Gambling in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
31 indexed reports · 0.0% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is gambling in Chicago?
Gambling offenses cover unlicensed games of chance for money — street dice games, illegal card rooms, bookmaking, and unlicensed video gaming machines — under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/28-1). Licensed casinos, sports wagering, lottery, and regulated video gaming are legal in Illinois, so enforcement targets unlicensed operations.
Chicago PD descriptions distinguish street gambling (dice, card games) from bookmaking and gambling-house operations. The category has shrunk dramatically as legal gaming expanded; most modern reports involve street games.
LocalCrimeVault has 31 gambling reports indexed in Chicago — 0.0% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 4 reports, up from 1 in April 2026.
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (99,072), Battery (76,864), Criminal Damage (47,011).
How common is gambling in Chicago?
Gambling accounts for 31 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.0% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many gambling incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 31 indexed gambling reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of gambling reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 gambling records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is gambling data updated?
- Chicago crime records sync nightly from the open-data portal. New reports appear on type and incident pages after the sync and deploy pipeline completes.