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Public Act 097-1126
Public Act 1126 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 097-1126
| | HB4320 Enrolled | LRB097 15314 AEK 60414 b |
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| AN ACT concerning gaming.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | Section 28-2 as follows:
| (720 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
| Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
| (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:
| (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
| 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.
| (2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return | is made for the
money invested and in which there is no |
| element of chance or hazard.
| (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
| a wholesale value which is not more than $25.
| (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:
| (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly | determined by the
skill of the player.
| (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.
| (D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu | of tickets
or tokens for single play of the device does | not exceed $25.
| (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and | other representations
of value, which may be | accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
| value, for a single play of the device does not exceed | $25 the amount charged for a single play of the device.
| (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
| 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.
| (a-6) "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to | them in
Section
16D-2 of this Code.
| (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
| purchaser or holder to receive money, property or evidence of | debt.
| (Source: P.A. 95-676, eff. 6-1-08.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2013
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