Cards, IDs and Cashless Play: What Other Jurisdictions Learned Before Illinois
What Nova Scotia, Norway, Finland, Australia and the U.S. learned from card, ID and cashless gaming programs, and what it means for the Illinois Gaming Board’s plan to put ID readers on video gaming redemption terminals.
Illinois Puts “Cashless Wagering” on the Video Gaming Agenda: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Operators Should Do Now
The Illinois Gaming Board put cashless wagering and video gaming self-exclusion rules on its Oct. 22 agenda. Here is what the record shows, plus the Chicago VGT Live Tracker.
A Week Into Pennsylvania’s Skill Game Ban: Layoffs, a November 30 Clock, and Tax Numbers Nobody Has Pinned Down
A week into Pennsylvania’s skill game ban, the story is layoffs and a short legislative clock. What it means for regulated operators.
Monday Morning VGT View — October 19, 2026
This week’s coast-to-coast board: Pennsylvania’s machines are off, four tax plans compete, and Chicago still has no live terminals. Plus investor analysis.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: Five Voting Days, Two Tax Plans, and the Opening for Regulated Operators
Pennsylvania lawmakers have five voting days left and two tax plans to weigh. Our investor analysis: why this is the opening for regulated operators.
Pennsylvania Skill Games, Day Two: What the State Police Agreements Actually Require
Day two of Pennsylvania skill-games enforcement: no seizures reported, six operators have signed State Police agreements. Here is what they require.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: Enforcement Day One, and What Operators Should Do Before October 19
Enforcement has begun in Pennsylvania. Here is what officials are saying, what operators should document today, and what to watch on October 19.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: Today Is the Cutoff. Here Is What Happens Tomorrow Morning, and What Everyone Is Saying.
Today is Pennsylvania's skill-games cutoff. Here is what State Police say happens October 14, what operators should document tonight, and where to read the story from every angle.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: The Cutoff Is Tomorrow. Here Is the Last-Day Checklist.
The Pennsylvania skill-game safe harbor ends Tuesday, October 13. Here is the five-step last-day checklist for operators and distributors, plus the Chicago VGT Live Tracker.
Six Days Out: Pennsylvania's Last Session Day Before the Skill-Games Deadline
Six days before Pennsylvania's October 13 skill-games cutoff, the last scheduled session day has arrived, lawmakers return October 19, and enforcers and vendors disagree on what compliance means.
Eleven Days Out: Three Tax Rates, One Deadline in Pennsylvania
Eleven days before Pennsylvania's October 13 skill-games cutoff, Diamond's 20%, Senate leadership's 35% and the governor's 52% show how far apart the sides are. Nothing has cleared committee.
Pennsylvania’s Real Plan B: A Six-Month Extension Sitting in Committee
With 13 days left before Pennsylvania’s October 13 skill-games deadline, two extension bills, HB 2793 and HB 2795, would authorize the games through April 13, 2027. Both are in House committee. What operators should plan for, plus Chicago’s current Illinois Gaming Board counts.
Selling the Room, Not the Machine: A Visual Gaming-Room Designer for Location Owners
Gaming machines are close to a commodity. The room isn’t. How a visual room designer helps operators sell the outcome, start the right conversation and capture intent.
Public Data as a Competitive Weapon: Building a Searchable VGT Performance Database
Two years of Illinois Gaming Board data for 8,900+ locations, made searchable. Why public performance data builds trust, sharpens targeting and anchors diligence.
Teach the Three Revenue Drivers: Why Owner Education Belongs in Distributed Gaming Sales
Owners who understand game count, occupancy and hold are better partners and harder to poach. Why a teaching calculator belongs in every distributed gaming sales process.
Honest Revenue Projections Win Locations: Lessons From an Illinois Forecast Tool
Inflated projections win signatures and lose relationships. How a benchmark-anchored revenue forecast builds trust with location owners, and what the numbers reveal.
Market-Entry Playbook: An Instant Eligibility Checker for New Gaming Markets
When a gaming market opens, every owner asks the same question first: am I eligible? Here’s how an instant license lookup wins the first conversation.
Chicago VGT, Verified: State Approvals Hold at 65, City Licenses Still Zero
Pulled directly from the Illinois Gaming Board’s own licensee data today: Chicago VGT approvals hold at 65, pending applications tick up to 286, and the city still hasn’t issued a single local license.
Monday Morning VGT View — September 21, 2026
Starting this week, Monday mornings mean a state-by-state lap around every active distributed gaming market we track — Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and more.
Three Pennsylvania Skill-Games Bills Exist Right Now. None of Them Is Actually Moving.
Rep. Russ Diamond's skill-games package still has no bill number, 13 days after he promised it “within the next week.” Three PA bills exist. None is moving.