Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 5/29/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1667

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1667 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Fantasy Sports Contest Act.
 
6    Section 5. Legislative intent. This Act is designed to
7provide regulation of companies providing access to paid
8fantasy sports contests and protect Illinois consumers who play
9paid fantasy sports contests for prizes from unfair acts and
10practices that may arise in the gaming process. The regulation
11is also intended to protect the families of persons who play
12paid fantasy sports contests to the extent that they may be
13affected by unfair and deceptive practices that lead to
14unaffordable losses.
 
15    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:

 

 

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1    "Beginner fantasy sports player" means an individual who is
2at least 21 years of age and who has entered fewer than 51
3fantasy sports contests offered by a single fantasy sports
4contest operator.
5    "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
6    "Confidential information" means information related to
7the play of a fantasy sports contest by fantasy sports players
8obtained as a result of or by virtue of a person's employment
9with a fantasy sports contest operator.
10    "Entry fee" means the cash or cash equivalent paid by a
11fantasy sports player located in Illinois at the time of entry
12for participation in a fantasy sports contest.
13    "Fantasy sports contest" means any fantasy contest, in
14which:
15        (1) the value of all prizes and awards offered to
16    winning participants are established and made known to the
17    participants in advance of the contest and their value is
18    not determined by the number of participants or the amount
19    of any fees paid by those participants;
20        (2) all winning outcomes are determined predominantly
21    by accumulated statistical results of the performance of
22    individual athletes in real-world professional athletic
23    competitions; a professional athletic competition does not
24    include any amateur or collegiate level sport; and
25        (3) no winning outcome is based on the score, point
26    spread, or any performance or performances of any single

 

 

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1    actual team or combination of such teams or solely on any
2    single performance of an individual athlete or player in
3    any single actual event.
4    A fantasy sports contest in a game or contest that involves
5individual athletes from real-world professional athletic
6teams, such as football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer,
7and other team sports: (i) shall consist of individual athletes
8from at least 3 different real-world professional athletic
9teams and (ii) shall not have more than 4 individual athletes
10from a single real-world professional athletic team. However,
11the prohibition contained in item (ii) of this paragraph does
12not apply to a season-long fantasy sports contest.
13    "Fantasy sports contest operator" means any individual,
14partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that
15engages in the business of offering, by means of the Internet,
16a smart phone application, or other similar electronic or
17digital media or communication technologies, multiple fantasy
18sports contests to persons.
19    "Fantasy sports contest platform" means any website, smart
20phone application, or other portal providing access to a
21fantasy sports contest.
22    "Fantasy sports contest revenues" means the amount of entry
23fees collected from fantasy sports players located in Illinois
24accepted by a fantasy sports contest operator that are not
25awarded as prizes to fantasy sports players.
26    "Fantasy sports player" means an individual 21 years of age

 

 

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1or over who enters into a fantasy sports contest with an entry
2fee offered by a fantasy sports contest operator.
3    "Highly experienced fantasy sports player" means an
4individual who is at least 21 years of age and has (1) entered
5more than 1,000 contests offered by a single fantasy sports
6contest operator or (2) has won more than 3 prizes valued at
7$1,000 or more. Once a fantasy sports player is classified as a
8highly experienced fantasy sports player, a player shall remain
9classified as such.
10    "Minor" means an individual under 21 years of age.
11    "Prize" means anything of value, including money, contest
12credits, merchandise, or admission to another contest.
13    "Scripts" means commands that a fantasy sports
14contest-related computer program can execute that are created
15by fantasy sports players (or by third parties for the use of
16fantasy sports players) to automate processes on a fantasy
17sports contest platform.
18    "Season-long fantasy sports contest" means a fantasy
19sports contest offered by a fantasy sports contest operator
20that is conducted over an entire sports season where the entry
21fee is paid prior to the start of the season.
 
22    Section 15. Applicability. This Act and all rules adopted
23under the authority of this Act shall only apply to fantasy
24sports contests when an entry fee is paid by a fantasy sports
25player at the time of entry for participation in a fantasy

 

 

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1sports contest.
 
2    Section 20. Authority of the Board.
3    (a) The Board shall have jurisdiction over and shall
4supervise all fantasy sports contests governed by this Act. The
5Board shall have all powers necessary and proper to fully and
6effectively execute the provisions of this Act, including, but
7not limited to, the following:
8        (1) To investigate applicants and determine the
9    eligibility of applicants for licenses that best serve the
10    interests of the citizens of Illinois.
11        (2) To adopt such rules as in its judgment may be
12    necessary to protect or enhance the credibility and
13    integrity of fantasy sports contests authorized by this Act
14    and the regulatory process under this Act.
15        (3) To provide for the establishment and collection of
16    all license and registration fees and taxes imposed by this
17    Act and the rules issued pursuant to this Act. All license
18    fees shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund, and all
19    taxes collected shall be deposited into the Education
20    Assistance Fund.
21        (4) To suspend, revoke, or restrict licenses; to
22    require the removal of a fantasy sports contest operator or
23    an employee of a fantasy sports contest operator for a
24    violation of this Act or a Board rule or for engaging in a
25    fraudulent practice; and to impose civil penalties of up to

 

 

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1    $5,000 against individuals and up to $10,000 or an amount
2    equal to the fantasy sports contest revenues, whichever is
3    larger, against licensees for each violation of any
4    provision of the Act, any rules adopted by the Board, any
5    order of the Board, or any other action which, in the
6    Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to fantasy
7    sports contests.
8        (5) To provide for the levy and collection of penalties
9    and fines for the violation of provisions of this Act and
10    the rules adopted under this Act. All such fines and
11    penalties shall be deposited into the State Gaming Fund.
12    (b) The Board shall adopt emergency rules to administer
13this Act in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
14Administrative Procedure Act. For the purposes of the Illinois
15Administrative Procedure Act, the General Assembly finds that
16the adoption of rules to implement this Act is deemed an
17emergency and necessary to the public interest, safety, and
18welfare.
 
19    Section 25. Fantasy sports player accounts.
20    (a) A fantasy sports contest operator shall not allow a
21fantasy sports player to create more than one username or more
22than one account. A fantasy sports contest operator shall take
23commercially and technologically reasonable measures to verify
24a fantasy sports player's true identity and address. A fantasy
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1publish procedures to terminate all accounts of a fantasy
2sports player that establishes or seeks to establish more than
3one username or more than one account, whether directly or by
4use of another person as a proxy. The procedures may allow a
5fantasy sports player that establishes or seeks to establish
6more than one username or more than one account to retain one
7account provided that the fantasy sports contest operator
8investigates and makes a good faith determination that the
9fantasy sports player's conduct was not intended to obtain a
10competitive advantage.
11    (b) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not allow
12fantasy sports players to use a proxy server for the purpose of
13misrepresenting their location in order to engage in fantasy
14sports contests.
15    (c) Fantasy sports contest operators shall implement and
16prominently publish procedures to terminate all accounts of any
17fantasy sports player that establishes or seeks to establish
18more than one username or more than one account, whether
19directly or by use of another person as a proxy. If an account
20is terminated for establishing or seeking to establish more
21than one username or more than one account, the account holder
22is prohibited from establishing another account with that
23fantasy sports contest operator.
24    (d) Fantasy sports contest operators shall take
25commercially and technologically reasonable measures to
26prevent one fantasy sports player from acting as a proxy for

 

 

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1another. These measures shall include, without limitation, use
2of geolocation technologies to prevent simultaneous logins to a
3single account from geographically inconsistent locations.
 
4    Section 30. Protection of consumer funds on deposit and
5compliance with data security requirements.
6    (a) Fantasy sports contest operators shall comply with all
7applicable State and federal requirements for data security,
8including, but not limited to, age verification and location
9software.
10    (b) Funds in fantasy sports players' accounts shall be held
11in segregated accounts by the fantasy sports contest operators
12for the fantasy sports players that establish the accounts.
13Fantasy sports contest operators shall implement and
14prominently publish procedures that:
15        (1) prevent unauthorized withdrawals from fantasy
16    sports player accounts by fantasy sports contest operators
17    or others;
18        (2) prevent commingling of funds in a fantasy sports
19    player's account with other funds, including, without
20    limitation, funds of the fantasy sports contest operator;
21    fantasy sports player funds shall be segregated from
22    fantasy sports contest operators' operational funds and
23    any other funds held by the fantasy sports contest
24    operator; and
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1    players that their accounts have been misallocated,
2    compromised, or otherwise mishandled.
3    (c) Fantasy sports contest operators shall implement and
4prominently publish procedures that allow any fantasy sports
5player to permanently close an account at any time and for any
6reason. The procedures shall allow for cancellation by any
7means, including, without limitation, by a fantasy sports
8player on any fantasy sports contest platform used by that
9fantasy sports player to make deposits into a fantasy sports
10player account. A copy of a fantasy sports contest operator's
11procedures shall be submitted to the Board and any changes
12shall be submitted within 30 days.
13    (d) When a fantasy sports player account is closed, the
14fantasy sports contest operator shall refund all funds in the
15account no later than 5 business days after submission of the
16request or 10 business days after submission of any tax
17reporting information required by law, whichever is later,
18unless the fantasy sports contest operator makes a good faith
19determination that the fantasy sports player engaged in
20fraudulent or other conduct that would constitute a violation
21of this Act, rules adopted pursuant to this Act, or the fantasy
22sports contest operator's policies, in which case, upon notice
23to the fantasy sports player of that determination, the
24withdrawal may be held pending a reasonable investigative
25period to resolve its investigation. For the purposes of this
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1honored if it is processed by the fantasy sports contest
2operator, but delayed by a payment processor, a credit card
3issuer, or the custodian of the financial account.
4    (e) If a prize is awarded to a fantasy sports player with a
5closed account, that prize, to the extent it consists of funds,
6shall be distributed by the fantasy sports contest operator
7within 5 business days, or 10 business days of submission of
8any tax reporting information required by law, unless the
9fantasy sports contest operator makes a good faith
10determination that the fantasy sports player engaged in
11fraudulent or other conduct that would constitute a violation
12of this Act or rules adopted pursuant to this Act. If such
13determination is made, then the prize may be withheld, provided
14that it is then awarded to another fantasy sports player in the
15same contest who would have won the prize had the fantasy
16sports player with the closed account not participated.
17    (f) A fantasy sports contest operator shall close any
18fantasy player account that is inactive for 2 years and notify
19the account holder that the account has been closed by email
20and by mail to the account holder's last known address. When a
21fantasy sports player account is closed due to inactivity, the
22fantasy sports contest operator shall refund all funds in the
23fantasy sports player account within 30 days, subject to the
24receipt of any tax information required by law. In the event
25that funds in a closed fantasy sports player account exceed $5
26and cannot be refunded and remain unclaimed, the fantasy sports

