Communities that Banned Video Gambling

• Addison
• Arlington Heights
• Batavia
• Beach Park
• Bloomingdale
• Buffalo Grove
• Burbank
• Campton Hills
• Carbondale
• Carol Stream
• Cook County
• Country Club Hills
• Darien
• Downers Grove
• Du Page County
• East Dundee - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ]
• Elburn
• Elmhurst
• Evanston
• Glen Ellyn - [ 2 ]
• Glenview
• Grayslake
• Gurnee
• Hanover Park
• Hawthorne Wood
• Highland Park
• Hinsdale
• Itasca
• Kane County - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ] - [ 4 ]
• Kenilworth
• Kildeer
• La Grange
• Lake Bluff
• Lake County
  [ 2 ] - [ 3 ]
• Lake Forest
• Libertyville
• Lincolnshire
• Lincolnwood
• Lisle
• McHenry County
• Mettawa
• Morton
• Mt. Prospect
• Naperville
• Northbrook
• Oak Park - [ 2 ]
• Oakbrook Terrace
• Orland Park - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ]
• Palos Heights
• Palos Park
• Park Ridge
• Rochester
• Roselle - [ 2 ]
• Rosemont
• Schiller Park
• South Barrington
• South Holland
• St. Charles
• Villa Park
• Wadsworth
• Warrenville
• Wayne
• West Chicago
• Westmont
• Wheaton - [ 2 ]
• Wilmette
• Winfield
• Winnetka
• Wood Dale

Communities Discussing Video Gambling

• Antioch
• Barrington
• Burr Ridge
• Champaign
• Champaign County - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ]
• Deerfield
• DeKalb
• Effingham County - [ 2 ]
• Elgin
• Fox Lake
• Homewood
• Johnsburg
• Lindenhurst
• Oak Lawn
• Oak Forest
• Oswego
• Palos Hills
• Pingree Grove
• Schaumburg
• Southland
• Tazewell County - [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
• Tinley Park
• Urbana
• West Dundee
• Will County - [ 2 ]

Communities that Will Not Ban Video Gambling

• Lake in the Hills
• Wauconda
• Rockford - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ] - [ 4 ]
• Rock Island
• Homer

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