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In what would seem obvious, the chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) wants to ban operators who have been prosecuted or fined for running “gray-area” pokers from participating in Illinois’ planned legal video lottery market. He made the announcement at a December 16, 2009 meeting of the regulatory organization.
The IGB must research public records to determine the number of current operators who have been prosecuted and fined. This examination may take time because multiple authorities, including local law enforcement and the state liquor control board, have handled prior enforcement actions.
The recent Video Gaming Act clears the way for an estimated 40,000 regulated video lottery terminals to come online by late 2010 or early 2011. It received strong support from the Illinois Coin Machine Operators Association.
The Chicago Sun-Times claims that 21,000 video pokers are currently licensed in Illinois as “amusement only” devices, and an estimated 40,000 unlicensed or “gray-area” pokers are also on location. Tens of thousands of locations allegedly make illegal cash payoffs to winning players of both licensed and unlicensed pokers.
In other Illinois news, Incredible Technologies (IT), the top U.S. coin-op video game maker based in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, received regulatory approval in November from Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) for its Magic Touch gaming platform. The product runs video slot, poker and keno games.
IT could apply for an Illinois license to manufacture video lottery terminals within the state. As permitted by the new law, the Arlington Heights city council has ironically voted to opt out of the legal VLT market. So far, 50 jurisdictions have opted out.
