Bill Text: IL SB1508 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery shall offer a joint special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of the special causes of: the Carolyn Adams Ticket For The Cure; the Scratch-off for Illinois veterans; the Scratch-out Multiple Sclerosis scratch-off game; the Quality of Life scratch-off game; the Go For The Gold scratch-off game; the Scratch-off for State police memorials; the Scratch-off for homelessness prevention programs; the Scratch-off for Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness; the Scratch-off for United Negro College Fund Illinois; and the Illinois DREAM scratch-off. Provides that the joint special instant scratch-off game shall commence on January 1, 2024 or as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the Director of the Lottery, as is reasonably practical and shall be discontinued on January 1, 2027. Provides that once the joint special instant scratch-off game is used to fund a special cause, the game will be used to fund the special cause for the remainder of the special causes' existence per the causes' respective provision. Provides that new specialty tickets and causes authorized by this Law shall be funded by the joint special instant scratch-off game. Provides that the Department shall be limited to supporting no more than 10 causes in total at any given time. Repeals a provision regarding the scratch-off game for school STEAM programs. Creates the scratch-off for United Negro College Fund Illinois. Provides that the UNCF Scholarship Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Creates the Illinois DREAM scratch-off. Provides that the Illinois DREAM Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Makes other changes and conforming changes in the State Finance Act and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness, removes language providing that the scratch-off game shall be discontinued on January 1, 2025. Creates the Illinois Lottery Special Instant Scratch-off Task Force. Sets forth provisions concerning the purpose, membership, and compensation of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of the Lottery shall provide administrative support and other support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall, by January 1, 2025, submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0381 [SB1508 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1508-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery shall offer a joint special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of the special causes of: the Carolyn Adams Ticket For The Cure; the Scratch-off for Illinois veterans; the Scratch-out Multiple Sclerosis scratch-off game; the Quality of Life scratch-off game; the Go For The Gold scratch-off game; the Scratch-off for State police memorials; the Scratch-off for homelessness prevention programs; the Scratch-off for Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness; the Scratch-off for United Negro College Fund Illinois; and the Illinois DREAM scratch-off. Provides that the joint special instant scratch-off game shall commence on January 1, 2024 or as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the Director of the Lottery, as is reasonably practical and shall be discontinued on January 1, 2027. Provides that once the joint special instant scratch-off game is used to fund a special cause, the game will be used to fund the special cause for the remainder of the special causes' existence per the causes' respective provision. Provides that new specialty tickets and causes authorized by this Law shall be funded by the joint special instant scratch-off game. Provides that the Department shall be limited to supporting no more than 10 causes in total at any given time. Repeals a provision regarding the scratch-off game for school STEAM programs. Creates the scratch-off for United Negro College Fund Illinois. Provides that the UNCF Scholarship Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Creates the Illinois DREAM scratch-off. Provides that the Illinois DREAM Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Makes other changes and conforming changes in the State Finance Act and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Alzheimer's care, support, education, and awareness, removes language providing that the scratch-off game shall be discontinued on January 1, 2025. Creates the Illinois Lottery Special Instant Scratch-off Task Force. Sets forth provisions concerning the purpose, membership, and compensation of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of the Lottery shall provide administrative support and other support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall, by January 1, 2025, submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0381 [SB1508 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1508-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 25-15 as follows:
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| 6 | (230 ILCS 45/25-15)
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| 7 | Sec. 25-15. Board duties and powers. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Except for sports wagering conducted under Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 25-70, the Board shall have the authority to regulate the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | conduct of sports wagering under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) The Board may adopt any rules the Board considers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | necessary for the successful implementation, administration, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | and enforcement of this Act, except for Section 25-70. Rules | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | proposed by the Board may be adopted as emergency rules | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | pursuant to Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Procedure Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (c) The Board shall levy and collect all fees, surcharges, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | civil penalties, and monthly taxes on adjusted gross sports | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | wagering receipts imposed by this Act and deposit all moneys | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | into the Sports Wagering Fund, except as otherwise provided | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (d) The Board may exercise any other powers necessary to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | enforce the provisions of this Act that it regulates and the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | rules of the Board. | ||||||
