Alderman Wants To Ban ‘Sweepstakes Machines’ As Step Toward Legalizing Video Gaming

Alderman Wants To Ban ‘Sweepstakes Machines’ As Step Toward Legalizing Video Gaming – Block Club Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson did not directly answer a question Wednesday about whether he would support legalizing video gambling machines as proposed under the alternative budget proposal. “My team is going to scour through and look at some of the projections that some members of the City Council have put forward,” he said.

Alderman Wants To Ban ‘Sweepstakes Machines’ As Step Toward Legalizing Video Gaming

CHICAGO – An ordinance cracking down on unregulated gambling machines in Chicago was introduced to council Wednesday by a South Side alderman who billed the measure as the first step toward legalizing video-gaming terminals in the city. Ald. William Hall’s (6th) proposal would ban terminals known as “sweepstakes machines” from gas stations, bars, restaurants and previously abandoned storefronts across Chicago. The machines have operated in a leg…