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92_HB3091
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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 3. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by
5 changing Section 15 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
7 Sec. 15. No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a
8 lottery ticket or share. No person shall sell, distribute
9 samples of, or furnish a lottery ticket or share to any minor
10 under 18 years of age, buy a lottery ticket or share for any
11 minor under 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase
12 of lottery tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of
13 age.
14 No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize
15 shall be paid to any of the following persons: any member of
16 the Board or any officer or other person employed by the
17 Board or by the Department; any spouse, child, brother,
18 sister or parent residing as a member of the same household
19 in the principal place of abode of any such persons; or any
20 minor under 18 years of age.
21 Any violation of this Section by a person other than the
22 purchasing minor shall be a Class B misdemeanor; provided,
23 that if any violation of this Section is a subsequent
24 violation, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
25 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a violation of
26 this Section by a minor under 18 years of age shall be a
27 petty offense.
28 In addition to any other penalty provided in this Act, a
29 person under 18 years of age who violates this Section shall
30 be subject to a civil penalty. For a first violation, the
31 penalty shall be a $50 fine. For a second violation, the
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1 penalty shall be a $100 fine. For a third or subsequent
2 violation, the penalty shall be a $150 fine and the person
3 shall be required to perform 40 hours of community service
4 and to undergo gambling evaluation and counseling.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)
6 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
7 amended by adding Sections 34.3, 34.4, and 35.1 as follows:
8 (230 ILCS 5/34.3 new)
9 Sec. 34.3. Patron identification examination. An
10 organization licensee shall not allow a person under 35 years
11 of age who is not accompanied by his or her guardian to enter
12 the premises of its race track or of any of its inter-track
13 wagering facilities unless the person produces adequate
14 written evidence of identity and of the fact that he or she
15 is at least 21 years of age. For the purpose of this
16 Section, adequate written evidence of age and identity means
17 a document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal
18 government, or subdivision or agency thereof, including, but
19 not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a
20 registration certificate issued under the Federal Selective
21 Service Act, or an identification card issued to a member of
22 the Armed Forces. Any person who violates this Section is
23 guilty of a petty offense and for the first offense shall be
24 fined $2,000, $4,000 for the second offense in a 12-month
25 period, and $6,000 for the third or any subsequent offense in
26 a 12-month period.
27 (230 ILCS 5/34.4 new)
28 Sec. 34.4. Underage gambling; civil penalty. In
29 addition to any other penalty provided by this Act, a person
30 under 21 years of age who violates the prohibition in this
31 Act against underage gambling shall be subject to a civil
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1 penalty. For a first violation, the penalty shall be a $50
2 fine. For a second violation, the penalty shall be a $100
3 fine. For a third or subsequent violation, the penalty shall
4 be a $150 fine and the person shall be required to perform 40
5 hours of community service and to undergo gambling evaluation
6 and counseling.
7 (230 ILCS 5/35.1 new)
8 Sec. 35.1. Examinations. The Board shall conduct at
9 least one examination per month at each race track and each
10 inter-track wagering facility where gambling is conducted
11 pursuant to this Act to assure that persons who are regulated
12 by this Act are in compliance with it.
13 Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
14 adding Sections 13.3 and 13.4 and changing Section 20 as
15 follows:
16 (230 ILCS 10/13.3 new)
17 Sec. 13.3. Patron identification examination. An owners
18 licensee shall not allow a person under 35 years of age to
19 enter an area of its riverboat where gambling is being
20 conducted unless the person produces adequate written
21 evidence of identity and of the fact that he or she is at
22 least 21 years of age. For the purpose of this Section,
23 adequate written evidence of age and identity means a
24 document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal
25 government, or subdivision or agency thereof, including, but
26 not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a
27 registration certificate issued under the Federal Selective
28 Service Act, or an identification card issued to a member of
29 the Armed Forces. Any person who violates this Section is
30 guilty of a petty offense and for the first offense shall be
31 fined $2,000, $4,000 for the second offense in a 12-month
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1 period, and $6,000 for the third or any subsequent offense in
2 a 12-month period.
3 (230 ILCS 10/13.4 new)
4 Sec. 13.4. Examinations. The Board shall conduct at
5 least one examination per month at each riverboat where
6 gambling is conducted pursuant to this Act to assure that
7 persons who are regulated by this Act are in compliance with
8 it.
9 (230 ILCS 10/20) (from Ch. 120, par. 2420)
10 Sec. 20. Prohibited activities - civil penalties.
11 (a) Any person who conducts a gambling operation without
12 first obtaining a license to do so, or who continues to
13 conduct such games after revocation of his license, or any
14 licensee who conducts or allows to be conducted any
15 unauthorized gambling games on a riverboat where it is
16 authorized to conduct its riverboat gambling operation, in
17 addition to other penalties provided, shall be subject to a
18 civil penalty equal to the amount of gross receipts derived
19 from wagering on the gambling games, whether unauthorized or
20 authorized, conducted on that day as well as confiscation and
21 forfeiture of all gambling game equipment used in the conduct
22 of unauthorized gambling games.
23 (b) In addition to any other penalty provided by this
24 Act, a person under 21 years of age who makes a wager in
25 violation of item (10) of Section 11, shall be subject to a
26 civil penalty. For a first violation, the penalty shall be a
27 $50 fine. For a second violation, the penalty shall be a
28 $100 fine. For a third or subsequent violation, the penalty
29 shall be a $150 fine and the person shall be required to
30 perform 40 hours of community service and to undergo gambling
31 evaluation and counseling.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-1029.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.