Riverboat Applicable Law And Standards

The Riverboat Gambling Act (230 ILCS 10) is available online on the Illinois General Assembly website.

A hard copy of the Act can be found in the printed Illinois Compiled Statutes (any publisher), which is available at all law libraries and many public libraries. Go to 230 ILCS 10/1 et seq. If referencing a hard copy, make sure you look at the latest edition plus any supplements, as the Act has undergone numerous changes which may not be included in an older edition.

A copy of the Adopted Rules implementing the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act, 230 ILCS 10 is available online on the Illinois General Assembly website.

An emergency rule is an adopted rule which becomes immediately effective upon first filing with the Secretary of State and automatically expires after 150 days.

Proposed Rules are rules that are authorized and submitted to Secretary of State and Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). Each of these rulemakings has been filed with the Secretary of State on First Notice but has not yet been finally adopted. For each rulemaking, there is a link to the edition of the Illinois Register where the rulemaking appears and a specific page citation within that edition. Under the Illinois Administrative Code, there is a maximum of one year between the date a proposed permanent rule is filed in the Illinois Register and the date it is adopted.

Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) are guidelines issued by the Board, which are used by each Licensed Riverboat Casino to establish their own set of Internal Controls as required by the Board's Rules.

Policy Interpretations and Action Transmittals are Board approved interpretations of specific rules and regulations.

Adopted Rule Section 3000.115 requires holders of Owner's Licenses and Supplier's Licenses to maintain records in accordance with a Records Retention Schedule.