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I’ll never forget my first trip to Las Vegas. When I walked off the ramp into the airport and heard the musical, electronic sound of slot machines, a huge smile crept over my face. I’d never been greeted with that sound at an airport before. Walking through the airport from my gate to baggage claim, I passed clusters of slot machines here and there and found myself in awe. This has to be the most fun airport ever! I thought. I’ve pretty much had that same reaction every trip since. There’s nothing that says “Welcome to Las Vegas” quite like the sight and sound of slot machines.

As for dining, there are several restaurants throughout, many are lodge-esque and follow the overall theme of the airport, but there are also some familiar chain restaurants, such as Subway and Peet's Coffee. Of course, there are also slot machines throughout.
When you land at McCarran International Airport you know you're in Las Vegas when you see and hear the sights and sounds of slot machines. If you're over 21, enjoy one of Las Vegas visitors' favorite pastimes and spend a few minutes at one of our slot machines located throughout the airport.

I’m usually in too much of a hurry to get to my hotel when I land to think about lingering in the airport to play them, but on my trip home, it’s a whole other story. I mean, really, picture your typical airport experience. You get to the airport early, as is recommended, and by some miracle, you zip through security quickly. You still have an hour and 45 minutes until your flight. Now what? Read the book you brought with you? But if you read it now, what will you read on the plane?

So you wander through your terminal—slowly—in and out of each shop that’s trying to sell you last-minute souvenirs, snacks, books and magazines. That takes about 15 minutes. Now what? Maybe grab a meal at one of the restaurants, assuming you haven’t already eaten. But at McCarran International Airport, you can extend your Vegas vacation right up until the minute you board your plane by playing the slot machines.

I’ll bet you have some questions about gambling at the airport. I know I did. So let’s tackle the big ones, shall we?

Airport Slot Machines

Where can I find slot machines at McCarran International Airport?

There are approximately 1,300 slot machines at McCarran, in baggage claim, the shopping areas, in terminals near gates—even in the car rental center. Trust me, you can’t miss them.

Has anyone ever actually won playing slots at the airport?

Shockingly, yes. According to Chris Jones, Acting Manager of Public Affairs and Marketing at McCarran, two players at McCarran won $392,000 and $259,000 respectively within four days of each other in May 2008. One lucky traveler won $3.9 million at a progressive Wheel of Fortune machine in January 2005. I’ve also seen many reports on TripAdvisor’s Vegas forum from people who won enough money at the airport to make them happy. Personally, I’ve never won anything on the machines at the airport. Then again, I don’t usually win in the casinos, either.

Does that mean the slots are looser at the airport?

Er, no. Conventional wisdom has long held that you should avoid playing slots at the airport because the payout is lower than average. (Although given how tight the machines have become on the Strip in recent years, I don’t see much of a difference any more.) As with playing all slot machines, you should be prepared to lose, because you probably will. Gambling should be a form of entertainment, like going to the movies. It’s just a fun way to kill time. . .with a (very) slight chance of winning back some of your money.

How do I get paid if I win or want to cash out?

As is the standard with most casinos these days, the slot machines at McCarran Airport feature TITO (or Ticket In, Ticket Out), meaning when you cash out, you get a ticket. There are no bill breaker machines here to exchange your ticket for cash, so you’ll have to look for the uniformed attendant to make the exchange. There is one stationed at or near all slot locations.

Do I have to fill out an IRS form if I win over $1,000, like at the casinos?

Sadly, yes. Uncle Sam always wants his cut.

How long does it take to get paid? Will I miss my flight?

This probably depends on how close you’re cutting your play to when your flight boards. There are ticket attendants on hand to pay you your winnings. If you win a couple of hundred bucks, they can probably pay you quickly with the money they have on hand. But if you win a big jackpot—say a couple hundred thousand or a million—they won’t have that money on hand. So it will take longer to get paid, and yes, you may miss your flight. But if you won that much money, really, would you care???

How do you feel about playing the slots at McCarran? Would you do it to entertain yourself while waiting for your flight, or do you think it’s a sucker’s bet? Have you ever played there–and won?

A new Chicago casino feasibility study projects that installing 500 slot machines at O’Hare and Midway airports could rake in $37 million annually. That is more than the amount generated at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, which has almost triple the number of slots.

Union Gaming Analytics, a boutique investment bank and advisory firm that carried out the study, worked on the assumption that each Chicago terminal slot could bring in $200 per day. This would bring the annual gross revenue from the suggested 500 machines to about $36.5 million.