 

 

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1contest operator shall provide notice of the existence of funds
2to the fantasy sports player no less often than annually for 3
3years. If the funds in a closed fantasy sports player account
4are for $5 or less, such notice shall be provided one time upon
5the closing of the account. Such notice shall be provided by
6email and by mail to the account holder's last known address
7and shall provide a process for claiming the funds. In the
8event that funds in a closed fantasy sports player account
9cannot be refunded and remain unclaimed by the fantasy sports
10player after 3 years, such funds shall be paid by the fantasy
11sports contest operator to the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund in
12the Office of the State Treasurer.
13    (g) A fantasy sports contest operator shall prominently
14publish all contractual terms and conditions and rules of
15general applicability that affect a fantasy sports player's
16account. Presentation of such terms, conditions, and rules at
17the time of onboarding a new fantasy sports player shall not
18suffice.
19    (h) Fantasy sports player's deposits shall be limited to no
20more than $3,000 per quarter. However, a fantasy sports contest
21operator may establish and prominently publish procedures for
22temporarily or permanently increasing a fantasy sports
23player's deposit limit, at the request of the fantasy sports
24player, above $3,000 per quarter. Such procedures shall be
25submitted to the Board.
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1procedures shall include evaluation of information, including
2income or asset information, sufficient to establish that the
3fantasy sports player can afford losses that might result from
4gameplay at the deposit limit level requested.
5    When a temporary or permanent deposit level limit increase
6is approved, the fantasy sports contest operator's procedures
7shall provide for annual re-certification of a player's
8financial ability to afford losses.
 
9    Section 35. Restrictions on games offered by a fantasy
10sports contest operator.
11    (a) All fantasy sports contest operators, except fantasy
12sports contest operators who only offer season-long fantasy
13sports contests, shall develop games that are limited to
14beginner fantasy sports players and shall prohibit fantasy
15sports players who are not beginner fantasy sports players from
16participating in those games either directly or through another
17person as a proxy. A fantasy sports contest operator shall
18suspend the account of any fantasy sports player who is not a
19beginner fantasy sports player and attempts to enter a game
20limited to beginner fantasy sports players directly or through
21another person as a proxy and shall ban such individual from
22further play.
23    (b) All fantasy sports contest operators, except fantasy
24sports contest operators who only offer season-long fantasy
25sports contests, shall develop games in which highly

 

 

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1experienced fantasy sports players cannot participate either
2directly or through another person as a proxy. A fantasy sports
3contest operator shall suspend the account of any highly
4experienced fantasy sports player who attempts to enter a game
5that excludes highly experienced fantasy sports players
6directly or through another person as a proxy and shall ban
7such individual from further play. Fantasy sports contest
8operators shall identify highly experienced fantasy sports
9players by a symbol attached to their username, or by other
10easily visible means, on all fantasy sports contest platforms.
11    (c) Fantasy sports contest operators shall have
12prominently published rules that govern when each fantasy
13sports contest shall close or lock. Each fantasy sports contest
14operator shall also prominently disclose contest-specific
15information about the time that the contest closes or locks in
16connection with each contest offered. A fantasy sports contest
17operator shall strictly enforce all disclosed closing or lock
18times.
19    (d) Fantasy sports contest operators shall restrict the
20number of entries into fantasy sports contests in the following
21manner:
22        (1) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not allow
23    fantasy sports players to submit more than one entry in any
24    fantasy sports contest involving 12 total entries or less.
25        (2) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not allow
26    fantasy sports players to submit more than 2 entries in any

 

 

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1    fantasy sports contest involving 13 to 36 total entries.
2        (3) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not allow
3    fantasy sports players to submit more than 3 entries in any
4    fantasy sports contest involving 37 to 100 total entries.
5        (4) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not allow
6    fantasy sports players to submit more than 3% of all
7    entries in any contest involving more than 100 total
8    entries.
9        (5) For all advertised fantasy sports contests, the
10    fantasy sports contest operator shall prominently include
11    information about the maximum number of entries that may be
12    submitted for that contest.
13    (e) Fantasy sports contest operators shall allow
14individuals to restrict themselves from entering fantasy
15sports contests under this Act. These restrictions shall
16include, but not be limited to, (1) fantasy sports contest
17entry limits, (2) limiting play to fantasy sports contest with
18entry fees below an established limit, and (3) self-imposed
19deposit limits less than allowed under this Act. Fantasy sports
20contest operators shall implement and prominently publish
21procedures for fantasy sports players to implement the
22restrictions. Fantasy sports players shall have the option to
23adjust these limits to make them more restrictive of gameplay
24as often as they like, but shall not have the option to make
25limits less restrictive of gameplay within 90 days after
26setting the limits.
 

 

 

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1    Section 40. Prohibited activities by a fantasy sports
2contest operator.
3    (a) No fantasy sports contest operator employee,
4principal, officer, director, or contractor shall play on any
5fantasy sports contest platform of any fantasy sports contest
6operator or play through another person as a proxy. For the
7purposes of this subsection (a), a contractor is limited to a
8contractor who can access information of a fantasy sports
9contest operator related to the conduct of a fantasy sports
10contest that is not available to other fantasy sports players.
11Fantasy sports contest operators shall make these restrictions
12known to all affected individuals and corporate entities.
13    (b) No fantasy sports contest operator employee,
14principal, officer, director, or contractor shall disclose
15confidential information that may affect fantasy sports
16contest gameplay to any person permitted to engage in fantasy
17sports contest gameplay. Fantasy sports contest operators
18shall make these restrictions known to all affected individuals
19and corporate entities.
20    (c) No fantasy sports contest operator shall allow a
21professional athlete whose individual statistics or
22performance may be used to determine any part of the outcome of
23any fantasy sports contest to enter fantasy sports contests in
24the sports in which he or she participates. A fantasy sports
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1prevent a sports agent, team employee, referee, or league
2official associated with any competition that is the subject of
3fantasy sports contests to enter fantasy sports contests in the
4sport in which he or she participates, nor shall such athlete,
5sports agent, team official, team representative, referee, or
6league official play through another person as a proxy.
7        (1) Fantasy sports contest operators shall take
8    commercially reasonable efforts to obtain lists of persons
9    described in this subsection (c) for the purpose of
10    implementing this subsection (c).
11        (2) Fantasy sports contest operators, upon learning of
12    a violation of this subsection (c), shall bar the
13    individual committing the violation from playing in any
14    fantasy sports contest by suspending the individual's
15    account and banning the individual from further play, shall
16    terminate any existing promotional agreements with the
17    individual, and shall refuse to make any new promotional
18    agreements that compensate the individual.
19        (3) Fantasy sports contest operators shall make these
20    restrictions known to all affected individuals and
21    corporate entities.
22    (d) No fantasy sports contest operator shall allow minors
23to create a fantasy sports contest account. Fantasy sports
24contest operators shall include age verification measures when
25establishing a fantasy sports contest account.
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1a fantasy sports player.
2    (f) A fantasy sports contest operator shall not permit
3unauthorized scripts to be used on fantasy sports contest
4platforms and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
5monitor for and to prevent use of such scripts.
6    (g) A fantasy sports contest operator shall bar any
7individual or corporation found to be using an unauthorized
8script from playing in any fantasy sports contest by
9terminating the individual or corporate account and by banning
10that individual or corporation from further play.
11    (h) A fantasy sports contest operator shall not authorize
12scripts that provide a player with a competitive advantage over
13another player.
14    (i) For the purpose of subsections (f), (g), and (h) of
15this Section, a script shall be treated as offering a
16competitive advantage for reasons including, but not limited
17to, its potential use to:
18        (1) facilitate entry of multiple contests with a single
19    line-up;
20        (2) facilitate changes in many line-ups at one time;
21        (3) facilitate use of commercial products designed and
22    distributed by third parties to identify advantageous game
23    strategies; or
24        (4) gather information about the performance of others
25    for the purpose of identifying or entering contests against
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1    successful.
 
2    Section 45. Advertising.
3    (a) Advertisements of fantasy sports contest operators
4shall not depict (i) minors (other than professional athletes
5who may be minors), (ii) students, (iii) schools, colleges, or
6universities, or (iv) school, college, or university settings.
7However, incidental depiction of non-featured minors or minors
8accompanying adults shall not be a violation of this subsection
9(a).
10    (b) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not advertise on
11school, college, or university campuses.
12    (c) Fantasy sports contest operators shall not advertise at
13amateur athletic competitions, except to the extent that those
14competitions are played in stadiums where professional
15competitions are held and where non-digital advertisements
16have been posted, erected, or otherwise displayed in a manner
17that would require substantial effort to remove.
 
