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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 28-2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
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| Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
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| (a) A "gambling device" is any clock, tape machine, slot |
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| machine or
other machines or device for the reception of money |
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| or other thing of value
on chance or skill or upon the action |
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| of which money or other thing of
value is staked, hazarded, |
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| bet, won or lost; or any mechanism, furniture,
fixture, |
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| equipment or other device designed primarily for use in a |
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| gambling
place. A "gambling device" does not include:
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| (1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device |
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| played for amusement
which rewards the player with the |
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| right to replay such mechanical device,
which device is so |
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| constructed or devised as to make such result of the
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| operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the |
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| player and which
returns to the player thereof no money, |
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| property or right to receive money
or property.
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| (2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return |
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| is made for the
money invested and in which there is no |
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| element of chance or hazard.
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| (3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph |
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| (3), a "crane
game" is an amusement device involving skill, |
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| if it rewards the player
exclusively with merchandise |
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| contained within the amusement device proper
and limited to |
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| toys, novelties and prizes other than currency, each having
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| a wholesale value which is not more than $25
7 times the |
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| cost charged to play
the amusement device once or $5, |
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| whichever is less.
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| (4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this |
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| paragraph (4), a
"redemption machine" is a single-player or |
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| multi-player amusement device
involving a game, the object |
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| of which is throwing, rolling, bowling,
shooting, placing, |
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| or propelling a ball or other object into, upon, or
against |
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| a hole or other target, provided that all of the following
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| conditions are met:
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| (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly |
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| determined by the
skill of the player.
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| (B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the |
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| player's
achieving the object of the game or otherwise |
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| upon the player's score.
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| (C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
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| (D) The average wholesale value of prizes awarded |
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| in lieu of tickets
or tokens for single play of the |
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| device does not exceed $25
the lesser of $5 or
7 times |
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| the cost charged for a single play of the device.
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| (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and |
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| other representations
of value, which may be |
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| accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
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| value, does not exceed the amount charged for a single |
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| play of the device.
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| (a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or |
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| system or an
information service, system, or access software |
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| provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple |
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| users to a computer server, and includes,
but is not limited |
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| to, an information service, system, or access software
provider |
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| that provides access to a network system commonly known as the
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| Internet, or any comparable system or service and also |
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| includes, but is not
limited to, a World Wide Web page, |
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| newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or
chat area on any |
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| interactive computer service or system or other online
service.
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| (a-6) "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to |
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| them in
Section
16D-2 of this Code.
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| (b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or |
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| more prizes
are distributed by chance among persons who have |
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| paid or promised
consideration for a chance to win such prizes, |
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| whether such scheme or
procedure is called a lottery, raffle, |
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| gift, sale or some other name.
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| (c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a |
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| person promises
or guarantees by any instrument, bill, |
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| certificate, writing, token or other
device that any particular |
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| number, character, ticket or certificate shall
in the event of |