Thirty Illinois House Democrats have urged the City Council to spike Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to tax online sports betting for fear that it would invite other municipalities to do the same, drive online sports betting underground and send state revenue on a tailspin.

The City Council’s Finance Committee has already blown a $100 million hole in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2026 budget by shooting down the corporate head tax he wants.

If alderpersons kill Johnson’s plan to apply Chicago’s 10.25% amusement tax to online sports bets — as the House Democrats demanded Thursday in a letter to 50 alderpersons — the gap that needs to be filled would get $26 million bigger.

State Rep. Dan Didech (D-Buffalo Grove), chair of the House Gaming Committee, said the revenue the city stands t

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