Bill Text: IL HB3667 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Authorizes a professional women's sports team that has been in existence at least 10 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act or its designee to apply to the Illinois Gaming Board to be issued a master sports wagering license. Contains provisions concerning the initial license fee, renewal fee, and conduct of providing sports wagering by a professional women's sports team or its designee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3667 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3667-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3667 Introduced , by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
230 ILCS 45/25-37 new
Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Authorizes a professional women's sports team that has been in existence at least 10 years or its designee to apply to the Illinois Gaming Board to be issued a master sports wagering license. Provides for the initial license fee, renewal fee, and conduct of providing sports wagering by a professional women's sports team or its designee.
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by adding
Section 25-37 as follows:
(230 ILCS 45/25-37 new)
Sec. 25-37. Other master sports wagering licenses. A
professional women's sports team that has been in existence
for at least 10 years before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly or its designee
may apply to the Board for a master sports wagering license. To
the extent permitted by federal and State law, the Board shall
actively seek to achieve racial, ethnic, and geographic
diversity when issuing the master sports wagering license and
encourage minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses,
veteran-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
disabilities to apply for licensure. Additionally, the report
published under subsection (m) of Section 25-45 shall impact
the issuance of the master sports wagering license to the
extent permitted by federal and State law.
The initial license fee for a master sports wagering
license issued under this Section is 5% of the professional
women's sports team's or its designee's adjusted gross

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receipts from the preceding calendar year. No initial license
fee shall exceed $10,000,000. The master sports wagering
license is valid for 4 years.
The professional women's sports team or its designee may
renew the master sports wagering license for a period of 4
years by paying a $1,000,000 renewal fee to the Board.
A professional women's sports team or its designee issued
a master sports wagering license may conduct sports wagering:
(1) at the facility in which the professional women's
sports team plays or within 5 blocks of that facility; and
(2) over the Internet or through a mobile application.
The sports wagering offered over the Internet or through a
mobile application shall only be offered under either the
same brand as the professional women's sports team or the
brand its designee is operating under or a brand owned by a
direct or indirect holding company that owns at least an
80% interest in that professional women's sports team or
its designee on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 102nd General Assembly.
Until issuance of the first license under Section 25-45,
an individual must create a sports wagering account in person
at a facility under paragraph (1) to participate in sports
wagering offered over the Internet or through a mobile
application.
As used in this Section:
"Designee" means a master sports wagering licensee under

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Section 25-30, 25-35, or 25-45 or a management services
provider licensee.
"Minority-owned business", "women-owned business", and
"business owned by persons with disabilities" have the
meanings given to those terms in Section 2 of the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.