Get your Chicago location in front of Operators while it’s still early.
After more than a decade of video gaming running everywhere in Illinois except here, Chicago has opened up and the state has begun licensing city venues. There are only about a hundred licensed Operators in Illinois, and every Chicago location coming online needs one. Post your place now, anonymously and with no gaming history required, and line up Operators competing to earn it.
Operators compete on service — newer machines, better games, faster response — and on helping you get licensed.
Being straight with you: the rules are still being argued over at City Hall, and we’re not going to predict how that lands. Listing costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and you can take it down at any time — whichever way it goes.
Your identity releases only when you award. Small cells widen to a region so you can’t be reverse-identified.
No revenue history? That’s your advantage.
Everywhere else on The Gameset, a location’s past numbers anchor the conversation. A brand-new Chicago location has none — so there’s nothing for an Operator to hide behind. Service is the whole contest.
The split is set by law
In Illinois the video gaming split is locked at 50/50 by law. What is left to win you over is what an Operator will actually do for you — and here they have to put it in writing.
No numbers to hide behind
With no revenue history to anchor on, offers stand entirely on games, cabinet age, refresh cadence, and response time — service, head to head.
They'll help you get licensed
Getting a new Chicago location licensed is real work, and it's live right now. Operators can commit to the hands-on steps — documents, fingerprints, paperwork, inspections — and you can see who is willing to do them before you pick anyone.
Three steps, no gaming history required.
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Build your profile — no record needed
Self-report your venue, area, and how many terminals you can host. We coarsen the location to county and a region, so you stay anonymous from the first day.
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Operators compete to earn you
Licensed Operators spend prepaid Listing tokens to unlock, then submit structured offers — service and licensing help, lined up side by side on the Board.
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Award on your own terms
Compare offers apples-to-apples and pick one. Identities release only when you award, and every step is written to an append-only transaction ledger.
County + band only, never a name or exact figure. Small cells widen to a region.
Operators spend a prepaid Listing token to see a Listing. That is the whole cost — no commission, no success fee.
Every publish, unlock, offer, and award — ours as well as yours — is recorded as it happens and never edited after.
Claim your spot in the Chicago market.
Free to list, anonymous until you award, and on your own terms.