97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1892

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Biss

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/28-1  from Ch. 38, par. 28-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning gambling.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 28-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/28-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-1)
7    Sec. 28-1. Gambling.
8    (a) A person commits gambling when he:
9        (1) Plays a game of chance or skill for money or other
10    thing of value, unless excepted in subsection (b) of this
11    Section; or
12        (2) Makes a wager upon the the result of any game,
13    contest, or any political nomination, appointment or
14    election; or
15        (3) Operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases, exhibits,
16    rents, sells, bargains for the sale or lease of,
17    manufactures or distributes any gambling device; or
18        (4) Contracts to have or give himself or another the
19    option to buy or sell, or contracts to buy or sell, at a
20    future time, any grain or other commodity whatsoever, or
21    any stock or security of any company, where it is at the
22    time of making such contract intended by both parties
23    thereto that the contract to buy or sell, or the option,

 

 

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1    whenever exercised, or the contract resulting therefrom,
2    shall be settled, not by the receipt or delivery of such
3    property, but by the payment only of differences in prices
4    thereof; however, the issuance, purchase, sale, exercise,
5    endorsement or guarantee, by or through a person registered
6    with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 8 of the
7    Illinois Securities Law of 1953, or by or through a person
8    exempt from such registration under said Section 8, of a
9    put, call, or other option to buy or sell securities which
10    have been registered with the Secretary of State or which
11    are exempt from such registration under Section 3 of the
12    Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is not gambling within the
13    meaning of this paragraph (4); or
14        (5) Knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument or
15    apparatus by means of which bets or wagers have been, or
16    are, recorded or registered, or knowingly possesses any
17    money which he has received in the course of a bet or
18    wager; or
19        (6) Sells pools upon the result of any game or contest
20    of skill or chance, political nomination, appointment or
21    election; or
22        (7) Sets up or promotes any lottery or sells, offers to
23    sell or transfers any ticket or share for any lottery; or
24        (8) Sets up or promotes any policy game or sells,
25    offers to sell or knowingly possesses or transfers any
26    policy ticket, slip, record, document or other similar

 

 

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1    device; or
2        (9) Knowingly drafts, prints or publishes any lottery
3    ticket or share, or any policy ticket, slip, record,
4    document or similar device, except for such activity
5    related to lotteries, bingo games and raffles authorized by
6    and conducted in accordance with the laws of Illinois or
7    any other state or foreign government; or
8        (10) Knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game,
9    except for such activity related to lotteries, bingo games
10    and raffles authorized by and conducted in accordance with
11    the laws of Illinois or any other state; or
12        (11) Knowingly transmits information as to wagers,
13    betting odds, or changes in betting odds by telephone,
14    telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means; or knowingly
15    installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or
16    receipt of such information; except that nothing in this
17    subdivision (11) prohibits transmission or receipt of such
18    information for use in news reporting of sporting events or
19    contests; or
20        (12) Knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an
21    Internet site that permits a person to play a game of
22    chance or skill for money or other thing of value by means
23    of the Internet or to make a wager upon the result of any
24    game, contest, political nomination, appointment, or
25    election by means of the Internet. This item (12) does not
26    apply to activities referenced in items (6) and (6.1) of

 

 

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1    subsection (b) of this Section.
2    (b) Participants in any of the following activities shall
3not be convicted of gambling therefor:
4        (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the
5    happening of chance including without limitation contracts
6    of indemnity or guaranty and life or health or accident
7    insurance.
8        (2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the
9    actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the
10    determination of skill, speed, strength or endurance or to
11    the owners of animals or vehicles entered in such contest.
12        (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of
13    this State.
14        (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the
15    acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly
16    thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign
17    commerce to any place outside this State when such
18    transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal
19    law; or the manufacture, distribution, or possession of
20    video gaming terminals, as defined in the Video Gaming Act,
21    by manufacturers, distributors, and terminal operators
22    licensed to do so under the Video Gaming Act.
23        (5) The game commonly known as "bingo", when conducted
24    in accordance with the Bingo License and Tax Act.
25        (6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois
26    in accordance with the Illinois Lottery Law. This exemption

 

 

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1    includes any activity conducted by the Department of
2    Revenue to sell lottery tickets pursuant to the provisions
3    of the Illinois Lottery Law and its rules.
4        (6.1) The purchase of lottery tickets through the
5    Internet for a lottery conducted by the State of Illinois
6    under the program established in Section 7.12 of the
7    Illinois Lottery Law.
8        (7) Possession of an antique slot machine that is
9    neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or
10    promotion of any unlawful gambling activity or enterprise.
11    For the purpose of this subparagraph (b)(7), an antique
12    slot machine is one manufactured 25 years ago or earlier.
13        (8) Raffles when conducted in accordance with the
14    Raffles Act.
15        (9) Charitable games when conducted in accordance with
16    the Charitable Games Act.
17        (10) Pull tabs and jar games when conducted under the
18    Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
19        (11) Gambling games conducted on riverboats when
20    authorized by the Riverboat Gambling Act.
21        (12) Video gaming terminal games at a licensed
22    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
23    fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans
24    establishment when conducted in accordance with the Video
25    Gaming Act.
26        (13) Games of skill or chance where money or other

 

 

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1    things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is
2    required to participate.
3    (c) Sentence.
4    Gambling under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section
5is a Class A misdemeanor. Gambling under any of subsections
6(a)(3) through (a)(11) of this Section is a Class A
7misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction under any of
8subsections (a)(3) through (a)(11), is a Class 4 felony.
9Gambling under subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a Class A
10misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction under
11subsection (a)(12) is a Class 4 felony.
12    (d) Circumstantial evidence.
13    In prosecutions under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(12) of
14this Section circumstantial evidence shall have the same
15validity and weight as in any criminal prosecution.
16(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09;
1796-1203, eff. 7-22-10.)