ILLINOIS — Illinois has a significant backlog of unpaid child support payments due to delinquent non-custodial parents avoiding their child support debt. The state created the Gaming Intercept program in 2013, a joint venture between the Illinois Gaming Board and Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The joint venture provided that the Illinois Gaming Board was able to intercept the jackpot winnings of noncustodial delinquent players and turn in the money to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay back payments of child support.

Recently the Division of Child Support Services in Illinois received a gaming interception of over $27,000 that went toward unpaid child support.