16-05-2025
Illinois casinos required to offer human trafficking training
CHICAGO (WMBD) — New administrative rules made by the Illinois Gaming Board will require all casinos within the state to conduct mandatory human trafficking recognition training.
The rules will also mandate the development and the documentation of human trafficking training and reporting procedures, as well as posting human trafficking awareness notices.
Casino Rule 3000.175 is now effective, following the May 2 approval from the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
The new rule includes the following requirements:
All casino employees must complete annual human trafficking training with their initial training being completed within the first three months from the start of their employment. This training will include information on what makes an individual susceptible to human trafficking, the different types of human trafficking, red flags that indicate trafficking as well as agencies that provide services to victims of trafficking. Each gaming licensee must maintain records reflecting this requirement.
Casinos must establish and implement employee procedures for documenting, reporting, and responding to suspected instances of human trafficking within gaming and non-gaming areas. Casinos must also provide copies of human trafficking curriculum and protocols to the IGB Administrator.
Casinos must post human trafficking awareness notices with hotline telephone numbers and other important information including where to seek help or report instances of trafficking. Notices must be placed in bathrooms, near public entrances, and in other visible locations, consistent with notices developed by the Illinois Department of Human Services in compliance with the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act (775 ILCS 50/10).
The full rule is available here.1
'Human traffickers often target casinos and hospitality venues to conduct their illegal activities,' said Marcus Fruchter, the gaming board's administrator. 'By adopting mandatory human trafficking recognition training, establishing minimum requirements for that training and requiring casino operators to implement appropriate reporting and signage protocols, the IGB, while working in partnership with the Illinois State Police and other law enforcement agencies, is taking meaningful steps to combat these heinous crimes.'
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