
"Ahead of his run for a third term as governor, Pritzker released partial tax records. According to those records, he and his wife reported $4.2 million in capital gains and approximately $3.9 million in ordinary dividends. In total, Illinois' first family had a gross income of more than $10 million. Perhaps most eye-catching in the filings were reporting winnings of $1.425 million from gambling."
"I was incredibly lucky. You have to be to end up ahead, frankly, going to a casino anywhere. It was in Las Vegas. And I like to play cards, so [much so] that I founded a charitable poker match here in Chicago called the Chicago Poker Challenge that raises millions, has raised millions of dollars for the Holocaust museum here."
Partial 2024 tax filings show Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife reported $4.2 million in capital gains, approximately $3.9 million in ordinary dividends, and more than $10 million in gross income. The filings report $1.425 million in gambling winnings from Las Vegas. The records include both winnings and losses from a Las Vegas casino but do not specify games or the exact venue. The timing of the casino activity coincided with a vacation involving the governor, his wife, and friends. The governor characterized the result as 'incredibly lucky' and referenced founding a Chicago charitable poker match that has raised millions for the Holocaust museum.
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