103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4041

 

Introduced 4/25/2023, by Rep. Jonathan Carroll

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 45/25-25

    Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a licensee (rather than until July 1, 2023, a licensee) under the provisions may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is a tier 1 wager and the wager is not related to an individual athlete's performance. Removes language providing that a licensee may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is made in person instead of over the Internet or through a mobile application.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing
5Section 25-25 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 45/25-25)
7    Sec. 25-25. Sports wagering authorized.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
9the operation of sports wagering is only lawful when conducted
10in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules of
11the Illinois Gaming Board and the Department of the Lottery.
12    (b) A person placing a wager under this Act shall be at
13least 21 years of age.
14    (c) A licensee under this Act may not accept a wager on a
15minor league sports event.
16    (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a
17licensee under this Act may not accept a wager for a sports
18event involving an Illinois collegiate team.
19    (d-5) A Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
20Act of the 102nd General Assembly until July 1, 2023, a
21licensee under this Act may accept a wager for a sports event
22involving an Illinois collegiate team if:
23        (1) the wager is a tier 1 wager; and

 

 

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1        (2) the wager is not related to an individual
2    athlete's performance; and
3        (3) the wager is made in person instead of over the
4    Internet or through a mobile application.
5    (e) A licensee under this Act may only accept a wager from
6a person physically located in the State.
7    (f) Master sports wagering licensees may use any data
8source for determining the results of all tier 1 sports
9wagers.
10    (g) A sports governing body headquartered in the United
11States may notify the Board that it desires to supply official
12league data to master sports wagering licensees for
13determining the results of tier 2 sports wagers. Such
14notification shall be made in the form and manner as the Board
15may require. If a sports governing body does not notify the
16Board of its desire to supply official league data, a master
17sports wagering licensee may use any data source for
18determining the results of any and all tier 2 sports wagers on
19sports contests for that sports governing body.
20    Within 30 days of a sports governing body notifying the
21Board, master sports wagering licensees shall use only
22official league data to determine the results of tier 2 sports
23wagers on sports events sanctioned by that sports governing
24body, unless: (1) the sports governing body or designee cannot
25provide a feed of official league data to determine the
26results of a particular type of tier 2 sports wager, in which

 

 

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1case master sports wagering licensees may use any data source
2for determining the results of the applicable tier 2 sports
3wager until such time as such data feed becomes available on
4commercially reasonable terms; or (2) a master sports wagering
5licensee can demonstrate to the Board that the sports
6governing body or its designee cannot provide a feed of
7official league data to the master sports wagering licensee on
8commercially reasonable terms. During the pendency of the
9Board's determination, such master sports wagering licensee
10may use any data source for determining the results of any and
11all tier 2 sports wagers.
12    (h) A licensee under this Act may not accept wagers on a
13kindergarten through 12th grade sports event.
14(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)