Original Post (6/21/12) While cities like Schaumburg and North Aurora vote no to video gambling, others like Huntley and Alsip approved of legislation allowing video gambling. Video gambling has already been allowed in Chicago Ridge, Crestwood, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and others, and many villages and cities cant take their eyes off the possibility of hundreds of thousands in revenue. Continue reading here

Update (7/31/12): The state’s first legal video gambling machines may start to appear in restaurants, bars, truck stops, and other locations by labor day and begin paying out potential winners soon thereafter. Continue reading here.

Cities that allow gambling are expected to get 5% of the profit from each machine while the state gets 25%. Since the 2009 law allowing video gambling in Illinois was approved, the Chicago Suburbs have been split on which way to go. Photo: File photo taken by the Daily Herald