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 1        AN ACT in relation to gambling,  amending  certain  named
 2    Acts.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5. The Illinois  Horse  Racing  Act  of  1975  is
 6    amended by adding Section 34.2 as follows:

 7        (230 ILCS 5/34.2 new)
 8        Sec.  34.2. Prohibition against automated teller machines
 9    and post-dated checks.
10        (a)  An  organization  licensee  may   not   conduct   or
11    authorize any of the following at its race track or at any of
12    its  inter-track  locations or inter-track wagering locations
13    nor may any other person conduct any of the  following  at  a
14    race  track,  inter-track  location,  or inter-track wagering
15    location:
16             (1)  the installation or operation of  an  automated
17        teller machine;
18             (2)  the cashing of any post-dated check; or
19             (3)  the cashing of any welfare check.
20        (b)  An   organization   licensee   or   a   bank   or  a
21    representative of an organization licensee or  bank  may  not
22    loan  money  to  any  person  at  a  race  track, inter-track
23    location, or inter-track wagering location.
24        (c)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "automated
25    teller machine" has the same  meaning  as  in  the  Automated
26    Teller Machine Security Act. For the purpose of this Act, the
27    term  "bank"  has the same meaning as in the Illinois Banking
28    Act.
29        (d)  A person who violates this Section commits a Class B
30    misdemeanor.
 
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 1        Section 10. The Riverboat  Gambling  Act  is  amended  by
 2    adding Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows:

 3        (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new)
 4        Sec. 13.2.  Prohibition against automated teller machines
 5    and post-dated checks.
 6        (a)  An owners licensee or any other person may not:
 7             (1)  install or permit the installation or operation
 8        of any automated teller machines on a riverboat or on its
 9        dock;
10             (2)  authorize  the  cashing of any post-dated check
11        on a riverboat or on its dock; or
12             (3)  authorize the cashing of any welfare check on a
13        riverboat or on its dock.
14        (b)  An owners licensee or a bank or a representative  of
15    an owners licensee or a bank may not loan money to any person
16    on a riverboat or on its dock.
17        (c)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "automated
18    teller  machine"  has  the  same  meaning as in the Automated
19    Teller Machine Security Act. For the purpose of this Section,
20    the term "bank" has the  same  meaning  as  in  the  Illinois
21    Banking Act.

22        (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
23        Sec. 18.  Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
24        (a)  A  person  is  guilty  of  a Class A misdemeanor for
25    doing any of the following:
26             (1)  Conducting gambling where wagering is  used  or
27        to be used without a license issued by the Board.
28             (2)  Conducting gambling where wagering is permitted
29        other than in the manner specified by Section 11.
30        (b)  A  person  is  guilty  of  a Class B misdemeanor for
31    doing any of the following:
32             (1)  permitting a person under 21 years  to  make  a
 
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 1        wager; or
 2             (2)  violating  paragraph  (12) of subsection (a) of
 3        Section 11 of this Act; or.
 4             (3)  violating Section 13.2 of this Act.
 5        (c)  A person  wagering  or  accepting  a  wager  at  any
 6    location outside the riverboat is subject to the penalties in
 7    paragraphs  (1)  or  (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of
 8    the Criminal Code of 1961.
 9        (d)  A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in  addition,
10    shall   be   barred   for  life  from  riverboats  under  the
11    jurisdiction of the Board, if the  person  does  any  of  the
12    following:
13             (1)  Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or
14        benefit  to  a  person  who is connected with a riverboat
15        owner including,  but  not  limited  to,  an  officer  or
16        employee of a licensed owner or holder of an occupational
17        license  pursuant  to an agreement or arrangement or with
18        the intent that the promise or thing of value or  benefit
19        will  influence  the  actions  of  the person to whom the
20        offer, promise, or gift was made in order  to  affect  or
21        attempt  to  affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
22        influence official action of a member of the Board.
23             (2)  Solicits or knowingly  accepts  or  receives  a
24        promise  of anything of value or benefit while the person
25        is connected with a riverboat including, but not  limited
26        to, an officer or employee of a licensed owner, or holder
27        of  an occupational license, pursuant to an understanding
28        or arrangement or with the intent  that  the  promise  or
29        thing  of  value or benefit will influence the actions of
30        the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome  of
31        a  gambling  game,  or  to influence official action of a
32        member of the Board.
33             (3)  Uses or possesses with  the  intent  to  use  a
34        device to assist:
 
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 1                  (i)  In projecting the outcome of the game.
 2                  (ii)  In keeping track of the cards played.
 3                  (iii)  In  analyzing  the  probability  of  the
 4             occurrence  of  an  event  relating  to the gambling
 5             game.
 6                  (iv)  In analyzing the strategy for playing  or
 7             betting  to  be used in the game except as permitted
 8             by the Board.
 9             (4)  Cheats at a gambling game.
10             (5)  Manufactures, sells, or distributes any  cards,
11        chips,  dice, game or device which is intended to be used
12        to violate any provision of this Act.
13             (6)  Alters  or  misrepresents  the  outcome  of   a
14        gambling  game  on  which wagers have been made after the
15        outcome is made sure but before it  is  revealed  to  the
16        players.
17             (7)  Places  a  bet  after  acquiring knowledge, not
18        available to all players, of the outcome of the  gambling
19        game  which  is  subject of the bet or to aid a person in
20        acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a  bet
21        contingent on that outcome.
22             (8)  Claims,  collects,  or  takes,  or  attempts to
23        claim, collect, or take, money or anything of value in or
24        from the gambling games, with intent to defraud,  without
25        having  made  a  wager  contingent  on winning a gambling
26        game, or claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or
27        thing of value of greater value than the amount won.
28             (9)  Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a  gambling
29        game.
30             (10)  Possesses  any  key or device designed for the
31        purpose of opening, entering, or affecting the  operation
32        of  a  gambling  game,  drop  box,  or  an  electronic or
33        mechanical device connected with the gambling game or for
34        removing coins, tokens,  chips or  other  contents  of  a
 
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 1        gambling  game.   This paragraph (10) does not apply to a
 2        gambling licensee or  employee  of  a  gambling  licensee
 3        acting in furtherance of the employee's employment.
 4        (e)  The  possession  of  more  than  one  of the devices
 5    described in subsection (d),  paragraphs  (3),  (5)  or  (10)
 6    permits  a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended
 7    to use the devices for cheating.
 8        An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
 9    shall be tried in  the  county  of  the  dock  at  which  the
10    riverboat is based.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)

12        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
13    becoming law.

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