The study says that given the Chicago metro area is already well penetrated, in terms of gaming positions, a casino within the City of Chicago is unlikely to need all 4,000 slot machines to achieve optimal revenues.

“As such, greater total revenues and taxes would be achieved by [allocating] a few hundred slot machines to Midway and O’Hare airports,” the study says.

Outperforming Las Vegas Airports

In drawing up revenue assumptions, Union Gaming Analytics studied airports in Nevada, the only comparable market with slot machines within the airport. Nevada’s two largest airports, McCarran in Las Vegas and Reno Tahoe, currently operate 1,475 and 240 slots, respectively, or approximately one slot machine per 15,700 arriving passengers, Union Gaming Analytics’ study says.

The researchers said Nevada provided a proxy for the potential performance of slot machines at Midway and O’Hare. The study then says it is expected that slot machines at airports in Chicago would be used similarly to those in Nevada, namely as an option for some travelers to pass time.

Ultimately, the study concluded, slot machines at Chicago airports should perform notably better than those in Nevada’s airports.

Union Gaming Analytics said they expected slot machines to perform better in Chicago than in Nevada because in the latter, there was low utilization of slot machines which led to low revenues. This was because visitors to Las Vegas would rather play at a full-fledged casino with more attractive gaming options than at the airport.

The report further postulates that departing passengers from Las Vegas would typically have already exhausted their gaming budgets, and local residents using the airport have more convenient gaming options available to them.

To buttress the above points, the study found that revenue from slot machines at the Nevada airports generated revenue well below the state’s average of $151 taken from gamblers daily at each machine.

“With respect to Chicago, slot machines at airports should hold greater appeal to these same three categories, especially when contemplating departing and/or connecting passengers – both domestic and international – as they are a captive audience,” the study said.

O’Hare was ranked as the nation’s busiest airport in 2018. The Chicago Sun Times reported that nearly 40 million commercial travelers passed through O’Hare in 2018, compared to 23.7 million at McCarran and 2 million at Reno-Tahoe. Nearly 10.7 million people flew to or from Midway.

Having slot machines at the airports is quite a tantalizing prospect, with Michael Wenz, an economics professor at Northeastern Illinois University, being quoted by Casino.org saying “airport slot machines seem like a very well-targeted way to raise gambling tax revenue.”

Wenz added that many of the punters will be non-residents, “and relative to a casino or the small slot machine parlors, it isn’t likely that the airport will increase the incidence of problem gaming. There is a possibility that this will cannibalize some of the other revenues from the airport, but the net effect on tax revenues should be very positive in any case.”

Casino could be onerous from tax perspective

Although this may be good news for punters in Chicago, the Union Gaming Analytics report also has some bad news. The report says a casino in Chicago may not be as financially feasible as initially estimated.

The gaming expansion legislation that allows for a casino in the City of Chicago is “very onerous

from a tax and fee perspective”, the report said.

The study further says Illinois law, which allows for massive gambling expansion, features the highest effective gaming tax and fee structure in the country. The legislation, therefore, makes it difficult to finance a Chicago casino and generate profits.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has since said they would re-examine the 72 percent effective tax rate.

Lightfoot said the study confirmed concerns about the tax structure passed by the legislature, but was optimistic this could be addressed.

“We look forward to working with the governor and legislative leaders to revise the legislation and ensure a new casino will be beneficial for Chicago’s communities and the entire state,” Lightfoot said in a statement following the release of the feasibility study.
The City of Chicago hopes a casino will help generate revenue to pay for the underfunded police and firefighter pension systems. The City of Chicago also forecasts that a Chicago casino will create thousands of jobs as well as contracting opportunities for the community.

Gaming capital of the Midwest

Earlier this year, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker approved a new law that increased the number of state-sponsored gambling “positions” — seats to place a bet inside a casino, bar or racetrack — from almost 44,000 to nearly 80,000. It is projected that within two years, Illinois could have more than 7,000 video gambling establishments, 5,000 lottery-like sports betting kiosk locations, 16 casinos, five racinos and online sports gambling accessible on millions of mobile phones.

The new law allows for video slot and poker machines at Chicago’s airports, O’Hare and Midway.

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With the law expanding gambling in Illinois, the state is on its way to being the gambling capital of the Midwest.

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The state has set aside $6.8 billion in this year’s budget to help residents cope with gambling addiction. This is a 750 percent jump from the $800,000 that Illinois had regularly set aside to help people with gambling addictions, Healthcare Weekly reported.