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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
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 28-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/28-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
7    Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
8    (a) A "gambling device" is any clock, tape machine, slot
9machine or other machines or device for the reception of money
10or other thing of value on chance or skill or upon the action
11of which money or other thing of value is staked, hazarded,
12bet, won or lost; or any mechanism, furniture, fixture,
13equipment or other device designed primarily for use in a
14gambling place. A "gambling device" does not include:
15        (1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device
16    played for amusement which rewards the player with the
17    right to replay such mechanical device, which device is so
18    constructed or devised as to make such result of the
19    operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the
20    player and which returns to the player thereof no money,
21    property or right to receive money or property.
22        (2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return
23    is made for the money invested and in which there is no

 

 

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1    element of chance or hazard.
2        (3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph
3    (3), a "crane game" is an amusement device involving skill,
4    if it rewards the player exclusively with merchandise
5    contained within the amusement device proper and limited to
6    toys, novelties and prizes other than currency, each having
7    a wholesale value which is not more than $25.
8        (4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this
9    paragraph (4), a "redemption machine" is a single-player or
10    multi-player amusement device involving a game, the object
11    of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing,
12    or propelling a ball or other object that is either
13    physical or computer generated on a display or with lights
14    into, upon, or against a hole or other target that is
15    either physical or computer generated on a display or with
16    lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or
17    electronic means, a moving object that is either physical
18    or computer generated on a display or with lights into,
19    upon, or against a hole or other target that is either
20    physical or computer generated on a display or with lights,
21    provided that all of the following conditions are met:
22            (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly
23        determined by the skill of the player.
24            (B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the
25        player's achieving the object of the game or otherwise
26        upon the player's score.

 

 

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1            (C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
2            (D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu
3        of tickets or tokens for single play of the device does
4        not exceed $25.
5            (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and
6        other representations of value, which may be
7        accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
8        value, for a single play of the device does not exceed
9        $25 the amount charged for a single play of the device.
10    (a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or
11system or an information service, system, or access software
12provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple
13users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited
14to, an information service, system, or access software provider
15that provides access to a network system commonly known as the
16Internet, or any comparable system or service and also
17includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page,
18newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any
19interactive computer service or system or other online service.
20    (a-6) "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to
21them in Section 16D-2 of this Code.
22    (b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or
23more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have
24paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such prizes,
25whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery, raffle,
26gift, sale or some other name.

 

 

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1    (c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a
2person promises or guarantees by any instrument, bill,
3certificate, writing, token or other device that any particular
4number, character, ticket or certificate shall in the event of
5any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle the
6purchaser or holder to receive money, property or evidence of
7debt.
8(Source: P.A. 95-676, eff. 6-1-08.)