Bill Text: IL HB5142 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5142 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5142-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5142 Introduced , 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.
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 changing
Section 25-10 as follows:
(230 ILCS 45/25-10)
Sec. 25-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Adjusted gross sports wagering receipts" means a master
sports wagering licensee's gross sports wagering receipts,
less winnings paid to wagerers in such games.
"Athlete" means any current or former professional athlete
or collegiate athlete.
"Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
"Covered persons" includes athletes; umpires, referees,
and officials; personnel associated with clubs, teams,
leagues, and athletic associations; medical professionals
(including athletic trainers) who provide services to athletes
and players; and the family members and associates of these
persons where required to serve the purposes of this Act.
"Department" means the Department of the Lottery.
"Gaming facility" means a facility at which gambling
operations are conducted under the Illinois Gambling Act,
pari-mutuel wagering is conducted under the Illinois Horse

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

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

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sports events, by any system or method of wagering, including,
but not limited to, in person or over the Internet through
websites and on mobile devices. "Sports wagering" includes,
but is not limited to, single-game bets, teaser bets, parlays,
over-under, moneyline, pools, exchange wagering, in-game
wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets, and straight bets.
"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.
"Sports wagering account" means a financial record
established by a master sports wagering licensee for an

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