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.

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.

Top story: Pennsylvania, 20 days out — still three bills, still no floor movement, and the "no plan in the budget" problem is now three months old.

Pennsylvania State Police say skill games must be physically removed by Oct. 13, not unplugged. Some operators plan to leave the cabinets in place, and that gap could cost bars their liquor licenses.

Nine months after legalization, Chicago has 65 state-licensed locations, 284 more pending, zero city licenses and zero machines. Here’s where it stands and where it could go.