18    Section 50. Withholding of delinquent child support.
19    (a) From individual winnings of $600 or more that are
20subject to reporting to the Internal Revenue Service on Form
211099, a fantasy sports contest operator shall withhold up to
22the full amount of winnings necessary to pay the winner's past
23due child support amount as certified by the Department of
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1Illinois Public Aid Code. Amounts withheld shall be paid to the
2Department of Healthcare and Family Services by the fantasy
3sports contest operator, as applicable. This process shall be
4accomplished as provided in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 160.70(q).
5    (b) For withholding of winnings, the fantasy sports contest
6operator shall be entitled to an administrative fee not to
7exceed the lesser of 4% of the total amount of cash winnings
8paid to the fantasy sports player or $150.
9    (c) In no event shall the total amount withheld from the
10cash payout exceed the total cash winnings claimed by the
11obligor. If the cash payout claimed is greater than the amount
12sufficient to satisfy the obligor's delinquent child support
13payments, the fantasy sports contest operator shall pay the
14obligor the remaining balance of the payout.
15    (d) Any fantasy sports player that knowingly claims
16winnings from a single fantasy sports contest in a manner to
17intentionally avoid reporting winnings to the Internal Revenue
18Service shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Fantasy
19sports contest operators shall take commercially and
20technologically reasonable measures to ensure fantasy sports
21players comply with all reporting requirements. If a fantasy
22sports contest operator reasonably believes that the fantasy
23sports player engaged in conduct that would constitute a
24violation of federal reporting requirements, the fantasy
25sports contest operator shall bar the individual committing the
26violation from playing in any fantasy sports contest by

 

 

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1suspending the individual's account and banning such
2individual from further play until the individual provides the
3fantasy sports contest operator proof that the individual has
4resolved all compliance issues with the Internal Revenue
5Service.
6    (e) A fantasy sports contest operator who in good faith
7complies with the requirements of this Section shall not be
8liable to the gaming winner or any other individual or entity.
9    (f) Upon request of a fantasy sports contest operator under
10this Act, an agent of the Board (such as a gaming special agent
11employed by the Board, a State police officer, or a revenue
12agent) shall be responsible for notifying the person identified
13as being delinquent in child support payments that the fantasy
14sports contest operator is required by law to withhold all or a
15portion of his or her winnings. If given, this notification
16must be provided at the time the winnings are withheld.
17    (g) The provisions of this Section shall be operative on
18and after the date that rules are adopted by the Department of
19Healthcare and Family Services pursuant to Section 10-17.15 of
20the Illinois Public Aid Code.
21    (h) The delinquent child support required to be withheld
22under this Section has priority over any secured or unsecured
23claim on cash winnings, except claims for federal or State
24taxes that are required to be withheld under federal or State
25law.
 

 

 

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1    Section 55. Audits. All fantasy sports contest operators
2with annual fantasy sports contest revenue of $100,000 or more
3shall annually be subject to an audit of the financial
4transactions and condition of the fantasy sports contest
5operator's total operations as they relate to the offering and
6operating of fantasy sports contests and to ensure compliance
7with all of the requirements in this Act. Fantasy sports
8contest operators with annual fantasy sports contest revenues
9less than $100,000 shall every 3 years be subject to an audit
10of the financial transactions and condition of the fantasy
11sports contest operator's total operations as they relate to
12the offering and operating of fantasy sports contests and to
13ensure compliance with all of the requirements in this Act. All
14audits and compliance engagements shall be conducted by
15certified public accountants or an independent testing
16laboratory approved by the Board. Each certified public
17accountant must be registered in the State of Illinois under
18the Illinois Public Accounting Act. The compensation for each
19certified public accountant or independent testing laboratory
20shall be paid directly by the fantasy sports contest operator
21to the certified public accountant or independent testing
22laboratory. The audit shall be conducted and submitted to the
23Board by January 31 of each year.
 
24    Section 60. Annual reports. All fantasy sports contest
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1to the Board no later than January 31 of each year. Information
2included in the report shall include:
3        (1) the number of fantasy sports player accounts with
4    the fantasy sports contest operator; this shall be broken
5    down between beginner fantasy sports players and highly
6    experienced fantasy sports players;
7        (2) the number of new accounts established;
8        (3) the number of accounts closed;
9        (4) the total amount of entry fees received from
10    fantasy sports players located in Illinois;
11        (5) the total amount of prizes awarded to fantasy
12    sports players located in Illinois;
13        (6) the total amount of fantasy sports contest revenue;
14        (7) the number of fantasy sports players that are
15    located in Illinois that requested deposit limit
16    increases; and
17        (8) the number of deposit limit increases granted to
18    fantasy sports players located in Illinois by the fantasy
19    sports contest operator.
 
20    Section 65. Application for licensure; background
21investigation; fees.
22    (a) A qualified person may apply to the Board for a fantasy
23sports contest operator license to conduct fantasy sports
24contests as provided in this Act. The application shall be made
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1applicant to demonstrate suitability for licensure. Each
2fantasy sports contest operator shall be licensed by the Board.
3The Board may issue a license for a period of up to 2 years or,
4in the case of fantasy sports contest operators with annual
5fantasy sports revenues less than $100,000, for up to 3 years.
6    (b) Each person seeking and possessing a license as a
7fantasy sports contest operator shall submit to a background
8investigation conducted by the Board with the assistance of the
9State Police or other law enforcement. To the extent that the
10corporate structure of the applicant allows, the background
11investigation shall include any or all of the following as the
12Board deems appropriate or as provided by rule: (i) each
13beneficiary of a trust, (ii) each partner of a partnership,
14(iii) each member of a limited liability company, (iv) each
15director and officer of a publicly or non-publicly held
16corporation, (v) each stockholder of a non-publicly held
17corporation, (vi) each stockholder of 5% or more of a publicly
18held corporation, or (vii) each stockholder of 5% or more in a
19parent or subsidiary corporation.
20    (c) Each person seeking and possessing a license as a
21fantasy sports contest operator shall disclose the identity of
22every person, association, trust, corporation, or limited
23liability company having a greater than 1% direct or indirect
24pecuniary interest in the fantasy sports contest operator for
25which the license is sought. If the disclosed entity is a
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1of the beneficiaries; if a corporation, the names and addresses
2of all stockholders and directors; if a limited liability
3company, the names and addresses of all members; or if a
4partnership, the names and addresses of all partners, both
5general and limited.
6    (d) All information, records, interviews, reports,
7statements, memoranda, or other data supplied to or used by the
8Board in the course of its review or investigation of an
9application for a license or a renewal under this Act shall be
10privileged and strictly confidential and shall be used only for
11the purpose of evaluating an applicant for a license or a
12renewal. The information, records, interviews, reports,
13statements, memoranda, or other data shall not be admissible as
14evidence nor discoverable in any action of any kind in any
15court or before any tribunal, board, agency, or person, except
16for any action deemed necessary by the Board.
17    (e) No person may be licensed as a fantasy sports contest
18operator if that person has been found by the Board to:
19        (1) have a background, including a criminal record,
20    reputation, habits, social or business associations, or
21    prior activities, that poses a threat to the public
22    interests of the State or to the security and integrity of
23    fantasy sports contests;
24        (2) create or enhance the dangers of unsuitable,
25    unfair, or illegal practices, methods, and activities in
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1        (3) present questionable business practices and
2    financial arrangements incidental to the conduct of
3    fantasy sports contests.
4    (f) Any applicant for a license under this Act has the
5burden of proving his or her qualifications to the satisfaction
6of the Board. The Board may adopt rules to establish additional
7qualifications and requirements to preserve the integrity and
8security of fantasy sports contests in this State.
9    (g) A fantasy sports contest operator that has been
10operating in Illinois for at least 6 months on December 23,
112015 may operate in Illinois until a final decision is rendered
12on the application for a fantasy sports contest operator
13license.
14    (h) A non-refundable application fee shall be paid at the
15time an application for a license is filed with the Board in
16the following amounts:
17    (1) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
18        fantasy sports contest revenue greater
19        than $10,000,000..............................$25,000
20    (2) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
21        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
22        $5,000,000 but not more than $10,000,000......$12,500
23    (3) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
24        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
25        $1,000,000 but not more than $5,000,000........$7,500
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1        fantasy sports contest revenue of at least
2        $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000..........$5,000
3    (5) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
4        fantasy sports contest revenue less
5        than $100,000....................................$500
6    (i) The Board shall establish a fee for each license not to
7exceed the following for the initial licensure period:
8    (1) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
9        fantasy sports contest revenue greater
10        than $10,000,000..............................$50,000
11    (2) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
12        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
13        $5,000,000 but not more than $10,000,000......$25,000
14    (3) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
15        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
16        $1,000,000 but not more than $5,000,000.......$15,000
17    (4) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
18        fantasy sports contest revenue of at least
19        $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000.........$10,000
20    (5) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
21        fantasy sports contest revenue less
22        than $100,000..................................$1,500
23    (j) For subsequent licensure periods, the renewal fee shall
24not exceed the following:
25    (1) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
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1        than $10,000,000..............................$37,500
2    (2) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
3        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
4        $5,000,000 but not more than $10,000,000......$18,750
5    (3) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
6        fantasy sports contest revenue greater than
7        $1,000,000 but no more than $5,000,000........$11,250
8    (4) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
9        fantasy sports contest revenue of at least
10        $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000..........$7,500
11    (5) Fantasy sports contest operator with annual
12        fantasy sports contest revenue less
13        than $100,000..................................$1,125
 
14    Section 70. Distribution of license fees.
15     (a) All fees collected under Section 65 of this Act shall
16be deposited into the State Gaming Fund.
17    (b) Fees collected under Section 65 of this Act shall be
18used for the administration of this Act.
19    (c) All licenses issued by the Board under this Act are
20renewable every 2 years for fantasy sports contest operators
21with annual fantasy sports contest revenues of $100,000 or more
22and every 3 years for fantasy sports contest operators with
23annual fantasy sports contest revenues less than $100,000
24unless sooner cancelled or terminated. No license issued under
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1    Section 75. Imposition and distribution of tax.
2     (a) A privilege tax is imposed on persons engaged in the
3business of operating fantasy sports contests based on the
4fantasy sports contest revenues received by a fantasy sports
5contest operator licensed under this Act at the following
6graduated tax rates:
7        (1) 5% of annual fantasy sports contest revenues up to
8    and including $1,000,000;
9        (2) 7.5% of annual fantasy sports contest revenues in
10    excess of $1,000,000 but not exceeding $3,000,000;
11        (3) 10% of annual fantasy sports contest revenues in
12    excess of $3,000,000 but not exceeding $8,000,000;
13        (4) 15% of annual fantasy sports contest revenues in
14    excess of $8,000,000 but not exceeding $15,000,000; and
15        (5) 22.5% of annual fantasy sports contest revenues in
16    excess of $15,000,000;
17     (b) The taxes imposed by this Section shall be paid by the
18fantasy sports contest operator to the Board not later than the
19fifteenth day of every month for the previous month's privilege
20taxes. All payments not remitted when due shall be paid
21together with a penalty assessment on the unpaid balance at a
22rate of 1.5% per month.
23    (c) All of the tax collected under this Section shall be
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1    Section 80. Limitation on taxation of fantasy sports
2contest operators. Fantasy sports contest operators shall not
3be subjected to any excise tax, license tax, permit tax,
4privilege tax, or occupation tax that is imposed exclusively
5upon the licensee by the State or any political subdivision
6thereof, except as provided in this Act.
 
