Laws & Regulations

The Sports Wagering Act (230 ILCS 45) is available online on the Illinois General Assembly website.

A hard copy of the Act can be found in the printed Illinois Compiled Statutes (any publisher), which is available at all law libraries and many public libraries. Go to 230 ILCS 45/1 et seq. If referencing a hard copy, make sure you look at the latest edition plus any supplements, as the Act has undergone numerous changes which may not be included in an older edition.

A copy of the Adopted Rules implementing the Illinois Sports Wagering Act, 230 ILCS 45 is available online on the Illinois General Assembly website.

The following adopted rule(s) are effective but have not been published in the Illinois Register.

No adopted rules are pending publication at this time.

An emergency rule is an adopted rule which becomes immediately effective upon first filing with the Secretary of State and automatically expires after 150 days.

No emergency rules at this time.

Proposed Rules are rules that are authorized and submitted to Secretary of State and Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). Each of these rulemakings has been filed with the Secretary of State on First Notice but has not yet been finally adopted. For each rulemaking, there is a link to the edition of the Illinois Register where the rulemaking appears and a specific page citation within that edition. Under the Illinois Administrative Code, there is a maximum of one year between the date a proposed permanent rule is filed in the Illinois Register and the date it is adopted.

• January 26, 2024-Illinois Register, Volume 48, Issue 4, page 1554
  Illinois Register Issue 4 (ilsos.gov) WITHDRAWN

• March 15, 2021 - Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. Super Bowl Parlays
• June 10, 2021 - Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. Portland – Denver
• January 12, 2022 - Casino Queen, Inc. Milwaukee – Brooklyn
• February 18, 2022 - Casino Queen, Inc. Burkina Faso – Senegal
• April 01, 2022 - Professional Fighters League 2022 Challenger Series Week #7 Matches
• April 24, 2023 - Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. Tyus Jones Double-Double
• November 27, 2023 - Casino Queen, Inc Lakers v. Nuggets

• March 10, 2022 - Sports Wagering Suspension of Wagering on Russian and Belarusian Events
• January 12, 2024 - Sports Wagering Suspension of Wagering on Yellow and Red Cards

Adopted Rule Section 1900.330 requires licensees other than occupational licensees to maintain records in accordance with a Records Retention Schedule.

• Records Retention Schedule (updated April 2021)

The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) solicited and received input from the public, the sports wagering industry, and other stakeholders regarding proposed rules and any other comments relevant to the Illinois Sports Wagering Act contained in P.A 101-0031. The 30 day public comment period closed on September 27, 2019. Please visit the Sports Wagering FAQ for more information. If you wish to comment on phase 1 and/or phase 2 of the Sports Wagering rules please visit our Online Inquiry Form. Once directed to this page, you will select Public Comments on IGB Rules in the first drop down menu labeled Category. These comments may become a part of the rulemaking record.