No Current Circa Sports Plans For Illinois Sports Betting Fees, Minimums, But Will Evaluate Market

• Circa Sports has no current plans to institute a per bet fee or betting minimum in Illinois
• However, a spokesperson said the company will continual to evaluate the market
• Five of10 licensed operators in Illinois have announced plans to counteract the state’s per bet fee

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Circa Sports, one of the 10 licensed sports betting operators in Illinois, will sit back and evaluate the market before making any final determinations on how to counteract the state’s recently imposed per bet fee.

Jeffrey Benson, Director of Operations for Circa Sports, told Sports Betting Dime the operator will evaluate the Illinois sports betting market as it moves forward, but has no current plans to institute betting fees or betting minimums for customers.

Illinois began charging all licensed operators a per bet fee on July 1, a plan lawmakers approved in the state’s $55.2 billion budget.

Too Early For Circa Sports

Benson told Sports Betting Dime it is too early for Circa Sports to make a final determination on what it will do in Illinois.

“We don’t have any plans at the current moment. We are still evaluating what, if anything, we’d be doing. It’s too early. We are evaluating the market,” he said.

Circa Sports is one of 10 licensed Illinois sports betting operators affected by the state’s recently approved budget. The budget included a new per bet fee of $0.25 for the first 20,000,000 online sports bets taken in the state each year. The fee will increase to $0.50 per bet for every single bet taken after the initial 20,000,000 bets.

Circa Sports will likely remain in the lower threshold and be charged $0.25 for each online bet it processes each year.

However, five licensed operators have already revealed plans to counteract the state’s new fee system.

Customer Fees, Betting Minimums On The Way

Just last week, BetMGM sent notices to Illinois customers informing them that each bet they place in the Prairie State will require a $2.50 minimum. The new policy went into effect on Wednesday, July 16.

Hard Rock Bet also instituted a minimum bet amount of its own, requiring each customer to place at least $2 per transaction in the state.

BetMGM notified Illinois account holders of the decision on Friday, July 11. Each customer received an email notification which read the following:

“Starting Wednesday, July 16, 2025, BetMGM will increase the minimum bet for all wagers to $2.50. The change will be applicable to all wager types – including, but not limited to, straight bets, parlays, Same Game Parlay and round robins. This will also include bonus bets, bonuses, or any tokens having minimum bet requirement of $2.50. Should you have any questions, please reach out to our Customer Care team.”

While BetMGM and Hard Rock Bet were the first licensed Illinois operators to institute minimum bet amounts, three other licensed operators announced plans to implement transaction fees on customers this year.

Both DraftKings and FanDuel will require a $0.50 fee on every bet placed in the state beginning this fall. Each operator will begin the new fee system on Sept. 1, 2025.

Fanatics Sportsbook also announced its own $0.25 transaction fee for customers. Fanatics Sportsbook will likely not cross the 20,000,000 bet threshold in the state and will not be subjected to the higher $0.50 fee thereafter.

All three operators have said they will repeal the fees if the state repeals its own transaction fee policy.

The remaining licensed operators — Bet365, BetRivers, Caesars Sportsbook, and ESPN BET — have yet to discuss any plans in Illinois.