7    Section 900. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
8changing Section 4.31 as follows:
 
9    (5 ILCS 80/4.31)
10    Sec. 4.31. Acts repealed on January 1, 2021. The following
11Acts are repealed on January 1, 2021:
12    The Crematory Regulation Act.
13    The Cemetery Oversight Act.
14    The Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology
15Act.
16    The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.
17    The Fantasy Sports Contest Act.
18(Source: P.A. 96-1041, eff. 7-14-10; 96-1331, eff. 7-27-10;
19incorporates P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
20    Section 905. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
21amended by changing Section 26 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 26. Wagering.
2    (a) Any licensee may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel
3system of wagering, as defined in Section 3.12 of this Act, on
4horse races conducted by an Illinois organization licensee or
5conducted at a racetrack located in another state or country
6and televised in Illinois in accordance with subsection (g) of
7Section 26 of this Act. Subject to the prior consent of the
8Board, licensees may supplement any pari-mutuel pool in order
9to guarantee a minimum distribution. Such pari-mutuel method of
10wagering shall not, under any circumstances if conducted under
11the provisions of this Act, be held or construed to be
12unlawful, other statutes of this State to the contrary
13notwithstanding. Subject to rules for advance wagering
14promulgated by the Board, any licensee may accept wagers in
15advance of the day of the race wagered upon occurs.
16    (b) No other method of betting, pool making, wagering or
17gambling shall be used or permitted by the licensee. Each
18licensee may retain, subject to the payment of all applicable
19taxes and purses, an amount not to exceed 17% of all money
20wagered under subsection (a) of this Section, except as may
21otherwise be permitted under this Act.
22    (b-5) An individual may place a wager under the pari-mutuel
23system from any licensed location authorized under this Act
24provided that wager is electronically recorded in the manner
25described in Section 3.12 of this Act. Any wager made
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1premises of a licensee shall be deemed to have been made at the
2premises of that licensee.
3    (c) Until January 1, 2000, the sum held by any licensee for
4payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if unclaimed prior
5to December 31 of the next year, shall be retained by the
6licensee for payment of such tickets until that date. Within 10
7days thereafter, the balance of such sum remaining unclaimed,
8less any uncashed supplements contributed by such licensee for
9the purpose of guaranteeing minimum distributions of any
10pari-mutuel pool, shall be paid to the Illinois Veterans'
11Rehabilitation Fund of the State treasury, except as provided
12in subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act.
13    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2000, the sum held by any
14licensee for payment of outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, if
15unclaimed prior to December 31 of the next year, shall be
16retained by the licensee for payment of such tickets until that
17date. Within 10 days thereafter, the balance of such sum
18remaining unclaimed, less any uncashed supplements contributed
19by such licensee for the purpose of guaranteeing minimum
20distributions of any pari-mutuel pool, shall be evenly
21distributed to the purse account of the organization licensee
22and the organization licensee.
23    (d) A pari-mutuel ticket shall be honored until December 31
24of the next calendar year, and the licensee shall pay the same
25and may charge the amount thereof against unpaid money
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1presented for payment.
2    (e) No licensee shall knowingly permit any minor, other
3than an employee of such licensee or an owner, trainer, jockey,
4driver, or employee thereof, to be admitted during a racing
5program unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, or any
6minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering
7conducted or supervised by it. The admission of any
8unaccompanied minor, other than an employee of the licensee or
9an owner, trainer, jockey, driver, or employee thereof at a
10race track is a Class C misdemeanor.
11    (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, an
12organization licensee may contract with an entity in another
13state or country to permit any legal wagering entity in another
14state or country to accept wagers solely within such other
15state or country on races conducted by the organization
16licensee in this State. Beginning January 1, 2000, these wagers
17shall not be subject to State taxation. Until January 1, 2000,
18when the out-of-State entity conducts a pari-mutuel pool
19separate from the organization licensee, a privilege tax equal
20to 7 1/2% of all monies received by the organization licensee
21from entities in other states or countries pursuant to such
22contracts is imposed on the organization licensee, and such
23privilege tax shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue
24within 48 hours of receipt of the moneys from the simulcast.
25When the out-of-State entity conducts a combined pari-mutuel
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1all monies received by the organization licensee with 25% of
2the receipts from this 10% tax to be distributed to the county
3in which the race was conducted.
4    An organization licensee may permit one or more of its
5races to be utilized for pari-mutuel wagering at one or more
6locations in other states and may transmit audio and visual
7signals of races the organization licensee conducts to one or
8more locations outside the State or country and may also permit
9pari-mutuel pools in other states or countries to be combined
10with its gross or net wagering pools or with wagering pools
11established by other states.
12    (g) A host track may accept interstate simulcast wagers on
13horse races conducted in other states or countries and shall
14control the number of signals and types of breeds of racing in
15its simulcast program, subject to the disapproval of the Board.
16The Board may prohibit a simulcast program only if it finds
17that the simulcast program is clearly adverse to the integrity
18of racing. The host track simulcast program shall include the
19signal of live racing of all organization licensees. All
20non-host licensees and advance deposit wagering licensees
21shall carry the signal of and accept wagers on live racing of
22all organization licensees. Advance deposit wagering licensees
23shall not be permitted to accept out-of-state wagers on any
24Illinois signal provided pursuant to this Section without the
25approval and consent of the organization licensee providing the
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1of Public Act 98-968) this amendatory Act of the 98th General
2Assembly, non-host licensees may carry the host track simulcast
3program and shall accept wagers on all races included as part
4of the simulcast program of horse races conducted at race
5tracks located within North America upon which wagering is
6permitted. For a period of one year after August 15, 2014 (the
7effective date of Public Act 98-968) this amendatory Act of the
898th General Assembly, on horse races conducted at race tracks
9located outside of North America, non-host licensees may accept
10wagers on all races included as part of the simulcast program
11upon which wagering is permitted. Beginning August 15, 2015
12(one year after the effective date of Public Act 98-968) this
13amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, non-host licensees
14may carry the host track simulcast program and shall accept
15wagers on all races included as part of the simulcast program
16upon which wagering is permitted. All organization licensees
17shall provide their live signal to all advance deposit wagering
18licensees for a simulcast commission fee not to exceed 6% of
19the advance deposit wagering licensee's Illinois handle on the
20organization licensee's signal without prior approval by the
21Board. The Board may adopt rules under which it may permit
22simulcast commission fees in excess of 6%. The Board shall
23adopt rules limiting the interstate commission fees charged to
24an advance deposit wagering licensee. The Board shall adopt
25rules regarding advance deposit wagering on interstate
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1General Assembly's desire to maximize revenues to the State,
2horsemen purses, and organizational licensees. However,
3organization licensees providing live signals pursuant to the
4requirements of this subsection (g) may petition the Board to
5withhold their live signals from an advance deposit wagering
6licensee if the organization licensee discovers and the Board
7finds reputable or credible information that the advance
8deposit wagering licensee is under investigation by another
9state or federal governmental agency, the advance deposit
10wagering licensee's license has been suspended in another
11state, or the advance deposit wagering licensee's license is in
12revocation proceedings in another state. The organization
13licensee's provision of their live signal to an advance deposit
14wagering licensee under this subsection (g) pertains to wagers
15placed from within Illinois. Advance deposit wagering
16licensees may place advance deposit wagering terminals at
17wagering facilities as a convenience to customers. The advance
18deposit wagering licensee shall not charge or collect any fee
19from purses for the placement of the advance deposit wagering
20terminals. The costs and expenses of the host track and
21non-host licensees associated with interstate simulcast
22wagering, other than the interstate commission fee, shall be
23borne by the host track and all non-host licensees incurring
24these costs. The interstate commission fee shall not exceed 5%
25of Illinois handle on the interstate simulcast race or races
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1rules under which it may permit interstate commission fees in
2excess of 5%. The interstate commission fee and other fees
3charged by the sending racetrack, including, but not limited
4to, satellite decoder fees, shall be uniformly applied to the
5host track and all non-host licensees.
6    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through
7December 31, 2018, an organization licensee, with the consent
8of the horsemen association representing the largest number of
9owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
10horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
11maintain a system whereby advance deposit wagering may take
12place or an organization licensee, with the consent of the
13horsemen association representing the largest number of
14owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred drivers who race
15horses at that organization licensee's racing meeting, may
16contract with another person to carry out a system of advance
17deposit wagering. Such consent may not be unreasonably
18withheld. Only with respect to an appeal to the Board that
19consent for an organization licensee that maintains its own
20advance deposit wagering system is being unreasonably
21withheld, the Board shall issue a final order within 30 days
22after initiation of the appeal, and the organization licensee's
23advance deposit wagering system may remain operational during
24that 30-day period. The actions of any organization licensee
25who conducts advance deposit wagering or any person who has a
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1deposit wagering who conducts advance deposit wagering on or
2after January 1, 2013 and prior to June 7, 2013 (the effective
3date of Public Act 98-18) this amendatory Act of the 98th
4General Assembly taken in reliance on the changes made to this
5subsection (g) by Public Act 98-18 this amendatory Act of the
698th General Assembly are hereby validated, provided payment of
7all applicable pari-mutuel taxes are remitted to the Board. All
8advance deposit wagers placed from within Illinois must be
9placed through a Board-approved advance deposit wagering
10licensee; no other entity may accept an advance deposit wager
11from a person within Illinois. All advance deposit wagering is
12subject to any rules adopted by the Board. The Board may adopt
13rules necessary to regulate advance deposit wagering through
14the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with Section 5-45
15of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General
16Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate advance
17deposit wagering is deemed an emergency and necessary for the
18public interest, safety, and welfare. An advance deposit
19wagering licensee may retain all moneys as agreed to by
20contract with an organization licensee. Any moneys retained by
21the organization licensee from advance deposit wagering, not
22including moneys retained by the advance deposit wagering
23licensee, shall be paid 50% to the organization licensee's
24purse account and 50% to the organization licensee. With the
25exception of any organization licensee that is owned by a
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1than Illinois and advance deposit wagering licensees under
2contract with such organization licensees, organization
3licensees that maintain advance deposit wagering systems and
4advance deposit wagering licensees that contract with
5organization licensees shall provide sufficiently detailed
6monthly accountings to the horsemen association representing
7the largest number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or
8standardbred drivers who race horses at that organization
9licensee's racing meeting so that the horsemen association, as
10an interested party, can confirm the accuracy of the amounts
11paid to the purse account at the horsemen association's
12affiliated organization licensee from advance deposit
13wagering. If more than one breed races at the same race track
14facility, then the 50% of the moneys to be paid to an
15organization licensee's purse account shall be allocated among
16all organization licensees' purse accounts operating at that
17race track facility proportionately based on the actual number
18of host days that the Board grants to that breed at that race
19track facility in the current calendar year. To the extent any
20fees from advance deposit wagering conducted in Illinois for
21wagers in Illinois or other states have been placed in escrow
22or otherwise withheld from wagers pending a determination of
23the legality of advance deposit wagering, no action shall be
24brought to declare such wagers or the disbursement of any fees
25previously escrowed illegal.
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1and an organization licensee signed after the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly must include
3language to split commissions, breakage, and minus pools with a
4maximum of 50% to be retained by the advance deposit wagering
5licensee. Contracts between an advance deposit wagering
6licensee and an organization licensee existing on the effective
7date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly or
8extensions of those contracts are not affected by this
9paragraph.
10        (1) Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. an
11    inter-track intertrack wagering licensee other than the
12    host track may supplement the host track simulcast program
13    with additional simulcast races or race programs, provided
14    that between January 1 and the third Friday in February of
15    any year, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
16    occurring in Illinois during this period, only
17    thoroughbred races may be used for supplemental interstate
18    simulcast purposes. The Board shall withhold approval for a
19    supplemental interstate simulcast only if it finds that the
20    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing. A
21    supplemental interstate simulcast may be transmitted from
22    an inter-track intertrack wagering licensee to its
23    affiliated non-host licensees. The interstate commission
24    fee for a supplemental interstate simulcast shall be paid
25    by the non-host licensee and its affiliated non-host
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1        (2) Between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. an
2    inter-track intertrack wagering licensee other than the
3    host track may receive supplemental interstate simulcasts
4    only with the consent of the host track, except when the
5    Board finds that the simulcast is clearly adverse to the
6    integrity of racing. Consent granted under this paragraph
7    (2) to any inter-track intertrack wagering licensee shall
8    be deemed consent to all non-host licensees. The interstate
9    commission fee for the supplemental interstate simulcast
10    shall be paid by all participating non-host licensees.
11        (3) Each licensee conducting interstate simulcast
12    wagering may retain, subject to the payment of all
13    applicable taxes and the purses, an amount not to exceed
14    17% of all money wagered. If any licensee conducts the
15    pari-mutuel system wagering on races conducted at
16    racetracks in another state or country, each such race or
17    race program shall be considered a separate racing day for
18    the purpose of determining the daily handle and computing
19    the privilege tax of that daily handle as provided in
20    subsection (a) of Section 27. Until January 1, 2000, from
21    the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to this
22    subsection, each inter-track intertrack wagering location
23    licensee shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on
24    simulcast wagering to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund,
25    subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph
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1        (4) A licensee who receives an interstate simulcast may
2    combine its gross or net pools with pools at the sending
3    racetracks pursuant to rules established by the Board. All
4    licensees combining their gross pools at a sending
5    racetrack shall adopt the take-out percentages of the
6    sending racetrack. A licensee may also establish a separate
7    pool and takeout structure for wagering purposes on races
8    conducted at race tracks outside of the State of Illinois.
9    The licensee may permit pari-mutuel wagers placed in other
10    states or countries to be combined with its gross or net
11    wagering pools or other wagering pools.
12        (5) After the payment of the interstate commission fee
13    (except for the interstate commission fee on a supplemental
14    interstate simulcast, which shall be paid by the host track
15    and by each non-host licensee through the host-track) and
16    all applicable State and local taxes, except as provided in
17    subsection (g) of Section 27 of this Act, the remainder of
18    moneys retained from simulcast wagering pursuant to this
19    subsection (g), and Section 26.2 shall be divided as
20    follows:
21            (A) For interstate simulcast wagers made at a host
22        track, 50% to the host track and 50% to purses at the
23        host track.
24            (B) For wagers placed on interstate simulcast
25        races, supplemental simulcasts as defined in
26        subparagraphs (1) and (2), and separately pooled races

