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Slot Machines for Bars in Oak Lawn, IL

The Illinois Gaming Board's September 2026 report lists 44 establishments in Oak Lawn with video gaming terminals, 256 terminals in all. If you run a bar or restaurant in Oak Lawn, here is what is on the public record and how Prairie State Gaming would work with you.

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About the town

About Oak Lawn

How Oak Lawn came to be

Land broker Julian Hatch acquired 1,273 acres in 1842, and a settlement called Black Oaks Grove developed. Farmer John Simpson established his farm in 1858, and the first school opened by 1860. The name came from the many black oaks along what is now 95th Street. It was changed to Oak Lawn because another railroad station already used the Black Oaks Grove name. A 1879 agreement with railroad builder Colonel Ralph Plumb rerouted the railroad through the settlement, and the Wabash Railroad tracks were laid by 1881.

Oak Lawn incorporated as a village on April 20, 1909, with a population of 287, while many nearby communities were being annexed by Chicago. Electricity arrived in 1911. The population was over 2,000 in the 1920s and 3,500 in 1940, and a library was built in 1936. The Park District was organized in 1944, and by 1953 the population had passed 13,300.

Oak Lawn today

On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a tornado crossed Oak Lawn, from roughly 96th Street and Austin Avenue to 91st Street and Kenton Avenue. At Southwest Highway and 95th Street it leveled a tavern, a restaurant, a motel, a food market and two gas stations, and it took out the south end of the high school. The village, which has since grown to more than 56,000 residents, has a local history branch at the Oak Lawn Public Library, which opened in 2007 with artifacts, research materials and programs.

The bar and restaurant scene

Southwest Highway and 95th Street, where the 1967 tornado leveled a tavern, a restaurant and a motel, has long been a commercial corner of the village. Today a bar or restaurant here serves a village of more than 56,000, and an owner is serving residents who know the place by its streets. The Gaming Board record on this page lists the Oak Lawn locations that hold video gaming licenses.

Sources

  1. Town Square Publications — Oak Lawn History (accessed November 6, 2026)
  2. National Weather Service — Oak Lawn Tornado survey, April 21, 1967 (accessed November 6, 2026)
Illinois Gaming Board record

Video gaming locations in Oak Lawn

Establishments in Oak Lawn on the Illinois Gaming Board's lists of video gaming licensees and applicants, with the status the Board shows.

Show all 49 Oak Lawn locations
  • Foxs Oak Lawn Pub
    9240 S. Cicero Avenue
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · August 31, 2016
  • GENNARO LIQUORS
    5549 WEST 87TH STREET
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 16, 2015
  • Homestead Barr
    9306 S. Central Ave.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · October 24, 2013
  • Hooters
    9159 South Cicero Avenue
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · March 20, 2013
  • HUCK FINN DONUTS
    10501 SOUTH CICERO AVENUE
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · August 31, 2016
  • Irish Rebel Pub & Grill
    9953 Southwest Highway
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · November 15, 2012
  • Johnson-Phelps Post 5220
    9514 S 52ND AVE
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · August 22, 2013
  • Just My Luck Bar & Grill
    9247 South Cicero Ave.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · September 20, 2012
  • LA COCINA DE MAMA
    5721 W 95TH ST
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 7, 2023
  • Les Brothers Restaurant
    8705 S. Ridgeland Ave
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 20, 2012
  • LOCAL CANTINA
    5130 W 95TH ST
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · April 25, 2024
  • MIDWAY LIQUORS
    9030 S. CICERO AVENUE
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · January 26, 2017
  • OAK LAWN DINER
    4002 W 111TH ST
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · June 6, 2024
  • Oak Lawn Hilton InnPrairie State Gaming partner
    9333 S. Cicero Ave.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · April 21, 2016
  • OAKLAWN WINE AND SPIRITS
    10329 CENTRAL AVE
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · October 24, 2024
  • Original Hog Wild II
    4040A W 111th St.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · January 27, 2022
  • P. D.'S PLACE
    5407 W. 95th St.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · July 23, 2015
  • PALERMO'S
    4849 W 95TH ST
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · November 7, 2019
  • Penny's Place
    6346 W 95th St
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · March 27, 2014
  • Reilly's Daughter
    4010 W. 111th
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · January 28, 2016
  • RITA'S STOP INN
    9825 SOUTHWEST HWY
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · October 7, 2016
  • Rockefeller's
    4642 W 103rd St.
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · September 9, 2021
  • ROSATI'S PIZZA
    6230 W 95th Street, Suite A
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · April 24, 2025
  • St. James Place
    5305 W. 95th Street
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · August 22, 2013
  • Stella's Place
    8759 S. Ridgeland Avenue
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 19, 2013
  • SUSHI THAIME
    4959 WEST 95th STREET
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 19, 2019
  • Tailgators Sports Bar
    9256 S. Cicero Ave
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · February 21, 2013
  • Tavern on the West End
    6950 W. 95th Street
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · May 23, 2013
  • TC'S TOO
    9906 S. Southwest Highway
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · November 21, 2013
  • THE BARREL CLUB
    4910 W 111th St
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · August 8, 2019
  • The Black Oak Grove
    9630 South Pulaski
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · April 21, 2016
  • The Copper Top
    5207 1/2 W 95th st
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · January 24, 2013
  • The Hot Corner
    4913 W 95TH ST
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · March 20, 2013
  • THE WHISTLE SPORTS BAR & GRILL
    4909-11 WEST 95TH STREET
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · June 2, 2016
  • Uncle Buds
    9700 S CICERO AVE
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · December 8, 2022
  • W96
    9600 S PULASKI RD
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · July 23, 2026
  • WING SNOB
    6762 W 95th St
    Licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board · January 22, 2026
Same split, different service

How Prairie State Gaming helps in Oak Lawn

Illinois law fixes how terminal income is shared between the operator and the establishment, and no operator may give a location anything to sign. What you choose is the team.

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Questions

Video gaming in Oak Lawn: the short answers

Does the revenue split change from one terminal operator to another?

No. Illinois law splits terminal income after tax evenly between the terminal operator and the establishment, whatever an agreement says, and no operator may give a location anything of value to sign (230 ILCS 40/25(c)). Operators differ in service, not in the split.

How long does a video gaming use agreement last?

Illinois Gaming Board rules cap a use agreement at eight years and do not allow it to renew automatically (11 Ill. Adm. Code 1800.320). If your location already has terminals, your agreement states its own end date.

How many slot machines (video gaming terminals) may one establishment have?

Illinois law allows a licensed establishment up to six video gaming terminals (230 ILCS 40/25(e)). The limit is set by the state, not by the terminal operator.

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