They still have to draft rules governing the sports that can be bet on, wager amounts and parlay sizes, among other things. Like the state’s traditional sports-betting industry - for which regulations are still being hammered out by the Illinois Gaming Board - lottery officials say they don’t have a timeline for when the pilot could launch. If they all take part, that comes out to about two-thirds of the nearly 7,400 lottery retailers currently spread across the state.īefore any of that, the lottery will put a whopping $20 million master license out for competitive bids, for a company to install, operate and maintain the betting kiosks through a central network system. An additional 2,500 retailers will be eligible to join the action in the second year.
In the Illinois version, gamblers will place their bets at electronic kiosks placed in up to 2,500 retailers that are authorized in the first year of the pilot.
