Video gaming machines starting spewing out the green in fall of 2012. Illinois started with a few hundred gaming terminals. By the end of last year, there were more than 13,000 terminals in the state.
"What we've seen is that a lot of these establishments that were maybe bordering on being successful or closing, this added income from video gaming has really allowed them to do a lot more and improve their buildings and things like that and that's what we hoped for." -Loves Park Mayor Darryl Lindberg