Full Text of SJR0026 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, the United States Congress enacted the | 3 | | Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (28
U.S.C. §3701 | 4 | | et seq.), prohibiting states and local governments from | 5 | | authorizing sports betting
on amateur and professional | 6 | | athletes or games; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection | 8 | | Act makes it unlawful to advertise,
authorize, operate, | 9 | | promote, or sponsor betting or wagering on one or more | 10 | | competitive games in
which amateur or professional athletes | 11 | | participate or are intended to participate, or on one or
more | 12 | | performances of those athletes in those games; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a result of the exceptions contained in the | 14 | | Professional and Amateur Sports
Protection Act, sports betting | 15 | | is permitted in Nevada, Delaware, Oregon, and Montana, but
| 16 | | prohibited in the remaining 46 states of the United States, | 17 | | including Illinois; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, As a result of the exceptions in the Professional | 19 | | and Amateur Sports Protection Act,
Nevada reported $4.2 billion | 20 | | and $4.5 billion in total sports betting wagers, in 2015 and | 21 | | 2016
respectively, and reported revenues of $231 million and | 22 | | $219 million in 2015 and 2016,
respectively; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection | 2 | | Act discriminates against Illinois
and deprives the State of | 3 | | the opportunities afforded to Nevada, Delaware, Oregon, and | 4 | | Montana to
raise millions of dollars in revenue that would | 5 | | potentially flow from the legislative authorization
of sports | 6 | | betting in this State; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 9 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge President Trump and the United | 10 | | States Congress to remove the ban on sports betting or wagering | 11 | | by repealing the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection | 12 | | Act; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | delivered to President Donald Trump,
U.S. Senate Majority | 15 | | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles | 16 | | Schumer,
U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul | 17 | | Ryan, U.S. House of Representatives
Minority Leader Nancy | 18 | | Pelosi, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | 19 | | Delegation.
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