Illinois sportsbook customers likely won’t be able to place online bets on the state’s college teams for at least a year after lawmakers voted this week to extend the restriction.
The ban prohibiting IL sports betting apps from taking bets on state colleges was set to expire on July 1. ) amending environmental laws.
Once the bill is passed, Governor JB Pritzker has 60 days to veto it, or it becomes law. Of more than 1,000 bills that reached his office last year, he vetoed only four, according to Legiscan.
Illinois OK College Sports Betting In Person
In-state college betting is still allowed at all nine land-based sportsbooks in the state.
These bets are limited to “Tier 1” bets on game split, money line or total. Illinois bettors wagered $1.4 billion on college sports in 2022, of which $48.1 million was Tier 1 wagering on in-person sports betting, according to an annual report from Illinois Gaming. Board. Illinois bettors can bet on a larger catalog of bets, such as player props for out-of-state college teams.
At least one Illinois-based college has participated in the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament every year since the state began taking legal bets. Two Illinois-based college football programs hosted bowl games during this period: University of Illinois in 2023 and Northwestern in 2021.
The temporary ban on sports betting IL remains so
Rep. Jonathan Carroll introduced a bill in April that would permanently lift a ban on college teams in the state from using online sports betting. It has not moved since its first reading.
This is the first extension of the ban by lawmakers. It was part of the bill that legalized sports betting in Illinois in 2019 and was at the time seen as a compromise between schools in the state and Rep. Bob Rita, who took over the gambling efforts of the state. ‘State for former Rep. Mike Zalewski.
The extension amendment introduced by Rita last week was quickly approved in the House before hitting the Senate floor. His office could not be reached for comment.
University betting restrictions vary
Illinois is one of a dozen states that offer player prop betting on college sports in all forms:
ConnecticutIndianaKansasLouisianaMarylandMichiganNew HampshireNew JerseyOhioWest VirginiaWyoming
Like Illinois, New Jersey prohibits incidental betting on its varsity teams in the state.
Many other states, such as New York and Massachusetts, outright ban college betting in the state, regardless of where the bets are placed. Oregon bans online betting on all college sports, though some college games are offered at its tribal casinos.
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