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Public Act 097-1126
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 28-2 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
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Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
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(a) A "gambling device" is any clock, tape machine, slot |
machine or
other machines or device for the reception of money |
or other thing of value
on chance or skill or upon the action |
of which money or other thing of
value is staked, hazarded, |
bet, won or lost; or any mechanism, furniture,
fixture, |
equipment or other device designed primarily for use in a |
gambling
place. A "gambling device" does not include:
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(1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device |
played for amusement
which rewards the player with the |
right to replay such mechanical device,
which device is so |
constructed or devised as to make such result of the
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operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the |
player and which
returns to the player thereof no money, |
property or right to receive money
or property.
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(2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return |
is made for the
money invested and in which there is no |
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element of chance or hazard.
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(3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph |
(3), a "crane
game" is an amusement device involving skill, |
if it rewards the player
exclusively with merchandise |
contained within the amusement device proper
and limited to |
toys, novelties and prizes other than currency, each having
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a wholesale value which is not more than $25.
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(4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this |
paragraph (4), a
"redemption machine" is a single-player or |
multi-player amusement device
involving a game, the object |
of which is throwing, rolling, bowling,
shooting, placing, |
or propelling a ball or other object that is either |
physical or computer generated on a display or with lights |
into, upon, or
against a hole or other target that is |
either physical or computer generated on a display or with |
lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or |
electronic means, a moving object that is either physical |
or computer generated on a display or with lights into, |
upon, or
against a hole or other target that is either |
physical or computer generated on a display or with lights, |
provided that all of the following
conditions are met:
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(A) The outcome of the game is predominantly |
determined by the
skill of the player.
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(B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the |
player's
achieving the object of the game or otherwise |
upon the player's score.
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(C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
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(D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu |
of tickets
or tokens for single play of the device does |
not exceed $25.
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(E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and |
other representations
of value, which may be |
accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
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value, for a single play of the device does not exceed |
$25 the amount charged for a single play of the device.
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(a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or |
system or an
information service, system, or access software |
provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple |
users to a computer server, and includes,
but is not limited |
to, an information service, system, or access software
provider |
that provides access to a network system commonly known as the
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Internet, or any comparable system or service and also |
includes, but is not
limited to, a World Wide Web page, |
newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or
chat area on any |
interactive computer service or system or other online
service.
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(a-6) "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to |
them in
Section
16D-2 of this Code.
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(b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or |
more prizes
are distributed by chance among persons who have |
paid or promised
consideration for a chance to win such prizes, |
whether such scheme or
procedure is called a lottery, raffle, |
gift, sale or some other name.
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(c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a |
person promises
or guarantees by any instrument, bill, |
certificate, writing, token or other
device that any particular |
number, character, ticket or certificate shall
in the event of |
any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle the
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purchaser or holder to receive money, property or evidence of |
debt.
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(Source: P.A. 95-676, eff. 6-1-08.)
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