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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5142

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning gaming.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing
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Section 25-10 as follows:

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(230 ILCS 45/25-10)
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Sec. 25-10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
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"Adjusted gross sports wagering receipts" means a master
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sports wagering licensee's gross sports wagering receipts,
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less winnings paid to wagerers in such games.
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"Athlete" means any current or former professional athlete
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or collegiate athlete.
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"Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
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"Covered persons" includes athletes; umpires, referees,
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and officials; personnel associated with clubs, teams,
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leagues, and athletic associations; medical professionals
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(including athletic trainers) who provide services to athletes
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and players; and the family members and associates of these
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persons where required to serve the purposes of this Act.
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"Department" means the Department of the Lottery.
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"Gaming facility" means a facility at which gambling
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operations are conducted under the Illinois Gambling Act,
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pari-mutuel wagering is conducted under the Illinois Horse

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Racing Act of 1975, or sports wagering is conducted under this
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Act.
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"Official league data" means statistics, results,
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outcomes, and other data related to a sports event obtained
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pursuant to an agreement with the relevant sports governing
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body, or an entity expressly authorized by the sports
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governing body to provide such information to licensees, that
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authorizes the use of such data for determining the outcome of
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tier 2 sports wagers on such sports events.
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"Organization licensee" has the meaning given to that term
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in the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
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"Owners licensee" means the holder of an owners license
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under the Illinois Gambling Act.
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"Person" means an individual, partnership, committee,
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association, corporation, or any other organization or group
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of persons.
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"Personal biometric data" means an athlete's information
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derived from DNA, heart rate, blood pressure, perspiration
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rate, internal or external body temperature, hormone levels,
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glucose levels, hydration levels, vitamin levels, bone
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density, muscle density, and sleep patterns.
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"Prohibited conduct" includes any statement, action, and
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other communication intended to influence, manipulate, or
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control a betting outcome of a sporting contest or of any
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individual occurrence or performance in a sporting contest in
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exchange for financial gain or to avoid financial or physical

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harm. "Prohibited conduct" includes statements, actions, and
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communications made to a covered person by a third party, such
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as a family member or through social media. "Prohibited
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conduct" does not include statements, actions, or
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communications made or sanctioned by a team or sports
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governing body.
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"Qualified applicant" means an applicant for a license
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under this Act whose application meets the mandatory minimum
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qualification criteria as required by the Board.
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"Sporting contest" means a sports event or game on which
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the State allows sports wagering to occur under this Act.
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"Sports event" means a professional sport or athletic
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event, a collegiate sport or athletic event, a motor race
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event, or any other event or competition of relative skill
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authorized by the Board under this Act.
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"Sports facility" means a facility that hosts sports
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events and holds a seating capacity greater than 17,000
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persons, except in a municipality with a population of more
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than 1,000,000, a seating capacity greater than 10,000
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persons.
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"Sports governing body" means the organization that
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prescribes final rules and enforces codes of conduct with
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respect to a sports event and participants therein.
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"Sports wagering" means accepting wagers on sports events
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or portions of sports events, or on the individual performance
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statistics of athletes in a sports event or combination of

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sports events, by any system or method of wagering, including,
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but not limited to, in person or over the Internet through
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websites and on mobile devices. "Sports wagering" includes,
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but is not limited to, single-game bets, teaser bets, parlays,
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over-under, moneyline, pools, exchange wagering, in-game
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wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets, and straight bets.
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"Sports wagering" also includes participation in any
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prediction market involving a sports event or any portion of a
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sports event, or the individual performance statistics of
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athletes in a sports event, including the offering, listing,
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solicitation, purchase, sale, trading, exchange, or settlement
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of any event contract, sports-event contract, or other
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contract, agreement, or transaction, whether described as a
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derivative, option, binary contract, or similar instrument, in
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which a person risks something of value on the occurrence,
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nonoccurrence, or outcome of such sports event or any portion
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of a sports event or athlete performance statistics; such
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activity constitutes sports wagering regardless of whether the
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contract, agreement, or transaction is entered into on a
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peer-to-peer basis, whether participants take positions
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against one another rather than against the operator, whether
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the operator is not a counterparty to the transaction, or
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whether the operator describes the activity as an investing
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opportunity, exchange, marketplace, or prediction market.

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"Sports wagering account" means a financial record
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established by a master sports wagering licensee for an

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individual patron in which the patron may deposit and withdraw
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funds for sports wagering and other authorized purchases and
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to which the master sports wagering licensee may credit
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winnings or other amounts due to that patron or authorized by
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that patron.
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"Tier 1 sports wager" means a sports wager that is
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determined solely by the final score or final outcome of the
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sports event and is placed before the sports event has begun.
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"Tier 2 sports wager" means a sports wager that is not a
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tier 1 sports wager.
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"Wager" means a sum of money or thing of value risked on an
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uncertain occurrence.
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"Winning bidder" means a qualified applicant for a master
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sports wagering license chosen through the competitive
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selection process under Section 25-45.
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(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)

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