Bill Text: IL HB4041 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-04-25 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4041-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 25-25 as follows:
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6 | (230 ILCS 45/25-25)
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7 | Sec. 25-25. Sports wagering authorized. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the operation of sports wagering is only lawful when conducted | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the Illinois Gaming Board and the Department of the Lottery. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) A person placing a wager under this Act shall be at | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | least 21 years of age. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (c) A licensee under this Act may not accept a wager on a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | minor league sports event. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | licensee under this Act may not accept a wager for a sports | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | event involving an Illinois collegiate team. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (d-5) A Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly until July 1, 2023, a | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | licensee under this Act may accept a wager for a sports event | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | involving 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 | ||||||
6 | a person physically located in the State. | ||||||
7 | (f) Master sports wagering licensees may use any data | ||||||
8 | source for determining the results of all tier 1 sports | ||||||
9 | wagers. | ||||||
10 | (g) A sports governing body headquartered in the United | ||||||
11 | States may notify the Board that it desires to supply official | ||||||
12 | league data to master sports wagering licensees for | ||||||
13 | determining the results of tier 2 sports wagers. Such | ||||||
14 | notification shall be made in the form and manner as the Board | ||||||
15 | may require. If a sports governing body does not notify the | ||||||
16 | Board of its desire to supply official league data, a master | ||||||
17 | sports wagering licensee may use any data source for | ||||||
18 | determining the results of any and all tier 2 sports wagers on | ||||||
19 | sports contests for that sports governing body. | ||||||
20 | Within 30 days of a sports governing body notifying the | ||||||
21 | Board, master sports wagering licensees shall use only | ||||||
22 | official league data to determine the results of tier 2 sports | ||||||
23 | wagers on sports events sanctioned by that sports governing | ||||||
24 | body, unless: (1) the sports governing body or designee cannot | ||||||
25 | provide a feed of official league data to determine the | ||||||
26 | results of a particular type of tier 2 sports wager, in which |
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1 | case master sports wagering licensees may use any data source | ||||||
2 | for determining the results of the applicable tier 2 sports | ||||||
3 | wager until such time as such data feed becomes available on | ||||||
4 | commercially reasonable terms; or (2) a master sports wagering | ||||||
5 | licensee can demonstrate to the Board that the sports | ||||||
6 | governing body or its designee cannot provide a feed of | ||||||
7 | official league data to the master sports wagering licensee on | ||||||
8 | commercially reasonable terms. During the pendency of the | ||||||
9 | Board's determination, such master sports wagering licensee | ||||||
10 | may use any data source for determining the results of any and | ||||||
11 | all tier 2 sports wagers. | ||||||
12 | (h) A licensee under this Act may not accept wagers on a | ||||||
13 | kindergarten through 12th grade sports event.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
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