Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1900 - SPORTS WAGERING › Subpart C - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT › Section 1900.310 - Grounds for Disciplinary Actions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Holders of any license issued under the
				Act and identified key persons shall be subject to imposition of fines,
				suspension, revocation or restriction of license, or other disciplinary action
				for any act or failure to act by themselves, their agents, their employees, or
				any other contracted third party that is injurious to the public health,
				safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the people of the State of
				Illinois, or that would discredit or tend to discredit the Illinois sports
				wagering industry or the State of Illinois. Without limiting the provisions of
				this subsection (a), the following acts or omissions may be grounds for
				discipline:
1) Failing to comply with, or make
				provision for compliance with, the Act, this Part, any federal, State or local
				law or regulation, or a control system or protocol mandated by the
				Board;
2) Failing to comply with
				any order or ruling of the Board or its agents pertaining to the regulation of
				sports wagering in Illinois;
3)
				Being found ineligible for a gaming license, having an application for a gaming
				license denied, or having a gaming license of any kind revoked or suspended in
				any state or other gaming jurisdiction;
4) Employing, associating with, or
				participating in any enterprise or business with a documented or identifiable
				organized crime group or recognized organized crime figure;
5) Employing, associating with, or
				participating in any enterprise or business with persons:
A) Of notorious or unsavory
				reputation;
B) Who have extensive
				police records; or
C) Who have
				failed to cooperate with any officially constituted investigatory or
				administrative body;
6)
				Failing to establish and maintain standards and procedures designed to prevent
				ineligible or unsuitable persons from being employed by the licensee;
7) Misrepresenting any information to the
				Board or Board staff;
8)
				Intentionally making, causing to be made, or aiding, assisting or procuring
				another to make, any false statement in any report, disclosure, application,
				permit, form, or any other document, including improperly notarized documents,
				required by the Act, this Part, or Board requirements (e.g., investigative
				requests, subpoenas, discovery requests);
9) Submitting tardy, inaccurate, or
				incomplete material or information to the Board;
10) Obstructing or impeding the lawful
				activities of the Board or its agents;
11) Willfully or repeatedly failing to pay
				amounts due or to be remitted to the State;
12) Failing to timely pay amounts due or to
				be remitted to the State;
13)
				Failing to timely pay a fine imposed by the Board;
14) Failing to respond in a timely manner to
				communications from the Board or its agents;
15) Being unavailable to the Board or its
				representatives or agents;
16)
				Aiding and abetting a violation by a Board member or employee, or other
				government official, of a requirement established by statute, resolution,
				ordinance, personnel code, or code of conduct;
17) Violations of the Act or this Part by any
				person identified as a key person;
18) Employing, associating with, or
				participating in any enterprise or business with a person determined unsuitable
				to be a licensee or a key person of an applicant or licensee by the Board or
				any other gaming jurisdiction;
19)
				Facilitating, enabling or participating in sports wagering other than in
				accordance with the Act;
20)
				Engaging in, or facilitating, any unfair methods of competition or unfair or
				deceptive acts or practices, including, but not limited to, the use or
				employment of any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise or
				misrepresentation, or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material
				fact in the conduct of any sports wagering operation;
21) Acting in bad faith in the conduct of any
				business, transaction, or interaction with any other licensee or applicant, or
				the Board;
22) Failing to maintain
				minimum qualifications for licensure; and
23) Any cause that, if known to the Board,
				would have disqualified the applicant from receiving a license.