102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5376

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.970 new
230 ILCS 45/25-10
230 ILCS 45/25-90
230 ILCS 45/25-100

    Amends the Sports Wagering Act and the State Finance Act. Provides that 6% of the moneys in the Sports Wagering Fund that are attributable to sports wagering on collegiate sport or athletic events shall be transferred to the Collegiate Sport Services Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for distribution of the moneys in the Fund to NCAA Division I institutions of higher education according to the classification of their conferences and the sports played by those institutions. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for support services in relation to collegiate athlete mental health, monitoring of sport wagering activities and compliance services, and the establishment and maintenance of a line of communication for athletic departments of Division I institutions of higher education to report issues to the Gaming Board. Provides that each Division I institution of higher education may provide a list of names of collegiate athletes and staff members to the Gaming Board if the Gaming Board deems it appropriate to prohibit those persons from engaging in sports wagering under this Act, and that the Gaming Board shall require master sports wagering licensees to: prohibit each of the collegiate athletes and staff members named by the institution from establishing a sports wagering account under this Act; and close any accounts that were opened by the collegiate athletes and staff members before their names were provided to the Board. Provides that each Division I institution of higher education may add to or remove names from its list from time to time by notifying the Board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.970 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
7    Sec. 5.970. The Collegiate Sport Services Fund.
 
8    Section 10. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing
9Sections 25-10, 25-90, and 25-100 as follows:
 
10    (230 ILCS 45/25-10)
11    Sec. 25-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
12    "Adjusted gross sports wagering receipts" means a master
13sports wagering licensee's gross sports wagering receipts,
14less winnings paid to wagerers in such games.
15    "Athlete" means any current or former professional athlete
16or collegiate athlete.
17    "Autonomy institution of higher education" means an
18Illinois institution of higher education that is a member
19institution of a conference named in Constitution 4.3.4(a) of
20the NCAA 2021-22 Division I Manual or any similar
21classification in a successor publication.

 

 

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1    "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
2    "Covered persons" includes athletes; umpires, referees,
3and officials; personnel associated with clubs, teams,
4leagues, and athletic associations; medical professionals
5(including athletic trainers) who provide services to athletes
6and players; and the family members and associates of these
7persons where required to serve the purposes of this Act.
8    "Department" means the Department of the Lottery.
9    "Division I institution of higher education" means an
10Illinois institution of higher education classified as being
11in Division I under the NCAA 2021-22 Division I Manual or any
12similar classification in a successor publication. Each campus
13of a university that operates a Division I athletic program is
14deemed to be a separate Division I institution of higher
15education.
16    "Football Championship Subdivision institution of higher
17education" means an Illinois institution of higher education
18that is a member institution of one or more conferences named
19in Constitution 4.3.4(c) of the NCAA 2021-22 Division I Manual
20or any similar classification in a successor publication and
21has a football program that competes in the NCAA Football
22Championship Subdivision.
23    "Gaming facility" means a facility at which gambling
24operations are conducted under the Illinois Gambling Act,
25pari-mutuel wagering is conducted under the Illinois Horse
26Racing Act of 1975, or sports wagering is conducted under this

 

 

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1Act.
2    "NCAA" means the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
3    "Non-autonomy institution of higher education" means an
4Illinois institution of higher education that is a member
5institution of a conference named in Constitution 4.3.4(b) of
6the NCAA 2021-22 Division I Manual or any similar
7classification in a successor publication.
8    "Non-Football Championship Subdivision institution of
9higher education" means an Illinois institution of higher
10education that is a member institution of one or more
11conferences named in Constitution 4.3.4(c) of the NCAA 2021-22
12Division I Manual or any similar classification in a successor
13publication and has a basketball program that competes in
14Division I but does not have a football program that competes
15in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.
16    "Official league data" means statistics, results,
17outcomes, and other data related to a sports event obtained
18pursuant to an agreement with the relevant sports governing
19body, or an entity expressly authorized by the sports
20governing body to provide such information to licensees, that
21authorizes the use of such data for determining the outcome of
22tier 2 sports wagers on such sports events.
23    "Organization licensee" has the meaning given to that term
24in the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
25    "Owners licensee" means the holder of an owners license
26under the Illinois Gambling Act.

 

 

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1    "Person" means an individual, partnership, committee,
2association, corporation, or any other organization or group
3of persons.
4    "Personal biometric data" means an athlete's information
5derived from DNA, heart rate, blood pressure, perspiration
6rate, internal or external body temperature, hormone levels,
7glucose levels, hydration levels, vitamin levels, bone
8density, muscle density, and sleep patterns.
9    "Prohibited conduct" includes any statement, action, and
10other communication intended to influence, manipulate, or
11control a betting outcome of a sporting contest or of any
12individual occurrence or performance in a sporting contest in
13exchange for financial gain or to avoid financial or physical
14harm. "Prohibited conduct" includes statements, actions, and
15communications made to a covered person by a third party, such
16as a family member or through social media. "Prohibited
17conduct" does not include statements, actions, or
18communications made or sanctioned by a team or sports
19governing body.
20    "Qualified applicant" means an applicant for a license
21under this Act whose application meets the mandatory minimum
22qualification criteria as required by the Board.
23    "Sporting contest" means a sports event or game on which
24the State allows sports wagering to occur under this Act.
25    "Sports event" means a professional sport or athletic
26event, a collegiate sport or athletic event, a motor race

 

 