 

 

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1        conducted outside of the State of Illinois made at a
2        non-host licensee, 25% to the host track, 25% to the
3        non-host licensee, and 50% to the purses at the host
4        track.
5        (6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
6    contrary, non-host licensees who derive their licenses
7    from a track located in a county with a population in
8    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
9    may receive supplemental interstate simulcast races at all
10    times subject to Board approval, which shall be withheld
11    only upon a finding that a supplemental interstate
12    simulcast is clearly adverse to the integrity of racing.
13        (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
14    contrary, after payment of all applicable State and local
15    taxes and interstate commission fees, non-host licensees
16    who derive their licenses from a track located in a county
17    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
18    Mississippi River shall retain 50% of the retention from
19    interstate simulcast wagers and shall pay 50% to purses at
20    the track from which the non-host licensee derives its
21    license as follows:
22            (A) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
23        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
24        occurring in Illinois during this period, when the
25        interstate simulcast is a standardbred race, the purse
26        share to its standardbred purse account;

 

 

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1            (B) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
2        February, inclusive, if no live thoroughbred racing is
3        occurring in Illinois during this period, and the
4        interstate simulcast is a thoroughbred race, the purse
5        share to its interstate simulcast purse pool to be
6        distributed under paragraph (10) of this subsection
7        (g);
8            (C) Between January 1 and the third Friday in
9        February, inclusive, if live thoroughbred racing is
10        occurring in Illinois, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
11        the purse share from wagers made during this time
12        period to its thoroughbred purse account and between
13        6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. the purse share from wagers
14        made during this time period to its standardbred purse
15        accounts;
16            (D) Between the third Saturday in February and
17        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
18        between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., the purse
19        share to its thoroughbred purse account;
20            (E) Between the third Saturday in February and
21        December 31, when the interstate simulcast occurs
22        between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the purse
23        share to its standardbred purse account.
24        (7.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
25    to the contrary, if no standardbred racing is conducted at
26    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar

 

 

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1    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
2    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
3    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
4    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30
5    a.m. during that calendar year shall be paid as follows:
6            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
7        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
8        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
9        80% shall be paid to its thoroughbred purse account;
10        and
11            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
12        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund and shall
13        be paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
14        conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county
15        fairgrounds. The moneys deposited into the Fund
16        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited
17        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
18        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
19        paid to standardbred purses under this Act, and shall
20        not be commingled with other moneys paid into that
21        Fund. The moneys deposited pursuant to this
22        subparagraph (B) shall be allocated as provided by the
23        Department of Agriculture, with the advice and
24        assistance of the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund
25        Advisory Board.
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1    to the contrary, if no thoroughbred racing is conducted at
2    a racetrack located in Madison County during any calendar
3    year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, all moneys
4    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
5    inter-track wagering that (1) are to be used for purses and
6    (2) are generated between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30
7    p.m. during that calendar year shall be deposited as
8    follows:
9            (A) If the licensee that conducts horse racing at
10        that racetrack requests from the Board at least as many
11        racing dates as were conducted in calendar year 2000,
12        80% shall be deposited into its standardbred purse
13        account; and
14            (B) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the
15        Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund. Moneys
16        deposited into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
17        Distribution Fund pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
18        shall be paid to Illinois conceived and foaled
19        thoroughbred breeders' programs and to thoroughbred
20        purses for races conducted at any county fairgrounds
21        for Illinois conceived and foaled horses at the
22        discretion of the Department of Agriculture, with the
23        advice and assistance of the Illinois Thoroughbred
24        Breeders Fund Advisory Board. The moneys deposited
25        into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse Distribution Fund
26        pursuant to this subparagraph (B) shall be deposited

 

 

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1        within 2 weeks after the day they were generated, shall
2        be in addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys
3        paid to thoroughbred purses under this Act, and shall
4        not be commingled with other moneys deposited into that
5        Fund.
6        (7.3) If no live standardbred racing is conducted at a
7    racetrack located in Madison County in calendar year 2000
8    or 2001, an organization licensee who is licensed to
9    conduct horse racing at that racetrack shall, before
10    January 1, 2002, pay all moneys derived from simulcast
11    wagering and inter-track wagering in calendar years 2000
12    and 2001 and paid into the licensee's standardbred purse
13    account as follows:
14            (A) Eighty percent to that licensee's thoroughbred
15        purse account to be used for thoroughbred purses; and
16            (B) Twenty percent to the Illinois Colt Stakes
17        Purse Distribution Fund.
18        Failure to make the payment to the Illinois Colt Stakes
19    Purse Distribution Fund before January 1, 2002 shall result
20    in the immediate revocation of the licensee's organization
21    license, inter-track wagering license, and inter-track
22    wagering location license.
23        Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes Purse
24    Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3) shall be
25    paid to purses for standardbred races for Illinois
26    conceived and foaled horses conducted at any county

 

 

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1    fairgrounds. Moneys paid into the Illinois Colt Stakes
2    Purse Distribution Fund pursuant to this paragraph (7.3)
3    shall be used as determined by the Department of
4    Agriculture, with the advice and assistance of the Illinois
5    Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board, shall be in
6    addition to and not in lieu of any other moneys paid to
7    standardbred purses under this Act, and shall not be
8    commingled with any other moneys paid into that Fund.
9        (7.4) If live standardbred racing is conducted at a
10    racetrack located in Madison County at any time in calendar
11    year 2001 before the payment required under paragraph (7.3)
12    has been made, the organization licensee who is licensed to
13    conduct racing at that racetrack shall pay all moneys
14    derived by that racetrack from simulcast wagering and
15    inter-track wagering during calendar years 2000 and 2001
16    that (1) are to be used for purses and (2) are generated
17    between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. during 2000 or
18    2001 to the standardbred purse account at that racetrack to
19    be used for standardbred purses.
20        (8) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the
21    contrary, an organization licensee from a track located in
22    a county with a population in excess of 230,000 and that
23    borders the Mississippi River and its affiliated non-host
24    licensees shall not be entitled to share in any retention
25    generated on racing, inter-track wagering, or simulcast
26    wagering at any other Illinois wagering facility.