| 2 | (e) The Board shall adopt rules for a license to be | ||||||
| 3 | employed by a master sports wagering licensee when the | ||||||
| 4 | employee works in a designated gaming area that has sports | ||||||
| 5 | wagering or performs duties in furtherance of or associated | ||||||
| 6 | with the operation of sports wagering by the master sports | ||||||
| 7 | wagering licensee (occupational license), which shall require | ||||||
| 8 | an annual license fee of $250. However,
occupational licenses | ||||||
| 9 | issued under the Illinois Gambling Act for employees of an | ||||||
| 10 | owners license or organization gaming licensee, once
granted, | ||||||
| 11 | are considered equivalent licenses to work in sports wagering | ||||||
| 12 | positions located at the same
gaming facility. License fees | ||||||
| 13 | shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund and used for the | ||||||
| 14 | administration of this Act. | ||||||
| 15 | (f) The Board may require that licensees share, in real | ||||||
| 16 | time and at the sports wagering account level, information | ||||||
| 17 | regarding a wagerer, amount and type of wager, the time the | ||||||
| 18 | wager was placed, the location of the wager, including the | ||||||
| 19 | Internet protocol address, if applicable, the outcome of the | ||||||
| 20 | wager, and records of abnormal wagering activity. Information | ||||||
| 21 | shared under this subsection (f) must be submitted in the form | ||||||
| 22 | and manner as required by rule. If a sports governing body has | ||||||
| 23 | notified the Board that real-time information sharing for | ||||||
| 24 | wagers placed on its sports events is necessary and desirable, | ||||||
| 25 | licensees may share the same information in the form and | ||||||
| 26 | manner required by the Board by rule with the sports governing | ||||||
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| 1 | body or its designee with respect to wagers on its sports | ||||||
| 2 | events subject to applicable federal, State, or local laws or | ||||||
| 3 | regulations, including, without limitation, privacy laws and | ||||||
| 4 | regulations. Such information may be provided in anonymized | ||||||
| 5 | form and may be used by a sports governing body solely for | ||||||
| 6 | integrity purposes. For purposes of this subsection (f), | ||||||
| 7 | "real-time" means a commercially reasonable periodic interval. | ||||||
| 8 | (g) A master sports wagering licensee, professional sports | ||||||
| 9 | team, league, or association, sports governing body, or | ||||||
| 10 | institution of higher education may submit to the Board in | ||||||
| 11 | writing a request to prohibit a type or form of wagering if the | ||||||
| 12 | master sports wagering licensee, professional sports team, | ||||||
| 13 | league, or association, sports governing body, or institution | ||||||
| 14 | of higher education believes that such wagering by type or | ||||||
| 15 | form is contrary to public policy, unfair to consumers, or | ||||||
| 16 | affects the integrity of a particular sport or the sports | ||||||
| 17 | betting industry. The Board shall grant the request upon a | ||||||
| 18 | demonstration of good cause from the requester and | ||||||
| 19 | consultation with licensees. The Board shall respond to a | ||||||
| 20 | request pursuant to this subsection (g) concerning a | ||||||
| 21 | particular event before the start of the event or, if it is not | ||||||
| 22 | feasible to respond before the start of the event, as soon as | ||||||
| 23 | practicable. | ||||||
| 24 | (h) The Board and master sports wagering licensees may | ||||||
| 25 | cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing | ||||||
| 26 | bodies or law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited | ||||||
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| 1 | to, providing and facilitating the provision of account-level | ||||||
| 2 | betting information and audio or video files relating to | ||||||
| 3 | persons placing wagers. | ||||||
| 4 | (i) A master sports wagering licensee shall make | ||||||
| 5 | commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify the Board | ||||||
| 6 | any information relating to: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) criminal or disciplinary proceedings commenced | ||||||
| 8 | against the master sports wagering licensee in connection | ||||||
| 9 | with its operations; | ||||||
| 10 | (2) abnormal wagering activity or patterns that may | ||||||
| 11 | indicate a concern with the integrity of a sports event or | ||||||
| 12 | sports events; | ||||||
| 13 | (3) any potential breach of the relevant sports | ||||||
| 14 | governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct | ||||||
| 15 | pertaining to sports wagering that a licensee has | ||||||
| 16 | knowledge of; | ||||||
| 17 | (4) any other conduct that corrupts a wagering outcome | ||||||
| 18 | of a sports event or sports events for purposes of | ||||||
| 19 | financial gain, including match fixing; and | ||||||
| 20 | (5) suspicious or illegal wagering activities, | ||||||
| 21 | including use of funds derived from illegal activity, | ||||||
| 22 | wagers to conceal or launder funds derived from illegal | ||||||
| 23 | activity, using agents to place wagers, and using false | ||||||
| 24 | identification. | ||||||
| 25 | A master sports wagering licensee shall also make | ||||||
| 26 | commercially reasonable efforts to promptly report information | ||||||
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| 1 | relating to conduct described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) | ||||||
| 2 | of this subsection (i) to the relevant sports governing body. | ||||||
| 3 | (j) The Board shall require an online sports wagering | ||||||
| 4 | licensee to, after every 10 wagers made online by an | ||||||
| 5 | individual, display a pop-up message directing that individual | ||||||
| 6 | to websites on gambling addiction help.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.)
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