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Published Thu, Oct 16 202510:54 AM EDTUpdated 5 Min Ago

Key Points

  • Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker reported making much than $1.4 cardinal from gambling successful 2024, his national taxation returns showed.
  • Pritzker, a Democrat who is wide seen arsenic a imaginable statesmanlike contender successful 2028, and his woman reported astir $10.7 cardinal successful full income that year.
  • Pritzker plans to donate the blackjack winnings, a run adjutant told NBC News.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker stands with different elected officials to sermon national deployments successful Chicago, Sept. 29, 2025.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made much than $1.4 cardinal from gambling successful 2024, his national taxation returns showed.

Pritzker, a Democrat who is wide seen arsenic a imaginable statesmanlike contender successful 2028, and his woman reported astir $10.7 cardinal successful full income that year, according to authorities and national filings shared by his gubernatorial run with quality outlets connected Wednesday.

The politician collected the gambling wealth aft playing blackjack astatine a casino successful Las Vegas during a abrogation travel with his woman and friends, his run told NBC News.

CNBC has reached retired to Pritzker's run for remark connected his taxation filings.

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Pritzker plans to donate the winnings, a run adjutant told NBC. He is expected to clasp a property league aboriginal Thursday morning, the adjutant said.

Pritzker has emerged arsenic 1 of President Donald Trump's highest-profile antagonists, arsenic the 2 clash implicit national migration operations successful Illinois and more.

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