HB2754 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2754

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

230 ILCS 10/4

from Ch. 120, par. 2404

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Changes the definition of "occupational license" to mean a license issued by the Board to a person or entity to perform an occupation which the Board has identified as requiring a license to engage in the administration, control, and conduct of gambling games and sports wagering (rather than to engage in riverboat gambling, casino gambling, or gaming pursuant to an organization gaming license issued under this Act in Illinois).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(230 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 2404)

Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.

"Occupational license" means a license issued by the Board to a person or entity to perform an occupation which the Board has identified as requiring a license to engage in the administration, control, and conduct of gambling games and sports wagering riverboat gambling, casino gambling, or gaming pursuant to an organization gaming license issued under this Act in Illinois.

"Gambling game" includes, but is not limited to, baccarat, twenty-one, poker, craps, slot machine, video game of chance, roulette wheel, klondike table, punchboard, faro layout, keno layout, numbers ticket, push card, jar ticket, or pull tab which is authorized by the Board as a wagering device under this Act.

"Riverboat" means a self-propelled excursion boat, a permanently moored barge, or permanently moored barges that are permanently fixed together to operate as one vessel, on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this Act.

"Slot machine" means any mechanical, electrical, or other device, contrivance, or machine that is authorized by the Board as a wagering device under this Act which, upon insertion of a coin, currency, token, or similar object therein, or upon payment of any consideration whatsoever, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value whatsoever, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner whatsoever. A slot machine:

(1) may utilize spinning reels or video displays or both;

(2) may or may not dispense coins, tickets, or tokens to winning patrons;

(3) may use an electronic credit system for receiving wagers and making payouts; and

(4) may simulate a table game.

"Slot machine" does not include table games authorized by the Board as a wagering device under this Act.

"Managers license" means a license issued by the Board to a person or entity to manage gambling operations conducted by the State pursuant to Section 7.3.

"Dock" means the location where a riverboat moors for the purpose of embarking passengers for and disembarking passengers from the riverboat.

"Gross receipts" means the total amount of money exchanged for the purchase of chips, tokens, or electronic cards by riverboat patrons.

"Adjusted gross receipts" means the gross receipts less winnings paid to wagerers.

"Cheat" means to alter the selection of criteria which determine the result of a gambling game or the amount or frequency of payment in a gambling game.

"Gambling operation" means the conduct of gambling games authorized under this Act upon a riverboat or in a casino or authorized under this Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 at an organization gaming facility.

"License bid" means the lump sum amount of money that an applicant bids and agrees to pay the State in return for an owners license that is issued or re-issued on or after July 1, 2003.

"Table game" means a live gaming apparatus upon which gaming is conducted or that determines an outcome that is the object of a wager, including, but not limited to, baccarat, twenty-one, blackjack, poker, craps, roulette wheel, klondike table, punchboard, faro layout, keno layout, numbers ticket, push card, jar ticket, pull tab, or other similar games that are authorized by the Board as a wagering device under this Act. "Table game" does not include slot machines or video games of chance.

The terms "minority person", "woman", and "person with a disability" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.

"Casino" means a facility at which lawful gambling is authorized as provided in this Act.

"Owners license" means a license to conduct riverboat or casino gambling operations, but does not include an organization gaming license.

"Licensed owner" means a person who holds an owners license.

"Organization gaming facility" means that portion of an organization licensee's racetrack facilities at which gaming authorized under Section 7.7 is conducted.

"Organization gaming license" means a license issued by the Illinois Gaming Board under Section 7.7 of this Act authorizing gaming pursuant to that Section at an organization gaming facility.

"Organization gaming licensee" means an entity that holds an organization gaming license.

"Organization licensee" means an entity authorized by the Illinois Racing Board to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in accordance with the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. With respect only to gaming pursuant to an organization gaming license, "organization licensee" includes the authorization for gaming created under subsection (a) of Section 56 of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.

(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)