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Illinois Gaming Board Special Notice: suspension of all video gaming operations and casino gambling operations (homepage notice with linked press releases of Mar. 13, 16 and 20, 2020)

Illinois Gaming Board special notice suspending all casino gambling and video gaming until March 30, 2020

Illinois Gaming Board (Charles Schmadeke, Chairman; Marcus D. Fruchter, Administrator) · Illinois (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Illinois Gambling Act, 230 ILCS 10; Video Gaming Act, 230 ILCS 40
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 (casinos from Monday, Mar. 16; video gaming from Mar. 16) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Extended Mar. 20, 2020 'consistent with Governor Pritzker's March 20, 2020 Executive Order' (IL-061); casinos and video gaming reopened under Phase 4 (July 1, 2020, verified_secondary); suspended again Nov. 20, 2020-Jan. 2021 under the Tier 3 order (casinos and gaming 'prohibited from operating,' IL-031) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureEvents and venues
Addressees
  • the State's ten casinos
  • all licensed video gaming establishments (bars, restaurants, truck stops, fraternal and veterans' establishments)
Functions reached
  • AM casinos and gaming
  • BA bars and restaurants (video gaming revenue)
  • CN concessions
  • LG casino hotels
Collection
Illinois IL

Operative words

Special Notice... The Illinois Gaming Board has suspended all video gaming operations at all licensed video gaming establishments and suspended gambling operations at all casinos until March 30, 2020 due to COVID-19. The Board is continuously monitoring developments in connection with the COVID-19 public health crisis and will update licensees and the public as warranted. Press Releases: Gaming Board announces extension of suspension for all licensed video gaming operations and casino operations (posted 03/20/2020); IGB announces suspension of video gaming due to COVID-19 (posted 03/16/2020); IGB announces closure of casinos due to COVID-19 (posted 03/14/2020).

Enforcement

Board licensing authority over casinos and video gaming terminals (terminals disabled through the central communications system)

Notes

A sector regulator's closure order reaching roughly 7,000 licensed video-gaming establishments (bars, restaurants, truck stops) and ten casinos.

Retrieval note

Wayback capture of the Board's homepage of Mar. 20, 2020; text read.