 

 

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1        (8.1) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
2    contrary, if 2 organization licensees are conducting
3    standardbred race meetings concurrently between the hours
4    of 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., after payment of all applicable
5    State and local taxes and interstate commission fees, the
6    remainder of the amount retained from simulcast wagering
7    otherwise attributable to the host track and to host track
8    purses shall be split daily between the 2 organization
9    licensees and the purses at the tracks of the 2
10    organization licensees, respectively, based on each
11    organization licensee's share of the total live handle for
12    that day, provided that this provision shall not apply to
13    any non-host licensee that derives its license from a track
14    located in a county with a population in excess of 230,000
15    and that borders the Mississippi River.
16        (9) (Blank).
17        (10) (Blank).
18        (11) (Blank).
19        (12) The Board shall have authority to compel all host
20    tracks to receive the simulcast of any or all races
21    conducted at the Springfield or DuQuoin State fairgrounds
22    and include all such races as part of their simulcast
23    programs.
24        (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
25    in the event that the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
26    Illinois horse races at all wagering facilities in any

 

 

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1    calendar year is less than 75% of the total Illinois
2    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races at all such
3    wagering facilities for calendar year 1994, then each
4    wagering facility that has an annual total Illinois
5    pari-mutuel handle on Illinois horse races that is less
6    than 75% of the total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
7    Illinois horse races at such wagering facility for calendar
8    year 1994, shall be permitted to receive, from any amount
9    otherwise payable to the purse account at the race track
10    with which the wagering facility is affiliated in the
11    succeeding calendar year, an amount equal to 2% of the
12    differential in total Illinois pari-mutuel handle on
13    Illinois horse races at the wagering facility between that
14    calendar year in question and 1994 provided, however, that
15    a wagering facility shall not be entitled to any such
16    payment until the Board certifies in writing to the
17    wagering facility the amount to which the wagering facility
18    is entitled and a schedule for payment of the amount to the
19    wagering facility, based on: (i) the racing dates awarded
20    to the race track affiliated with the wagering facility
21    during the succeeding year; (ii) the sums available or
22    anticipated to be available in the purse account of the
23    race track affiliated with the wagering facility for purses
24    during the succeeding year; and (iii) the need to ensure
25    reasonable purse levels during the payment period. The
26    Board's certification shall be provided no later than

 

 

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1    January 31 of the succeeding year. In the event a wagering
2    facility entitled to a payment under this paragraph (13) is
3    affiliated with a race track that maintains purse accounts
4    for both standardbred and thoroughbred racing, the amount
5    to be paid to the wagering facility shall be divided
6    between each purse account pro rata, based on the amount of
7    Illinois handle on Illinois standardbred and thoroughbred
8    racing respectively at the wagering facility during the
9    previous calendar year. Annually, the General Assembly
10    shall appropriate sufficient funds from the General
11    Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for payment
12    into the thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing purse
13    accounts at Illinois pari-mutuel tracks. The amount paid to
14    each purse account shall be the amount certified by the
15    Illinois Racing Board in January to be transferred from
16    each account to each eligible racing facility in accordance
17    with the provisions of this Section.
18    (h) The Board may approve and license the conduct of
19inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
20wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees
21subject to the following terms and conditions:
22        (1) Any person licensed to conduct a race meeting (i)
23    at a track where 60 or more days of racing were conducted
24    during the immediately preceding calendar year or where
25    over the 5 immediately preceding calendar years an average
26    of 30 or more days of racing were conducted annually may be

 

 

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1    issued an inter-track wagering license; (ii) at a track
2    located in a county that is bounded by the Mississippi
3    River, which has a population of less than 150,000
4    according to the 1990 decennial census, and an average of
5    at least 60 days of racing per year between 1985 and 1993
6    may be issued an inter-track wagering license; or (iii) at
7    a track located in Madison County that conducted at least
8    100 days of live racing during the immediately preceding
9    calendar year may be issued an inter-track wagering
10    license, unless a lesser schedule of live racing is the
11    result of (A) weather, unsafe track conditions, or other
12    acts of God; (B) an agreement between the organization
13    licensee and the associations representing the largest
14    number of owners, trainers, jockeys, or standardbred
15    drivers who race horses at that organization licensee's
16    racing meeting; or (C) a finding by the Board of
17    extraordinary circumstances and that it was in the best
18    interest of the public and the sport to conduct fewer than
19    100 days of live racing. Any such person having operating
20    control of the racing facility may receive inter-track
21    wagering location licenses. An eligible race track located
22    in a county that has a population of more than 230,000 and
23    that is bounded by the Mississippi River may establish up
24    to 9 inter-track wagering locations, and an eligible race
25    track located in Stickney Township in Cook County may
26    establish up to 16 inter-track wagering locations, and an

 

 

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1    eligible race track located in Palatine Township in Cook
2    County may establish up to 18 inter-track wagering
3    locations. An application for said license shall be filed
4    with the Board prior to such dates as may be fixed by the
5    Board. With an application for an inter-track wagering
6    location license there shall be delivered to the Board a
7    certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the
8    Board for an amount equal to $500. The application shall be
9    on forms prescribed and furnished by the Board. The
10    application shall comply with all other rules, regulations
11    and conditions imposed by the Board in connection
12    therewith.
13        (2) The Board shall examine the applications with
14    respect to their conformity with this Act and the rules and
15    regulations imposed by the Board. If found to be in
16    compliance with the Act and rules and regulations of the
17    Board, the Board may then issue a license to conduct
18    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering to such
19    applicant. All such applications shall be acted upon by the
20    Board at a meeting to be held on such date as may be fixed
21    by the Board.
22        (3) In granting licenses to conduct inter-track
23    wagering and simulcast wagering, the Board shall give due
24    consideration to the best interests of the public, of horse
25    racing, and of maximizing revenue to the State.
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1    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering, the applicant
2    shall file with the Board a bond payable to the State of
3    Illinois in the sum of $50,000, executed by the applicant
4    and a surety company or companies authorized to do business
5    in this State, and conditioned upon (i) the payment by the
6    licensee of all taxes due under Section 27 or 27.1 and any
7    other monies due and payable under this Act, and (ii)
8    distribution by the licensee, upon presentation of the
9    winning ticket or tickets, of all sums payable to the
10    patrons of pari-mutuel pools.
11        (5) Each license to conduct inter-track wagering and
12    simulcast wagering shall specify the person to whom it is
13    issued, the dates on which such wagering is permitted, and
14    the track or location where the wagering is to be
15    conducted.
16        (6) All wagering under such license is subject to this
17    Act and to the rules and regulations from time to time
18    prescribed by the Board, and every such license issued by
19    the Board shall contain a recital to that effect.
20        (7) An inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
21    wagering location licensee may accept wagers at the track
22    or location where it is licensed, or as otherwise provided
23    under this Act.
24        (8) Inter-track wagering or simulcast wagering shall
25    not be conducted at any track less than 5 miles from a
26    track at which a racing meeting is in progress.

 

 

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1        (8.1) Inter-track wagering location licensees who
2    derive their licenses from a particular organization
3    licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast
4    wagering only at locations that are within 160 miles of
5    that race track where the particular organization licensee
6    is licensed to conduct racing. However, inter-track
7    wagering and simulcast wagering shall not be conducted by
8    those licensees at any location within 5 miles of any race
9    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
10    the current year, unless the person having operating
11    control of such race track has given its written consent to
12    such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
13    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
14    time application is made. In the case of any inter-track
15    wagering location licensee initially licensed after
16    December 31, 2013, inter-track wagering and simulcast
17    wagering shall not be conducted by those inter-track
18    wagering location licensees that are located outside the
19    City of Chicago at any location within 8 miles of any race
20    track at which a horse race meeting has been licensed in
21    the current year, unless the person having operating
22    control of such race track has given its written consent to
23    such inter-track wagering location licensees, which
24    consent must be filed with the Board at or prior to the
25    time application is made.
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1    not be conducted by an inter-track wagering location
2    licensee at any location within 500 feet of an existing
3    church or existing school, nor within 500 feet of the
4    residences of more than 50 registered voters without
5    receiving written permission from a majority of the
6    registered voters at such residences. Such written
7    permission statements shall be filed with the Board. The
8    distance of 500 feet shall be measured to the nearest part
9    of any building used for worship services, education
10    programs, residential purposes, or conducting inter-track
11    wagering by an inter-track wagering location licensee, and
12    not to property boundaries. However, inter-track wagering
13    or simulcast wagering may be conducted at a site within 500
14    feet of a church, school or residences of 50 or more
15    registered voters if such church, school or residences have
16    been erected or established, or such voters have been
17    registered, after the Board issues the original
18    inter-track wagering location license at the site in
19    question. Inter-track wagering location licensees may
20    conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only
21    in areas that are zoned for commercial or manufacturing
22    purposes or in areas for which a special use has been
23    approved by the local zoning authority. However, no license
24    to conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
25    shall be granted by the Board with respect to any
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1    any local zoning authority which has, by ordinance or by
2    resolution, prohibited the establishment of an inter-track
3    wagering location within its jurisdiction. However,
4    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering may be
5    conducted at a site if such ordinance or resolution is
6    enacted after the Board licenses the original inter-track
7    wagering location licensee for the site in question.
8        (9) (Blank).
9        (10) An inter-track wagering licensee or an
10    inter-track wagering location licensee may retain, subject
11    to the payment of the privilege taxes and the purses, an
12    amount not to exceed 17% of all money wagered. Each program
13    of racing conducted by each inter-track wagering licensee
14    or inter-track wagering location licensee shall be
15    considered a separate racing day for the purpose of
16    determining the daily handle and computing the privilege
17    tax or pari-mutuel tax on such daily handle as provided in
18    Section 27.
19        (10.1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section
20    27 of this Act, inter-track wagering location licensees
21    shall pay 1% of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to
22    the municipality in which such location is situated and 1%
23    of the pari-mutuel handle at each location to the county in
24    which such location is situated. In the event that an
25    inter-track wagering location licensee is situated in an
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1    of the pari-mutuel handle from such location to such
2    county.
3        (10.2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
4    Act, with respect to inter-track intertrack wagering at a
5    race track located in a county that has a population of
6    more than 230,000 and that is bounded by the Mississippi
7    River ("the first race track"), or at a facility operated
8    by an inter-track wagering licensee or inter-track
9    wagering location licensee that derives its license from
10    the organization licensee that operates the first race
11    track, on races conducted at the first race track or on
12    races conducted at another Illinois race track and
13    simultaneously televised to the first race track or to a
14    facility operated by an inter-track wagering licensee or
15    inter-track wagering location licensee that derives its
16    license from the organization licensee that operates the
17    first race track, those moneys shall be allocated as
18    follows:
19            (A) That portion of all moneys wagered on
20        standardbred racing that is required under this Act to
21        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
22        standardbred races.
23            (B) That portion of all moneys wagered on
24        thoroughbred racing that is required under this Act to
25        be paid to purses shall be paid to purses for
26        thoroughbred races.

