The Illinois Gaming Board is expanding the ban on certain NFL bets

In front of the Super Bowl, one of the greatest days of sports betting, the Illinois Gaming Board on Thursday made a permanent manner, which was a temporary ban on certain types of NFL sports betting.

Licessed sports operators are now still prohibited to provide bets regarding player injuries, fans security, misconduct of the player, punishments, repeat results, reigning tasks, the first game of the game, a player, a player, a field gate or an additional point, to provide, offer. The first pass of the quarterback to be incomplete, and all other bets that can violate consumers, players and game integrity.

At the request of the National Football League last October last October, the board of directors initiated a temporary ban on such bets.

Despite the application of the NFL, the board will not continue to restrict the bets to squad decisions without games, such as: Instead, this type of bets are only banned in a change in the decision October on match days.

If it were determined that the non-game-day bets impair the integrity of the game, the board would work with the NFL to create its guidelines that lock these bets, said the gaming board administrator Marcus Fuchter.

“This is a problem that we would make head -on, but not something that we will include in this special ban,” said Fruchter.

Sports gaming companies that violate the rules could have their license revoked.

“I think it is important for the NFL to maintain the integrity of your sports,” said Charles Schmadee, chairman of the Gaming Board. “It is obviously important for this board to maintain the integrity of the sports game. I think this proposal reaches the goals of both organizations and I thank the NFL for their efforts. “

The NFL Vice President of Public Policy and Government Matters Jonathan Nabavi, who joined the meeting practically from New Orleans, said that the league supported the decision of the board and estimates “this open door and the opportunity for this cooperation”.

Nabavi said in October that numerous other states, including Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, have already taken measures against the negative bets.

Last year, the board also banned bets on red and yellow maps in Major League Soccer Games.

From January to November 2024, the state’s game industry achieved government tax revenue of over 1.7 billion US dollars, whereby sports betting for Illinois tax revenue and 11.6 million US dollars for Cook County brought in, according to the Gaming Board.

Sports bets were legalized in Illinois in 2020. Since 2021, when Illinois received about 57 million US dollars in sports betting tax revenue, this amount has quadrupled for the state.

Originally published: February 6, 2025 at 4:43 p.m. CST