Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4149

HB4149 Engrossed LRB104 15669 LNS 28841 b

AN ACT concerning gaming.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1605/14) (from Ch. 120, par. 1164)

Sec. 14. No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule or regulation of the Department. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent or distributor shall sell or resell lottery tickets or shares. No person shall charge a fee to redeem a winning ticket or share. No person shall sell a lottery ticket or share on a credit basis.

Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this Section is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 97-464, eff. 10-15-11.)

Section 10. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

(230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)

Sec. 11. Conduct of gambling. Gambling may be conducted by licensed owners or licensed managers on behalf of the State aboard riverboats. Gambling may be conducted by organization gaming licensees at organization gaming facilities. Gambling authorized under this Section is subject to the following standards:

(1) A licensee may conduct riverboat gambling authorized under this Act regardless of whether it conducts excursion cruises. A licensee may permit the continuous ingress and egress of patrons on a riverboat not used for excursion cruises for the purpose of gambling. Excursion cruises shall not exceed 4 hours for a round trip. However, the Board may grant express approval for an extended cruise on a case-by-case basis.

(1.5) An owners licensee may conduct gambling operations authorized under this Act 24 hours a day.

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(3) Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be set by the licensee.

(4) Agents of the Board and the Illinois State Police may board and inspect any riverboat, enter and inspect any portion of a casino, or enter and inspect any portion of an organization gaming facility at any time for the purpose of determining whether this Act is being complied with. Every riverboat, if under way and being hailed by a law enforcement officer or agent of the Board, must stop immediately and lay to.

(5) Employees of the Board shall have the right to be present on the riverboat or in the casino or on adjacent facilities under the control of the licensee and at the organization gaming facility under the control of the organization gaming licensee.

(6) Gambling equipment and supplies customarily used in conducting gambling must be purchased or leased only from suppliers licensed for such purpose under this Act. The Board may approve the transfer, sale, or lease of gambling equipment and supplies by a licensed owner from or to an affiliate of the licensed owner as long as the gambling equipment and supplies were initially acquired from a supplier licensed in Illinois.

(6.5) An automated teller machine (ATM) located within a casino shall not be able to perform cash advances on credit cards.

(7) Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no form of wagering on gambling games except as permitted by this Act.

(7.5) A person shall not use a credit card to participate in a gambling game.

(8) Wagers may be received only from a person present on a licensed riverboat, in a casino, or at an organization gaming facility. No person present on a licensed riverboat, in a casino, or at an organization gaming facility shall place or attempt to place a wager on behalf of another person who is not present on the riverboat, in a casino, or at the organization gaming facility.

(9) Wagering, including gaming authorized under Section 7.7, shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency.

(10) A person under age 21 shall not be permitted on an area of a riverboat or casino where gambling is being conducted or at an organization gaming facility where gambling is being conducted, except for a person at least 18 years of age who is an employee of the riverboat or casino gambling operation or gaming operation. No employee under age 21 shall perform any function involved in gambling by the patrons. No person under age 21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this Act, and any winnings that are a result of a wager by a person under age 21, whether or not paid by a licensee, shall be treated as winnings for the privilege tax purposes, confiscated, and forfeited to the State and deposited into the Education Assistance Fund.

(11) Gambling excursion cruises are permitted only when the waterway for which the riverboat is licensed is navigable, as determined by the Board in consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This paragraph (11) does not limit the ability of a licensee to conduct gambling authorized under this Act when gambling excursion cruises are not permitted.

(12) All tickets, chips, or electronic cards used to make wagers must be purchased (i) from a licensed owner or manager, in the case of a riverboat, either aboard a riverboat or at an onshore facility which has been approved by the Board and which is located where the riverboat docks, (ii) in the case of a casino, from a licensed owner at the casino, or (iii) from an organization gaming licensee at the organization gaming facility. The tickets, chips, or electronic cards may be purchased by means of an agreement under which the owner or manager extends credit to the patron. Such tickets, chips, or electronic cards may be used while aboard the riverboat, in the casino, or at the organization gaming facility only for the purpose of making wagers on gambling games.

(13) Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act, in addition to the other licenses authorized under this Act, the Board may issue special event licenses allowing persons who are not otherwise licensed to conduct riverboat gambling to conduct such gambling on a specified date or series of dates. Riverboat gambling under such a license may take place on a riverboat not normally used for riverboat gambling. The Board shall establish standards, fees and fines for, and limitations upon, such licenses, which may differ from the standards, fees, fines and limitations otherwise applicable under this Act. All such fees shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund. All such fines shall be deposited into the Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act 86-0018, of the State of Illinois.

(14) In addition to the above, gambling must be conducted in accordance with all rules adopted by the Board.

(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)