The Illinois General Assembly’s House Gaming Committee held a subject matter hearing Wednesday regarding potentially expanding sports wagering on games involving in-state schools to include online platforms.
HB 4041, filed by Rep. Jonathan Carroll last Thursday and given its first reading Tuesday before being assigned to the Rules Committee, would allow for mobile sportsbooks to offer pre-game betting — called Tier 1 wagering in Illinois — on the state’s 13 schools that play Division I basketball and seven that compete at the FBS or FCS levels. HB 3136, a bill passed during the 2021 veto session in the previous General Assembly, specified that pre-game wagering could only be done at retail sportsbooks in the state.
