Ahead of Super Bowl LX, the Sports Betting Alliance cautioned Illinois policymakers as a third consecutive month of Illinois Gaming Board data showed a significant decline in legal sports betting following the implementation of the state’s per-wager tax last fall.

IGB October data shows second consecutive month of 15% decline in bets.

Illinois’ sports betting industry experienced a pronounced drop in wagering volume this September, marking the first full month under the state’s newly implemented per-wager tax. Data from the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB).

Five million fewer bets were placed in September than in the same month in 2024, according to data from the Illinois Gaming Board…

“Overtaxing legal betting will send bettors either outside state lines, city lines, or to the predatory illegal market and have profound negative implications for the legal market and also future tax revenues here.”