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90_HB1087

      20 ILCS 1605/15           from Ch. 120, par. 1165
          Amends the Illinois Lottery Law.  Makes technical changes
      in the Section concerning sales to persons under 18 years  of
      age.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Illinois Lottery Law by changing
 2    Section 15.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Lottery  Law  is  amended by
 6    changing Section 15 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
 8        Sec. 15.  No ticket or share  shall  be  sold  to  a  any
 9    person  under  the  age  of  18,  but  this  Section does not
10    prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of
11    making a gift by a person 18 years of age or older to  a  any
12    person  of  any age. An Any agent or employee of an any agent
13    who knowingly sells or offers to sell  a  lottery  ticket  or
14    share  to a any person under the age of 18 shall be guilty of
15    a Class B misdemeanor; provided, that if  any  offense  under
16    this  Section  is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be
17    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
18        No ticket or share shall be purchased by,  and  no  prize
19    shall  be paid to any of the following persons: any member of
20    the Board or any officer or  other  person  employed  by  the
21    Board  or by the Department or to any spouse, child, brother,
22    sister or parent residing as a member of the  same  household
23    in  the  principal  place of abode of any such persons. A Any
24    violation of this prohibition shall be a Class B misdemeanor;
25    provided, that if any violation  of  this  prohibition  is  a
26    subsequent violation, the offender shall be guilty of a Class
27    4 felony.
28    (Source: P.A. 84-1128.)

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