With the Illinois General Assembly poised to think about a tax hike on video playing, some key lawmakers and their relations have developed beforehand undisclosed monetary connections to the business, that means the destiny of any proposal might lie partly on votes of legislators with a stake within the final result. They embrace two of the General Assembly’s strongest figures, Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, a Republican from Bloomington, and Chicago Democrat Antonio Muñoz, the Senate assistant majority chief, in line with Illinois Gaming Board information obtained by ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ. These ties, coupled with strong marketing campaign giving by the business, reveal how video playing operators are constructing political affect at a time