JB Pritzker’s Gambling Win: Luck, Money Laundering or Bribe?

JB Pritzker’s Gambling Win: Luck, Money Laundering or Bribe?

Written by David E. Smith

In a recent episode of The Matt Walsh Show, the host lays it out plainly: Hunter Biden proved just how easy it is to launder money in America. You don’t have to be clever — just land a no-show job, create a few shell companies with foreign investors, or sell “art” for millions to anonymous buyers.

That’s why questions are swirling around Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s “lucky streak” in Las Vegas. According to his own tax filings, he pocketed $1.4 million from blackjack winnings — more than 10 percent of his total income for the year — and only decided to “donate it to charity” after reporters started asking questions.

Pritzker’s high-roller gambling proclivities seem to mirror the same reckless abandon he brings to managing Illinois’ finances. Just as he shrugs off the odds in a Las Vegas casino, he’s been gambling with taxpayers’ money here at home — spending billions the state doesn’t have, driving up debt, and doubling down on failed left-wing schemes.

Whether it’s “winning” $1.4 million at a blackjack table or wasting taxpayer dollars on bloated welfare programs, pot legalization, and radical sex-ed for grade schoolers, it’s the same reckless pattern of risk without responsibility. Illinois families pay the price while Pritzker treats the state budget like a game of chance.

It’s no coincidence that under JB Pritzker’s leadership, Illinois has become one of the most gambling-saturated states in America. The man who claims to have “won big” in Vegas has been betting the moral and financial health of our state on the same false promise of easy money.

The promotion of Big Gambling, and now sports betting, only victimizes Illinois citizens as they loose precious resources. He even acknowledges this in answering a reporter’s question recently, saying:

I was incredibly lucky. You have to be to end up ahead, frankly, going to a casino anywhere…
[as the odds are stacked against you].

Since taking office, Pritzker has championed massive gambling expansion — casinos in Chicago and the suburbs, sports betting everywhere you turn, even video poker in small-town diners and at truck stops. It’s state-sanctioned addiction masquerading as “economic development.”

While Illinois families struggle under record taxes, skyrocketing energy bills, and crushing debt, Pritzker’s answer is to fleece them at the slots, in casinos, and through sports betting apps. Just like his reckless fiscal policies, the house always wins — and the people of Illinois always lose.

And when pressed, Pritzker dodged specifics — no casino name, no details, just a rambling story about a Chicago poker charity. But experts note that for him to win that much, he’d have to play like a world-class gambler betting $100,000 hands. It’s statistically implausible.

So, as Matt Walsh fleshed out in his opening segment of his recent podcast asking, was it really “luck,” or something else? At best, it’s reckless behavior for a sitting governor – and maybe par for the course. At worst, it looks like money laundering or a political payoff. Either way, the people of Illinois deserve answers — and federal investigators ought to start asking questions.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Raises Eyebrows With His Explanation
On How He ‘Won’ Over $1 MILLION Playing Blackjack (Gateway Pundit)