State Fair Casinos 

Places like Delaware and New Mexico have figured out something that many other states have not – there is some real money to be made in slot machines at the state fairgrounds. These states have full on slot machine casinos at the racetracks at their facilities and these games bring in millions of dollars a year for the states that offer them. This is more important than anything else for they know that the money from these games are offering them the opportunity to fund other state programs whereas without them they could not. 

But Illinois is looking to do something similar where they would like to bring in slot machines to their fairgrounds and with it they say that they would be looking at several million dollars a year just from that location. They know that if they are able to bring in the slot machines to the Illinois State Fairgrounds that this would become a much more inhabited location as they do not have anything of this kind in the state yet. Those fairgrounds that are offering these games have one other thing going for them, the revenue that comes from the slot machines on the premises enables them to make enough money to completely support themselves and then they don’t need any other state tax dollar to do so. 

But the governor is concerned that by bringing in slot machines to the fairground that it is going to lose its family friendly vibe, and that it would ruin the location. He says that the money that comes in from the games for the support of the track is just not enough to justify bringing in the crime and changes that would come to the location.