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.

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.