IllinoisHB5142104th General Assembly (2025–2026)House

SPORTS WAGERING DEFINITION

Sponsored By: Daniel Didech (Democratic)

In Committee

Summary

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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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Daniel Didech

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Jay Hoffman

    Democratic • House

  • Michael J. Kelly

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

    3/27/2026House
  2. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

    3/17/2026House
  3. Assigned to Gaming Committee

    3/4/2026House
  4. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly

    2/11/2026House
  5. Referred to Rules Committee

    2/10/2026House
  6. First Reading

    2/10/2026House
  7. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech

    2/5/2026House

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