 

 

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1        (11) (A) After payment of the privilege or pari-mutuel
2    tax, any other applicable taxes, and the costs and expenses
3    in connection with the gathering, transmission, and
4    dissemination of all data necessary to the conduct of
5    inter-track wagering, the remainder of the monies retained
6    under either Section 26 or Section 26.2 of this Act by the
7    inter-track wagering licensee on inter-track wagering
8    shall be allocated with 50% to be split between the 2
9    participating licensees and 50% to purses, except that an
10    inter-track intertrack wagering licensee that derives its
11    license from a track located in a county with a population
12    in excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
13    shall not divide any remaining retention with the Illinois
14    organization licensee that provides the race or races, and
15    an inter-track intertrack wagering licensee that accepts
16    wagers on races conducted by an organization licensee that
17    conducts a race meet in a county with a population in
18    excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
19    shall not divide any remaining retention with that
20    organization licensee.
21        (B) From the sums permitted to be retained pursuant to
22    this Act each inter-track wagering location licensee shall
23    pay (i) the privilege or pari-mutuel tax to the State; (ii)
24    4.75% of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track intertrack
25    wagering at such location on races as purses, except that
26    an inter-track intertrack wagering location licensee that

 

 

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1    derives its license from a track located in a county with a
2    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
3    Mississippi River shall retain all purse moneys for its own
4    purse account consistent with distribution set forth in
5    this subsection (h), and inter-track intertrack wagering
6    location licensees that accept wagers on races conducted by
7    an organization licensee located in a county with a
8    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
9    Mississippi River shall distribute all purse moneys to
10    purses at the operating host track; (iii) until January 1,
11    2000, except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 27 of
12    this Act, 1% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered on
13    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering at each
14    inter-track wagering location licensee facility to the
15    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund, provided that, to the
16    extent the total amount collected and distributed to the
17    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund under this subsection (h)
18    during any calendar year exceeds the amount collected and
19    distributed to the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund during
20    calendar year 1994, that excess amount shall be
21    redistributed (I) to all inter-track wagering location
22    licensees, based on each licensee's pro-rata share of the
23    total handle from inter-track wagering and simulcast
24    wagering for all inter-track wagering location licensees
25    during the calendar year in which this provision is
26    applicable; then (II) the amounts redistributed to each

 

 

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1    inter-track wagering location licensee as described in
2    subpart (I) shall be further redistributed as provided in
3    subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this
4    Section 26 provided first, that the shares of those
5    amounts, which are to be redistributed to the host track or
6    to purses at the host track under subparagraph (B) of
7    paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of this Section 26 shall be
8    redistributed based on each host track's pro rata share of
9    the total inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering
10    handle at all host tracks during the calendar year in
11    question, and second, that any amounts redistributed as
12    described in part (I) to an inter-track wagering location
13    licensee that accepts wagers on races conducted by an
14    organization licensee that conducts a race meet in a county
15    with a population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
16    Mississippi River shall be further redistributed as
17    provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (7) of
18    subsection (g) of this Section 26, with the portion of that
19    further redistribution allocated to purses at that
20    organization licensee to be divided between standardbred
21    purses and thoroughbred purses based on the amounts
22    otherwise allocated to purses at that organization
23    licensee during the calendar year in question; and (iv) 8%
24    of the pari-mutuel handle on inter-track wagering wagered
25    at such location to satisfy all costs and expenses of
26    conducting its wagering. The remainder of the monies

 

 

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1    retained by the inter-track wagering location licensee
2    shall be allocated 40% to the location licensee and 60% to
3    the organization licensee which provides the Illinois
4    races to the location, except that an inter-track
5    intertrack wagering location licensee that derives its
6    license from a track located in a county with a population
7    in excess of 230,000 and that borders the Mississippi River
8    shall not divide any remaining retention with the
9    organization licensee that provides the race or races and
10    an inter-track intertrack wagering location licensee that
11    accepts wagers on races conducted by an organization
12    licensee that conducts a race meet in a county with a
13    population in excess of 230,000 and that borders the
14    Mississippi River shall not divide any remaining retention
15    with the organization licensee. Notwithstanding the
16    provisions of clauses (ii) and (iv) of this paragraph, in
17    the case of the additional inter-track wagering location
18    licenses authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection
19    (h) by Public Act 87-110 this amendatory Act of 1991, those
20    licensees shall pay the following amounts as purses: during
21    the first 12 months the licensee is in operation, 5.25% of
22    the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location on races;
23    during the second 12 months, 5.25%; during the third 12
24    months, 5.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 6.25%; and
25    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. The
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1    satisfy all costs and expenses of conducting its wagering:
2    during the first 12 months the licensee is in operation,
3    8.25% of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location;
4    during the second 12 months, 8.25%; during the third 12
5    months, 7.75%; during the fourth 12 months, 7.25%; and
6    during the fifth 12 months and thereafter, 6.75%. For
7    additional inter-track intertrack wagering location
8    licensees authorized under Public Act 89-16 this
9    amendatory Act of 1995, purses for the first 12 months the
10    licensee is in operation shall be 5.75% of the pari-mutuel
11    wagered at the location, purses for the second 12 months
12    the licensee is in operation shall be 6.25%, and purses
13    thereafter shall be 6.75%. For additional inter-track
14    intertrack location licensees authorized under Public Act
15    89-16 this amendatory Act of 1995, the licensee shall be
16    allowed to retain to satisfy all costs and expenses: 7.75%
17    of the pari-mutuel handle wagered at the location during
18    its first 12 months of operation, 7.25% during its second
19    12 months of operation, and 6.75% thereafter.
20        (C) There is hereby created the Horse Racing Tax
21    Allocation Fund which shall remain in existence until
22    December 31, 1999. Moneys remaining in the Fund after
23    December 31, 1999 shall be paid into the General Revenue
24    Fund. Until January 1, 2000, all monies paid into the Horse
25    Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph (11)
26    by inter-track wagering location licensees located in park

 

 

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1    districts of 500,000 population or less, or in a
2    municipality that is not included within any park district
3    but is included within a conservation district and is the
4    county seat of a county that (i) is contiguous to the state
5    of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990 population of 88,257
6    according to the United States Bureau of the Census, and
7    operating on May 1, 1994 shall be allocated by
8    appropriation as follows:
9            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
10        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
11        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
12        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
13        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee
14        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
15        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
16        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
17        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
18        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
19        representatives of organization licensees conducting
20        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
21        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
22        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
23        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
24        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
25        Association, recommended by that Association; a
26        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and

 

 

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1        Protective Association or any successor organization
2        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
3        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
4        that Association or that successor organization; and a
5        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
6        Association, recommended by that Association.
7        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
8        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
9        representative of any of the above-named entities has
10        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
11        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
12        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
13        compensation for their services as members but shall be
14        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
15        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
16        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
17        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
18        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
19        Agricultural Fair Act;
20            Four-sevenths to park districts or municipalities
21        that do not have a park district of 500,000 population
22        or less for museum purposes (if an inter-track wagering
23        location licensee is located in such a park district)
24        or to conservation districts for museum purposes (if an
25        inter-track wagering location licensee is located in a
26        municipality that is not included within any park

 

 

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1        district but is included within a conservation
2        district and is the county seat of a county that (i) is
3        contiguous to the state of Indiana and (ii) has a 1990
4        population of 88,257 according to the United States
5        Bureau of the Census, except that if the conservation
6        district does not maintain a museum, the monies shall
7        be allocated equally between the county and the
8        municipality in which the inter-track wagering
9        location licensee is located for general purposes) or
10        to a municipal recreation board for park purposes (if
11        an inter-track wagering location licensee is located
12        in a municipality that is not included within any park
13        district and park maintenance is the function of the
14        municipal recreation board and the municipality has a
15        1990 population of 9,302 according to the United States
16        Bureau of the Census); provided that the monies are
17        distributed to each park district or conservation
18        district or municipality that does not have a park
19        district in an amount equal to four-sevenths of the
20        amount collected by each inter-track wagering location
21        licensee within the park district or conservation
22        district or municipality for the Fund. Monies that were
23        paid into the Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund before
24        August 9, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act
25        87-110) this amendatory Act of 1991 by an inter-track
26        wagering location licensee located in a municipality

 

 

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1        that is not included within any park district but is
2        included within a conservation district as provided in
3        this paragraph shall, as soon as practicable after
4        August 9, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act
5        87-110) this amendatory Act of 1991, be allocated and
6        paid to that conservation district as provided in this
7        paragraph. Any park district or municipality not
8        maintaining a museum may deposit the monies in the
9        corporate fund of the park district or municipality
10        where the inter-track wagering location is located, to
11        be used for general purposes; and
12            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
13        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
14        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
15        relation to additional support and finances for the
16        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
17        the several counties of this State and making an
18        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967.
19        Until January 1, 2000, all other monies paid into the
20    Horse Racing Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to this paragraph
21    (11) shall be allocated by appropriation as follows:
22            Two-sevenths to the Department of Agriculture.
23        Fifty percent of this two-sevenths shall be used to
24        promote the Illinois horse racing and breeding
25        industry, and shall be distributed by the Department of
26        Agriculture upon the advice of a 9-member committee

 

 

