Tomorrow marks the start of the National Football League season. And, just in time, online sports betting companies for the first time are imposing per-bet fees on Illinoisans as the companies seek to pass along new taxes imposed by Democrats in Springfield.

Bettors predictably are angry as they’re getting notices from the likes of DraftKings and FanDuel of per-bet fees of 25 cents or 50 cents effective Sept. 1. Here’s the rub, though. Some of the companies, virtually all of which are passing the new taxes along to bettors in some form, aren’t charging all of their customers.

Like rational businesses do, they’re seeking to recover expenses from customers who don’t make them much money — or even are loss leaders — while shielding those customers who make them lots of money. In the gambl

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