SPORTS WAGERING DEFINITION House SponsorsRep. Daniel Didech-Jay Hoffman and Michael J. Kelly 3/27/2026HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 230 ILCS 45/25-10 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that "sports wagering" also includes participation in any prediction market involving a sports event or any portion of a sports event, or the individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event, including the offering, listing, solicitation, purchase, sale, trading, exchange, or settlement of any event contract, sports-event contract, or other contract, agreement, or transaction, whether described as a derivative, option, binary contract, or similar instrument, in which a person risks something of value on the occurrence, nonoccurrence, or outcome of such sports event or any portion of a sports event or athlete performance statistics; such activity constitutes sports wagering regardless of whether the contract, agreement, or transaction is entered into on a peer-to-peer basis, whether participants take positions against one another rather than against the operator, whether the operator is not a counterparty to the transaction, or whether the operator describes the activity as an investing opportunity, exchange, marketplace, or prediction market. 2/5/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech 2/10/2026HouseFirst Reading 2/10/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/11/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly 3/4/2026HouseAssigned to Gaming Committee 3/17/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman 3/27/2026HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee