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Illinois sports betting: is it legal?
Illinois allows online and retail sports betting for adults 21 and over, with ten licensed sportsbook apps that can all take Bears games.
Reviewed 2026-11-06. Laws change; we re-check every state page each month and after any vote.
The full Illinois guide, kept up to date, is on theheartlandline.com, which covers it for our network. Below: what it means for this site's games.
What Illinois fans can use today
Also licensed for online wagering in Illinois: Caesars Sportsbook and Circa Sports, which the board does not price.
ExchangesLiveKalshi and Polymarket: federally regulated, a fee on each fill. Priced on the board with the fee removed.
This week’s Bears games, priced where Illinois can play
Favourite's moneyline on Novig against the best price at a sportsbook licensed in Illinois and the best exchange. Profit on a $100 position, fees taken out.
| Game | Favourite | Novig | Best book here | Best exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears Sun, Nov 8 · 8:20 PM ET | Chicago Bears | -251 +$39.84 | -260 theScore Bet · +$38.46 | -276 Kalshi · +$36.22 |
Prices refresh about every ten minutes. Open a game for the spread, the total and every venue.
The law in Illinois, in plain English
The Illinois Gaming Board licenses the books under the Sports Wagering Act of 2019. Since July 2025 the state has charged online books 25 cents on each of their first 20 million wagers a year and 50 cents after that, on top of its tax on their revenue, and some books pass part of it to customers: FanDuel restored a 50-cent fee on smaller wagers in October 2026. A bill to repeal the per-wager tax has not passed.
Prediction markets are open in Illinois while the courts decide who regulates them. The Gaming Board has sent cease-and-desist letters to Kalshi, Polymarket and others, and a 2026 budget law (SB 3019) tried to license and tax them. In October U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold blocked the state's rules in suits by Kalshi, Coinbase and the CFTC, and Illinois has appealed to the Seventh Circuit. Novig, a CFTC-regulated exchange, is available to Bears fans in the state.
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Questions Illinois fans ask
- Is online sports betting legal in Illinois?
- Illinois allows online and retail sports betting for adults 21 and over, with ten licensed sportsbook apps that can all take Bears games.
- Can I use DraftKings or FanDuel in Illinois?
- Yes. Both are licensed in Illinois, along with BetMGM, bet365, BetRivers, Hard Rock Bet, theScore Bet, Fanatics.
- Can I use Novig in Illinois?
- Yes. Novig is a CFTC-designated prediction market available in Illinois to traders 21 and older, and it prices every Bears game.
- What about Kalshi and Polymarket?
- Both prediction markets operate in Illinois under the same federal framework as Novig. They quote a probability rather than a line and charge a fee on each fill; this site shows all three side by side with the fee taken out.
- What is the minimum age?
- Novig requires traders to be 21 or older. Sportsbooks in Illinois require 21 as well.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.