In East Moline, Moline and Rock Island, 83 establishments hold gaming licenses. Some are gaming parlors that were built specifically for video gaming, but most of the terminals are located in taverns and restaurants.
In East Moline, gaming revenue from 2021 is about $338,000, compared to $170,486 in 2020. The state will collect nearly $2 million in gaming revenue from East Moline’s 27 licensed establishments, according to the Illinois Gaming Board.
Moline is looking to collect just shy of $400,000 in gaming revenue from its 35 licensed establishments, which is up from about $225,000 in 2020. The state’s share from last year is about $2.3 million from Moline.
And, in Rock Island, which has 21 licensed locations for gaming, the latest revenue is about $229,000. In 2020, gaming gave the city about $116,000. The state’s share for gaming in Rock Island last year is about $1.3 million, state records show.
Also doubling in revenue, marijuana sales in Illinois hit nearly $1.4 billion in 2021. The state legalized recreational marijuana in 2020, and the related taxes have climbed with sales.
While pandemic-related closures contributed some to lower sales in 2020, a shortage of Illinois-grown cannabis also abbreviated the revenues.
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