>> A push to ban so-called sweepstakes machines over the objections of Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration is one step away from final approval or head to.

Sharon joins us now with more.

Heather, so break it down for us.

First, what is the difference between try your luck on video poker machine and sweepstakes machine.

Well, sweepstakes machines popped up across Chicago more than a decade ago and not just in bars or restaurants, but also laundromats and convenience stores, gas stations.

And essentially these machines allow people to try their luck, but they don't require payment up front and you don't typically get cash if you win, you get a ticket that you can redeem for merchandise or a gift card or something other than cash.

Usually now that's different than, of course, the no slot machine or a poker machine where you got pay to play.

>> City Council says maybe we don't want these machines across our city anymore.

Why are they saying that?

Why are they saying maybe we should ban these machines themselves?

They have long operated in sort of a gray zone.

They're not technically legal, but they're not technically illegal either.

So that means that the city and the state and the county can't tax these machines.

It's also increasingly problematic.

If Chicago is going to welcome video gaming into bars and restaurants, that means that great his own machines will compete against those legal machines that, oh, yeah, the state and the city will be sure to get their cut cut of once they start popping up in bars and restaurants and of course, there the legal machines, very little machines that are coming online with the casino that's in the But Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration, he opposes that ban tolls way.

Well, a lot of the sweepstake machines are on the South and the West Side, which means that the businesses that rely on these machines to draw more foot traffic in could be hardest hit and their son.

And they're concerned that the city does not have the capacity to enforce this ban with repeated violations could lead to the loss of people's business licenses.

So it's not clear the city really enforce this ban.

And the mayor says they need to do an equity analysis about who it would hurt the So then what's next?

Well, if this ban is up for a vote, the full city council next week, just to older people can block that vote.

So it's likely that maybe it will stretch, but we'll have to see what the fate of these machines along with video gambling machines in Chicago in the weeks to come.

Always a full slate at City Council It sounds like it had a Sharon will likely be there.

Yes, thank you has what thinks Prentice.

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