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92_HB1673
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 28-7 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-7)
7 Sec. 28-7. Gambling contracts void.
8 (a) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants,
9 contracts, agreements, judgments, mortgages, or other
10 securities or conveyances made, given, granted, drawn, or
11 entered into, or executed by any person whatsoever, where the
12 whole or any part of the consideration thereof is for any
13 money or thing of value, won or obtained in violation of any
14 Section of this Article are null and void.
15 (b) Any obligation that is void under this Section may
16 be set aside and vacated by any court of competent
17 jurisdiction, upon a complaint filed for that purpose, by the
18 person so granting, giving, entering into, or executing the
19 same, or by his executors or administrators, or by any
20 creditor, heir, legatee, purchaser, or other person
21 interested therein; or if a judgment, the same may be set
22 aside on motion of any person stated above, on due notice
23 thereof given.
24 (c) No assignment of any obligation that is void under
25 this Section may in any manner affect the defense of the
26 person giving, granting, drawing, entering into or executing
27 such obligation, or the remedies of any person interested
28 therein.
29 (d) This Section shall not prevent a licensed owner of a
30 riverboat gambling operation from instituting a cause of
31 action to collect any amount due and owing under an extension
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1 of credit to a riverboat gambling patron as authorized under
2 the Riverboat Gambling Act.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-826.)