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1event, or any other event or competition of relative skill
2authorized by the Board under this Act.
3    "Sports facility" means a facility that hosts sports
4events and holds a seating capacity greater than 17,000
5persons, except in a municipality with a population of more
6than 1,000,000, a seating capacity greater than 10,000
7persons.
8    "Sports governing body" means the organization that
9prescribes final rules and enforces codes of conduct with
10respect to a sports event and participants therein.
11    "Sports wagering" means accepting wagers on sports events
12or portions of sports events, or on the individual performance
13statistics of athletes in a sports event or combination of
14sports events, by any system or method of wagering, including,
15but not limited to, in person or over the Internet through
16websites and on mobile devices. "Sports wagering" includes,
17but is not limited to, single-game bets, teaser bets, parlays,
18over-under, moneyline, pools, exchange wagering, in-game
19wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets, and straight bets.
20    "Sports wagering account" means a financial record
21established by a master sports wagering licensee for an
22individual patron in which the patron may deposit and withdraw
23funds for sports wagering and other authorized purchases and
24to which the master sports wagering licensee may credit
25winnings or other amounts due to that patron or authorized by
26that patron.

 

 

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1    "Tier 1 sports wager" means a sports wager that is
2determined solely by the final score or final outcome of the
3sports event and is placed before the sports event has begun.
4    "Tier 2 sports wager" means a sports wager that is not a
5tier 1 sports wager.
6    "Wager" means a sum of money or thing of value risked on an
7uncertain occurrence.
8    "Winning bidder" means a qualified applicant for a master
9sports wagering license chosen through the competitive
10selection process under Section 25-45.
11(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
12    (230 ILCS 45/25-90)
13    Sec. 25-90. Tax; Sports Wagering Fund.
14    (a) For the privilege of holding a license to operate
15sports wagering under this Act, this State shall impose and
16collect 15% of a master sports wagering licensee's adjusted
17gross sports wagering receipts from sports wagering. The
18accrual method of accounting shall be used for purposes of
19calculating the amount of the tax owed by the licensee.
20    The taxes levied and collected pursuant to this subsection
21(a) are due and payable to the Board no later than the last day
22of the month following the calendar month in which the
23adjusted gross sports wagering receipts were received and the
24tax obligation was accrued.
25    (a-5) In addition to the tax imposed under subsection (a)

 

 

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1of this Section, for the privilege of holding a license to
2operate sports wagering under this Act, the State shall impose
3and collect 2% of the adjusted gross receipts from sports
4wagers that are placed within a home rule county with a
5population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants, which shall be paid,
6subject to appropriation from the General Assembly, from the
7Sports Wagering Fund to that home rule county for the purpose
8of enhancing the county's criminal justice system.
9    (b) The Sports Wagering Fund is hereby created as a
10special fund in the State treasury. Except as otherwise
11provided in this Act, all moneys collected under this Act by
12the Board shall be deposited into the Sports Wagering Fund. On
13the 25th of each month, any moneys remaining in the Sports
14Wagering Fund in excess of the anticipated monthly
15expenditures from the Fund through the next month, as
16certified by the Board to the State Comptroller, shall be
17transferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
18as follows:
19        (1) 6% of the moneys in the Sports Wagering Fund that
20    are attributable to sports wagering on collegiate sport or
21    athletic events shall be transferred to the Collegiate
22    Sport Services Fund; and
23        (2) the remainder shall be transferred to the Capital
24    Projects Fund.
25    (c) Beginning with July 2021, and on a monthly basis
26thereafter, the Board shall certify to the State Comptroller

 

 

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1the amount of license fees collected in the month for initial
2licenses issued under this Act, except for occupational
3licenses. As soon after certification as practicable, the
4State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
5transfer the certified amount from the Sports Wagering Fund to
6the Rebuild Illinois Projects Fund.
7    (d) The Collegiate Sport Services Fund is created as a
8special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be
9used for support services in relation to collegiate athlete
10mental health, monitoring of sport wagering activities and
11compliance services, and the establishment and maintenance of
12a line of communication for athletic departments of Division I
13institutions of higher education to report issues to the
14Board. Moneys in the Fund shall be distributed as follows:
15        (1) 20% to each autonomy institution of higher
16    education.
17        (2) 10% to each non-autonomy institution of higher
18    education.
19        (3) 6.2% to each Football Championship Subdivision
20    institution of higher education.
21        (4) 4.2% to each Non-Football Championship Subdivision
22    institution of higher education.
23(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
24102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
25    (230 ILCS 45/25-100)

 

 

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1    Sec. 25-100. Exclusion Voluntary self-exclusion program
2for sports wagering.
3    (a) Any resident, or non-resident if allowed to
4participate in sports wagering, may voluntarily prohibit
5himself or herself from establishing a sports wagering account
6with a licensee under this Act. The Board and Department shall
7incorporate the voluntary self-exclusion program for sports
8wagering into any existing self-exclusion program that it
9operates on the effective date of this Act.
10    (b) Each Division I institution of higher education may
11provide a list of names of collegiate athletes and staff
12members to the Board if the Board deems it appropriate to
13prohibit those persons from engaging in sports wagering under
14this Act. The Board shall require licensees to: (1) prohibit
15each of the collegiate athletes and staff members named by the
16institution from establishing a sports wagering account under
17this Act; and (2) close any accounts that were opened by the
18collegiate athletes and staff members before their names were
19provided to the Board. Each Division I institution of higher
20education may add to or remove names from its list from time to
21time by notifying the Board.
22(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)