Month: March 2024

The ordinance that could see Chicago legalize retail and online sportsbetting is reportedly due to be put to a full city council vote tomorrow after it cleared committee yesterday afternoon following several months of debate.

According to a Monday report from Crain’s Chicago Business, the measure first proposed by Alderman Walter Burnett in July would rescind a long-running ban on sports wagering in ‘The Windy City’ and allow local venues with a capacity of over 17,000 to offer a wide range of sportsbetting action to anyone over the age of 21. The source detailed that this wo…