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92_HB0796
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1 AN ACT in relation to gambling.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
5 amended by adding Section 34.2 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 5/34.2 new)
7 Sec. 34.2. Prohibition against post-dated checks.
8 (a) An organization licensee may not conduct or
9 authorize any of the following at its race track or at any of
10 its inter-track locations or inter-track wagering locations
11 nor may any other person conduct any of the following at a
12 race track, inter-track location, or inter-track wagering
13 location:
14 (1) the cashing of any post-dated check; or
15 (2) the cashing of any State or municipal
16 government check.
17 (b) A person who violates this Section commits a Class B
18 misdemeanor.
19 Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
20 adding Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows:
21 (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new)
22 Sec. 13.2. Prohibition against post-dated checks.
23 (a) An owners licensee or any other person may not:
24 (1) authorize the cashing of any post-dated check
25 on a riverboat or on its dock; or
26 (2) authorize the cashing of any State or municipal
27 government check on a riverboat or on its dock.
28 (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
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1 Sec. 18. Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
2 (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for
3 doing any of the following:
4 (1) Conducting gambling where wagering is used or
5 to be used without a license issued by the Board.
6 (2) Conducting gambling where wagering is permitted
7 other than in the manner specified by Section 11.
8 (b) A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for
9 doing any of the following:
10 (1) permitting a person under 21 years to make a
11 wager; or
12 (2) violating paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of
13 Section 11 of this Act; or.
14 (3) violating Section 13.2 of this Act.
15 (c) A person wagering or accepting a wager at any
16 location outside the riverboat is subject to the penalties in
17 paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of
18 the Criminal Code of 1961.
19 (d) A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition,
20 shall be barred for life from riverboats under the
21 jurisdiction of the Board, if the person does any of the
22 following:
23 (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or
24 benefit to a person who is connected with a riverboat
25 owner including, but not limited to, an officer or
26 employee of a licensed owner or holder of an occupational
27 license pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or with
28 the intent that the promise or thing of value or benefit
29 will influence the actions of the person to whom the
30 offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or
31 attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
32 influence official action of a member of the Board.
33 (2) Solicits or knowingly accepts or receives a
34 promise of anything of value or benefit while the person
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1 is connected with a riverboat including, but not limited
2 to, an officer or employee of a licensed owner, or holder
3 of an occupational license, pursuant to an understanding
4 or arrangement or with the intent that the promise or
5 thing of value or benefit will influence the actions of
6 the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of
7 a gambling game, or to influence official action of a
8 member of the Board.
9 (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a
10 device to assist:
11 (i) In projecting the outcome of the game.
12 (ii) In keeping track of the cards played.
13 (iii) In analyzing the probability of the
14 occurrence of an event relating to the gambling
15 game.
16 (iv) In analyzing the strategy for playing or
17 betting to be used in the game except as permitted
18 by the Board.
19 (4) Cheats at a gambling game.
20 (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards,
21 chips, dice, game or device which is intended to be used
22 to violate any provision of this Act.
23 (6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a
24 gambling game on which wagers have been made after the
25 outcome is made sure but before it is revealed to the
26 players.
27 (7) Places a bet after acquiring knowledge, not
28 available to all players, of the outcome of the gambling
29 game which is subject of the bet or to aid a person in
30 acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a bet
31 contingent on that outcome.
32 (8) Claims, collects, or takes, or attempts to
33 claim, collect, or take, money or anything of value in or
34 from the gambling games, with intent to defraud, without
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1 having made a wager contingent on winning a gambling
2 game, or claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or
3 thing of value of greater value than the amount won.
4 (9) Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a gambling
5 game.
6 (10) Possesses any key or device designed for the
7 purpose of opening, entering, or affecting the operation
8 of a gambling game, drop box, or an electronic or
9 mechanical device connected with the gambling game or for
10 removing coins, tokens, chips or other contents of a
11 gambling game. This paragraph (10) does not apply to a
12 gambling licensee or employee of a gambling licensee
13 acting in furtherance of the employee's employment.
14 (e) The possession of more than one of the devices
15 described in subsection (d), paragraphs (3), (5) or (10)
16 permits a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended
17 to use the devices for cheating.
18 An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
19 shall be tried in the county of the dock at which the
20 riverboat is based.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.