Either or both have until January 11, 2025, to win passage. Since the legislature meets biennially - meaning over a two-year period - both bills are technically still alive. That’s because two separate bills filed last February that called for legalizing online casino gaming and poker, and which would also allow the state to join a multi-jurisdictional gaming compact, are still very much alive in the Illinois General Assembly. The Board may enter into agreements with other jurisdictions to facilitate, administer, and regulate multijurisdictional approved internet games, including, but not limited to, poker The Land of Lincoln could still become the sixth US state with real money online poker.
