SB3690 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3690

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Mike Porfirio

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 10/7.15
230 ILCS 10/7.16 new

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Allows gaming operations at airports under the administration or control of the Chicago Department of Aviation to use video gaming terminals. Provides that 10% of the total revenue generated by gaming operations at O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport shall be distributed as follows: (1) for revenue generated at the O'Hare International Airport, 1/6 to any municipalities and governing bodies that participate in a mutual aid agreement to serve O'Hare International Airport, with no more than 50% of that revenue distributed to contiguous municipalities, 1/6 to City of Chicago ward facilities where the airport is located, 1/6 to Chicago Park District facilities serving the area where the airport is located, 1/6 to the Chicago public schools serving the area where the airport is located, 1/6 to Chicago Police Department facilities serving the area where the airport is located, and 1/6 to the Residential Sound Insulation Program; and for revenue generated at the Chicago Midway International Airport, 2% to City of Chicago ward facilities where the airport is located, 2% to Chicago Park District facilities serving the area where the airport is located, 2% to the Chicago public schools serving the area where the airport is located, 2% to Chicago Police Department facilities serving the area where the airport is located, and 2% to the Residential Sound Insulation Program.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by changing Section 7.15 and by adding Section 7.16 as follows:

(230 ILCS 10/7.15)

Sec. 7.15. Limitations on gaming at Chicago airports. The Chicago casino may conduct gaming operations in an airport under the administration or control of the Chicago Department of Aviation. Gaming operations may be conducted pursuant to this Section so long as: (i) gaming operations are conducted in a secured area that is beyond the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints and only available to airline passengers at least 21 years of age who are members of a private club, and not to the general public, (ii) gaming operations are limited to slot machines, as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Gambling Act, and video gaming terminals, as defined in Section 5 of the Video Gaming Act, and (iii) the combined number of gaming positions operating in the City of Chicago at the airports and at the temporary and permanent casino facility does not exceed the maximum number of gaming positions authorized pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 7 of the Illinois Gambling Act. Gaming operations at an airport are subject to all applicable laws and rules that apply to any other gaming facility under the Illinois Gambling Act.

(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)

(230 ILCS 10/7.16 new)

Sec. 7.16. Distribution of revenue from gaming at Chicago airports. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, 10% of the total revenue generated by gaming operations conducted under Section 7.15 shall be distributed as follows:

(1) For revenue generated at the O'Hare International Airport, 1/6 to any municipalities and governing bodies that participate in a mutual aid agreement to serve O'Hare International Airport, with no more than 50% of that revenue distributed to contiguous municipalities, 1/6 to City of Chicago ward facilities where the airport is located, 1/6 to Chicago Park District facilities serving the area where the airport is located, 1/6 to the Chicago public schools serving the area where the airport is located, 1/6 to Chicago Police Department facilities serving the area where the airport is located, and 1/6 to the Residential Sound Insulation Program.

(2) For revenue generated at the Chicago Midway International Airport, 2% to City of Chicago ward facilities where the airport is located, 2% to Chicago Park District facilities serving the area where the airport is located, 2% to the Chicago public schools serving the area where the airport is located, 2% to Chicago Police Department facilities serving the area where the airport is located, and 2% to the Residential Sound Insulation Program.