period of it being banned, the measure usually goes through a complicated process involving various participants in the democratic process \u2013 and Illinois was no exception. The state\u2019s government used a common incentive to help get the bill passed \u2013 tying the tax revenues raised by it to a certain set of outcomes. In the case of Illinois, the state government receives around 15% of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/14\/media\/espn-caesars-gambling\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from sports betting services, so there\u2019s a big boost to the state\u2019s public purse as a result of the change.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-228469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-842x842.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42237-12-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE UM CHICAGO MERCHANDISE STORE IS LIVE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Need a new fit to sport to Thanksgiving? Too far away? Maybe you want to be a UM Editor for Halloween. Grab you Chicago Against the World Hoodies now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-flat vc_btn3-block vc_btn3-color-primary\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/shot\">View the UM Merch Store Now<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>A Trailblazer in the Region?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it\u2019s worth noting that Illinois has become something of a trailblazer since it managed to legalize sports betting. It is one of the most liberal states in this regard across the whole of the US Midwest region, and that looks likely to remain the case, at least in the short term. Take the example of the nearby state of Wisconsin: not only has there so far been absolutely no attempt to legalize online sports betting in the legislature, there also does not appear to be any chance of it happening soon.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this does mean, though, is that the state is something of a trailblazer for the sports betting legalization movement. Lawmakers across the region who are pro-sports gambling tend to look to Illinois as an example of a Midwestern state that can do it well. And with nearby states such as Iowa on roughly the same track as Illinois, it\u2019s clear a large number of states are using the sports betting laws in Illinois as a reference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-232363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering.jpg\" alt=\"Legalized Sports Betting Illinois\" width=\"697\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering.jpg 697w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering-370x201.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering-406x221.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BookRendering-600x326.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/>Perhaps one reason why this is considered so significant in this regard is due to the presence of Chicago, which swells its population and makes it one of the most strategically and economically important states in the region. If Chicago and Illinois can deal with legalized sports betting without any ill effects, it is perceived, so can the rest of the region \u2013 and indeed the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, Illinois has seen a number of changes since it exercised its right to set its own laws on the issue of standard and online sports betting. It has primarily led to an increase in personal freedom for those who want to gamble on the outcomes of anything from NFL games to NBA matches. It has also meant that public spending now has the capacity to rise, thanks to the significant tax earnings that the state of Illinois has made from sports gambling \u2013 something that is even more helpful in the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/9-ways-you-can-help-people-affected-by-coronavirus-today\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">age of coronavirus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where states need to spend in response to the health emergency. It has secured Illinois\u2019 place as an example of a leading, modernizing Midwestern state with the capacity to shape the regional debate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At UrbanMatter, U Matter. 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