103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1508 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-15 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall require an online sports wagering licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual to websites on gambling addiction help. LRB103 29533 AMQ 55928 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1508 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-15 230 ILCS 45/25-15 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall require an online sports wagering licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual to websites on gambling addiction help. LRB103 29533 AMQ 55928 b LRB103 29533 AMQ 55928 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1508 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall require an online sports wagering licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual to websites on gambling addiction help.
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1 AN ACT concerning gaming.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing
5 Section 25-15 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 45/25-15)
7 Sec. 25-15. Board duties and powers.
8 (a) Except for sports wagering conducted under Section
9 25-70, the Board shall have the authority to regulate the
10 conduct of sports wagering under this Act.
11 (b) The Board may adopt any rules the Board considers
12 necessary for the successful implementation, administration,
13 and enforcement of this Act, except for Section 25-70. Rules
14 proposed by the Board may be adopted as emergency rules
15 pursuant to Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
16 Procedure Act.
17 (c) The Board shall levy and collect all fees, surcharges,
18 civil penalties, and monthly taxes on adjusted gross sports
19 wagering receipts imposed by this Act and deposit all moneys
20 into the Sports Wagering Fund, except as otherwise provided
21 under this Act.
22 (d) The Board may exercise any other powers necessary to
23 enforce the provisions of this Act that it regulates and the
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1508 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board shall require an online sports wagering licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual to websites on gambling addiction help.
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1 rules of the Board.
2 (e) The Board shall adopt rules for a license to be
3 employed by a master sports wagering licensee when the
4 employee works in a designated gaming area that has sports
5 wagering or performs duties in furtherance of or associated
6 with the operation of sports wagering by the master sports
7 wagering licensee (occupational license), which shall require
8 an annual license fee of $250. However, occupational licenses
9 issued under the Illinois Gambling Act for employees of an
10 owners license or organization gaming licensee, once granted,
11 are considered equivalent licenses to work in sports wagering
12 positions located at the same gaming facility. License fees
13 shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund and used for the
14 administration of this Act.
15 (f) The Board may require that licensees share, in real
16 time and at the sports wagering account level, information
17 regarding a wagerer, amount and type of wager, the time the
18 wager was placed, the location of the wager, including the
19 Internet protocol address, if applicable, the outcome of the
20 wager, and records of abnormal wagering activity. Information
21 shared under this subsection (f) must be submitted in the form
22 and manner as required by rule. If a sports governing body has
23 notified the Board that real-time information sharing for
24 wagers placed on its sports events is necessary and desirable,
25 licensees may share the same information in the form and
26 manner required by the Board by rule with the sports governing
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1 body or its designee with respect to wagers on its sports
2 events subject to applicable federal, State, or local laws or
3 regulations, including, without limitation, privacy laws and
4 regulations. Such information may be provided in anonymized
5 form and may be used by a sports governing body solely for
6 integrity purposes. For purposes of this subsection (f),
7 "real-time" means a commercially reasonable periodic interval.
8 (g) A master sports wagering licensee, professional sports
9 team, league, or association, sports governing body, or
10 institution of higher education may submit to the Board in
11 writing a request to prohibit a type or form of wagering if the
12 master sports wagering licensee, professional sports team,
13 league, or association, sports governing body, or institution
14 of higher education believes that such wagering by type or
15 form is contrary to public policy, unfair to consumers, or
16 affects the integrity of a particular sport or the sports
17 betting industry. The Board shall grant the request upon a
18 demonstration of good cause from the requester and
19 consultation with licensees. The Board shall respond to a
20 request pursuant to this subsection (g) concerning a
21 particular event before the start of the event or, if it is not
22 feasible to respond before the start of the event, as soon as
23 practicable.
24 (h) The Board and master sports wagering licensees may
25 cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing
26 bodies or law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited
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1 to, providing and facilitating the provision of account-level
2 betting information and audio or video files relating to
3 persons placing wagers.
4 (i) A master sports wagering licensee shall make
5 commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify the Board
6 any information relating to:
7 (1) criminal or disciplinary proceedings commenced
8 against the master sports wagering licensee in connection
9 with its operations;
10 (2) abnormal wagering activity or patterns that may
11 indicate a concern with the integrity of a sports event or
12 sports events;
13 (3) any potential breach of the relevant sports
14 governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct
15 pertaining to sports wagering that a licensee has
16 knowledge of;
17 (4) any other conduct that corrupts a wagering outcome
18 of a sports event or sports events for purposes of
19 financial gain, including match fixing; and
20 (5) suspicious or illegal wagering activities,
21 including use of funds derived from illegal activity,
22 wagers to conceal or launder funds derived from illegal
23 activity, using agents to place wagers, and using false
24 identification.
25 A master sports wagering licensee shall also make
26 commercially reasonable efforts to promptly report information
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1 relating to conduct described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
2 of this subsection (i) to the relevant sports governing body.
3 (j) The Board shall require an online sports wagering
4 licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an
5 individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual
6 to websites on gambling addiction help.
7 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
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