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Bears announce first sports betting sponsor partnership with PointsBetSep 25, 2020 8:05 PM - The Bears announced a partnership Friday with PointsBet, making it the team's first sports betting sponsor. "As we break into the sports betting category for the first time, we couldn't be more excited to welcome PointsBet to the Bears family as a proud partner," Bears President & CEO Ted Phillips said in a statement. "This deal will bring fans a new way to interact with and cheer on the club."
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Gamblers place $52.5 million sports bets in July. The most bet on sport? Soccer.
Sep 15, 2020 7:57 PM - The first full month of sports betting in Illinois had gamblers placing $52.5 million in wagers during July. -
Hawthorne plans sportsbooks at three suburban OTBs, including Prospect Heights
Sep 15, 2020 6:12 PM - A retail sports betting site is expected to open as soon as next month inside Player's Pub & Grill in Prospect Heights -- one of three new sportsbooks that will launch at existing off-track betting parlors operated by Hawthorne Race Course. -
DraftKings, FanDuel fees deemed taxable in landmark IRS memo
Aug 22, 2020 6:19 AM - Daily fantasy sports are online games that let fans -- in exchange for an entry fee -- compete for cash prizes contingent on the performance of the professional athletes they select in their fantasy lineup. The memo says the IRS considers the entry fees to meet the definition of a wager under the tax code.
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Rozner: Finding PGA pick not easy this time around
Aug 4, 2020 5:38 PM - Sifting through the PGA Championship field and looking for a winner is no easy task this year.
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Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin becomes third in state to open sportsbook
Aug 4, 2020 4:02 PM - Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin opened its new sportsbook this week, becoming the third casino in the state to offer bets on sports since it was legalized last year. -
Rozner: In Illinois, you can always bet on one winner. And it's not you.
Jul 28, 2020 4:05 PM - Even if you're not interested in sports betting, you have to be fascinated by the politics of what's occurred over the last few weeks. -
The horses race in a big, empty Arlington Park
Jul 24, 2020 8:12 AM - Arlington International Racecourse normally attracts thousands of spectators to watch and wager on the Sport of Kings. But on Thursday, nary more than a couple dozen jockeys, trainers and racing officials - all wearing face masks - were at the Arlington Heights oval for the start of what will be an unusual, abbreviated racing season. -
Racing is back in Arlington. Will spectators soon follow?
Jul 23, 2020 8:06 AM - When the starting gates open and bell rings this afternoon for the first post of an abbreviated 30-day racing season at Arlington International Racecourse, one sound missing will be that of fans cheering from the grandstand. But management at the Arlington Heights racetrack still holds out hope they can persuade state regulators to allow in some spectators before season's end Sept. 26. -
Spanish soccer gets early betting action at Des Plaines casino's new online sportsbook
Jun 26, 2020 6:00 AM - Ordinarily this time of year, sports bettors might be laying down wagers on the NBA playoffs or Major League Baseball, but in the coronavirus era, Spanish domestic soccer is getting most of the action.
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