![]() "We are pleased with the Supreme Court's decision confirming our long-held belief that the County's tax on video gaming machines is legitimate and lawful," Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said in a written statement Wednesday morning. The county's tax on slot machines at casinos is $1,000 per machine, while the tax on video gambling machines used at bars and restaurants is $200 per machine.Ī Cook County Circuit Court judge struck down the tax last year, but an Illinois Appellate Court panel reversed that ruling a year later, and Midwest Gaming took the case to the Illinois Supreme Court, which has declined to hear the appeal, meaning the tax will stay in place. Midwest Gaming & Entertainment had argued the state's Riverboat Gambling Act prohibited such a tax at the county level, and that the tax also violated the Illinois Constitution, because it taxes slot machines at a higher rate than video gambling machines. ![]() ![]() ![]() CHICAGO (CBS) - The owners of the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines have lost a three-year court battle with Cook County, over a slot machine tax approved by the Cook County Board. ![]()
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