What started out as something of a novelty with daily fantasy sports has quickly grown into a juggernaut that has overtaken beer and ED treatments as the premier advertising source on live game broadcasts. No longer confined to Las Vegas, Atlantic City or any number of other brick-and-mortar establishments, online sports gambling is here to stay.
Even though it got started a little later than some of its fellow states and has continued to change its rules, Illinois finished 2020 as the fourth-largest market for sports bets. The state surpassed $300 million in total wagers in September of 2020 and hasn’t seen less than $434 million in any month since.