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Gaming machines paying out for local communities

Updated: November 26, 2012
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SPRINGFIELD -- During the first full month video gaming machines were in operation in Illinois, state government made nearly a half a million dollars in tax revenue. Video machines brought the state more than $346,000 in October. Local communities earned more than $70,000 in tax revenue.

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