104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2807

 

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 40/18 new

    Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a licensee under the Act may not advertise its video gaming operation using physical advertisements outside the video gaming location or on off-premises billboard signs unless the advertisement is directly and permanently affixed to a building on the video gaming location or on a permanent pole sign that is permanently affixed to a foundation. Provides that provisions regarding restrictions on advertising do not apply in the first 90 days after a video gaming location is issued a license.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by adding
5Section 18 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/18 new)
7    Sec. 18. Restrictions on advertising. A licensee under
8this Act may not advertise its video gaming operation using
9physical advertisements outside the video gaming location or
10on off-premises billboard signs unless the advertisement is
11directly and permanently affixed to a building on the video
12gaming location or on a permanent pole sign that is
13permanently affixed to a foundation. This Section does not
14apply in the first 90 days after a video gaming location is
15issued a license.