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1        appointed by the Governor consisting of the following
2        members: the Director of Agriculture, who shall serve
3        as chairman; 2 representatives of organization
4        licensees conducting thoroughbred race meetings in
5        this State, recommended by those licensees; 2
6        representatives of organization licensees conducting
7        standardbred race meetings in this State, recommended
8        by those licensees; a representative of the Illinois
9        Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation,
10        recommended by that Foundation; a representative of
11        the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders
12        Association, recommended by that Association; a
13        representative of the Horsemen's Benevolent and
14        Protective Association or any successor organization
15        thereto established in Illinois comprised of the
16        largest number of owners and trainers, recommended by
17        that Association or that successor organization; and a
18        representative of the Illinois Harness Horsemen's
19        Association, recommended by that Association.
20        Committee members shall serve for terms of 2 years,
21        commencing January 1 of each even-numbered year. If a
22        representative of any of the above-named entities has
23        not been recommended by January 1 of any even-numbered
24        year, the Governor shall appoint a committee member to
25        fill that position. Committee members shall receive no
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1        reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and
2        disbursements incurred in the performance of their
3        official duties. The remaining 50% of this
4        two-sevenths shall be distributed to county fairs for
5        premiums and rehabilitation as set forth in the
6        Agricultural Fair Act;
7            Four-sevenths to museums and aquariums located in
8        park districts of over 500,000 population; provided
9        that the monies are distributed in accordance with the
10        previous year's distribution of the maintenance tax
11        for such museums and aquariums as provided in Section 2
12        of the Park District Aquarium and Museum Act; and
13            One-seventh to the Agricultural Premium Fund to be
14        used for distribution to agricultural home economics
15        extension councils in accordance with "An Act in
16        relation to additional support and finances for the
17        Agricultural and Home Economic Extension Councils in
18        the several counties of this State and making an
19        appropriation therefor", approved July 24, 1967. This
20        subparagraph (C) shall be inoperative and of no force
21        and effect on and after January 1, 2000.
22            (D) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of this
23        subsection (h), with respect to purse allocation from
24        inter-track intertrack wagering, the monies so
25        retained shall be divided as follows:
26                (i) If the inter-track wagering licensee,

 

 

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1            except an inter-track intertrack wagering licensee
2            that derives its license from an organization
3            licensee located in a county with a population in
4            excess of 230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi
5            River, is not conducting its own race meeting
6            during the same dates, then the entire purse
7            allocation shall be to purses at the track where
8            the races wagered on are being conducted.
9                (ii) If the inter-track wagering licensee,
10            except an inter-track intertrack wagering licensee
11            that derives its license from an organization
12            licensee located in a county with a population in
13            excess of 230,000 and bounded by the Mississippi
14            River, is also conducting its own race meeting
15            during the same dates, then the purse allocation
16            shall be as follows: 50% to purses at the track
17            where the races wagered on are being conducted; 50%
18            to purses at the track where the inter-track
19            wagering licensee is accepting such wagers.
20                (iii) If the inter-track wagering is being
21            conducted by an inter-track wagering location
22            licensee, except an inter-track intertrack
23            wagering location licensee that derives its
24            license from an organization licensee located in a
25            county with a population in excess of 230,000 and
26            bounded by the Mississippi River, the entire purse

 

 

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1            allocation for Illinois races shall be to purses at
2            the track where the race meeting being wagered on
3            is being held.
4        (12) The Board shall have all powers necessary and
5    proper to fully supervise and control the conduct of
6    inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering by inter-track
7    wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location
8    licensees, including, but not limited to the following:
9            (A) The Board is vested with power to promulgate
10        reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of
11        administering the conduct of this wagering and to
12        prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and conditions
13        under which such wagering shall be held and conducted.
14        Such rules and regulations are to provide for the
15        prevention of practices detrimental to the public
16        interest and for the best interests of said wagering
17        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
18            (B) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
19        delegates this power, is vested with the power to enter
20        the facilities of any licensee to determine whether
21        there has been compliance with the provisions of this
22        Act and the rules and regulations relating to the
23        conduct of such wagering.
24            (C) The Board, and any person or persons to whom it
25        delegates this power, may eject or exclude from any
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1        reputation is such that his presence on such premises
2        may, in the opinion of the Board, call into the
3        question the honesty and integrity of, or interfere
4        with the orderly conduct of such wagering; provided,
5        however, that no person shall be excluded or ejected
6        from such premises solely on the grounds of race,
7        color, creed, national origin, ancestry, or sex.
8            (D) (Blank).
9            (E) The Board is vested with the power to appoint
10        delegates to execute any of the powers granted to it
11        under this Section for the purpose of administering
12        this wagering and any rules and regulations
13        promulgated in accordance with this Act.
14            (F) The Board shall name and appoint a State
15        director of this wagering who shall be a representative
16        of the Board and whose duty it shall be to supervise
17        the conduct of inter-track wagering as may be provided
18        for by the rules and regulations of the Board; such
19        rules and regulation shall specify the method of
20        appointment and the Director's powers, authority and
21        duties.
22            (G) The Board is vested with the power to impose
23        civil penalties of up to $5,000 against individuals and
24        up to $10,000 against licensees for each violation of
25        any provision of this Act relating to the conduct of
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1        order of the Board or any other action which in the
2        Board's discretion, is a detriment or impediment to
3        such wagering.
4        (13) The Department of Agriculture may enter into
5    agreements with licensees authorizing such licensees to
6    conduct inter-track wagering on races to be held at the
7    licensed race meetings conducted by the Department of
8    Agriculture. Such agreement shall specify the races of the
9    Department of Agriculture's licensed race meeting upon
10    which the licensees will conduct wagering. In the event
11    that a licensee conducts inter-track pari-mutuel wagering
12    on races from the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair
13    which are in addition to the licensee's previously approved
14    racing program, those races shall be considered a separate
15    racing day for the purpose of determining the daily handle
16    and computing the privilege or pari-mutuel tax on that
17    daily handle as provided in Sections 27 and 27.1. Such
18    agreements shall be approved by the Board before such
19    wagering may be conducted. In determining whether to grant
20    approval, the Board shall give due consideration to the
21    best interests of the public and of horse racing. The
22    provisions of paragraphs (1), (8), (8.1), and (8.2) of
23    subsection (h) of this Section which are not specified in
24    this paragraph (13) shall not apply to licensed race
25    meetings conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the
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1    Fair in Perry County, or to any wagering conducted on those
2    race meetings.
3        (14) An inter-track wagering location license
4    authorized by the Board in 2016 that is owned and operated
5    by a race track in Rock Island County shall be transferred
6    to a commonly owned race track in Cook County on August 12,
7    2016 (the effective date of Public Act 99-757) this
8    amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. The licensee
9    shall retain its status in relation to purse distribution
10    under paragraph (11) of this subsection (h) following the
11    transfer to the new entity. The pari-mutuel tax credit
12    under Section 32.1 shall not be applied toward any
13    pari-mutuel tax obligation of the inter-track wagering
14    location licensee of the license that is transferred under
15    this paragraph (14).
16    (i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, the
17conduct of wagering at wagering facilities is authorized on all
18days, except as limited by subsection (b) of Section 19 of this
19Act.
20(Source: P.A. 98-18, eff. 6-7-13; 98-624, eff. 1-29-14; 98-968,
21eff. 8-15-14; 99-756, eff. 8-12-16; 99-757, eff. 8-12-16;
22revised 9-14-16.)
 
23    Section 910. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
24changing Section 10-17.15 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (305 ILCS 5/10-17.15)
2    Sec. 10-17.15. Certification of information to State
3gaming licensees.
4    (a) For purposes of this Section, "State gaming licensee"
5means, as applicable, an organization licensee or advance
6deposit wagering licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse
7Racing Act of 1975, an owners licensee licensed under the
8Riverboat Gambling Act, or a licensee that operates, under any
9law of this State, one or more facilities or gaming locations
10at which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided
11in the Riverboat Gambling Act, or a fantasy sports contest
12operator licensed under the Fantasy Sports Contest Act.
13    (b) The Department may provide, by rule, for certification
14to any State gaming licensee of past due child support owed by
15a responsible relative under a support order entered by a court
16or administrative body of this or any other State on behalf of
17a resident or non-resident receiving child support services
18under this Article in accordance with the requirements of Title
19IV-D, Part D, of the Social Security Act. The State gaming
20licensee shall have the ability to withhold from winnings
21required to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service on Form
22W-2G, or, in the case of a fantasy sports contest operator, the
23ability to withhold from individual winnings of $600 or more
24that are subject to reporting to the Internal Revenue Service
25on Form 1099, up to the full amount of winnings necessary to
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1for notice to and an opportunity to be heard by each
2responsible relative affected and any final administrative
3decision rendered by the Department shall be reviewed only
4under and in accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
5    (c) For withholding of winnings, the State gaming licensee
6shall be entitled to an administrative fee not to exceed the
7lesser of 4% of the total amount of cash winnings paid to the
8gambling winner or $150.
9    (d) In no event may the total amount withheld from the cash
10payout, including the administrative fee, exceed the total cash
11winnings claimed by the obligor. If the cash payout claimed is
12greater than the amount sufficient to satisfy the obligor's
13delinquent child support payments, the State gaming licensee
14shall pay the obligor the remaining balance of the payout, less
15the administrative fee authorized by subsection (c) of this
16Section, at the time it is claimed.
17    (e) A State gaming licensee who in good faith complies with
18the requirements of this Section shall not be liable to the
19gaming winner or any other individual or entity.
20(Source: P.A. 98-318, eff. 8-12-13.)
 
21    Section 915. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
22changing Section 28-1 as follows:
 
23    (720 ILCS 5/28-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-1)
24    Sec. 28-1. Gambling.

 

 

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1    (a) A person commits gambling when he or she:
2        (1) knowingly plays a game of chance or skill for money
3    or other thing of value, unless excepted in subsection (b)
4    of this Section;
5        (2) knowingly makes a wager upon the result of any
6    game, contest, or any political nomination, appointment or
7    election;
8        (3) knowingly operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases,
9    exhibits, rents, sells, bargains for the sale or lease of,
10    manufactures or distributes any gambling device;
11        (4) contracts to have or give himself or herself or
12    another the option to buy or sell, or contracts to buy or
13    sell, at a future time, any grain or other commodity
14    whatsoever, or any stock or security of any company, where
15    it is at the time of making such contract intended by both
16    parties thereto that the contract to buy or sell, or the
17    option, whenever exercised, or the contract resulting
18    therefrom, shall be settled, not by the receipt or delivery
19    of such property, but by the payment only of differences in
20    prices thereof; however, the issuance, purchase, sale,
21    exercise, endorsement or guarantee, by or through a person
22    registered with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section
23    8 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, or by or through
24    a person exempt from such registration under said Section
25    8, of a put, call, or other option to buy or sell
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1    State or which are exempt from such registration under
2    Section 3 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is not
3    gambling within the meaning of this paragraph (4);
4        (5) knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument or
5    apparatus by means of which bets or wagers have been, or
6    are, recorded or registered, or knowingly possesses any
7    money which he has received in the course of a bet or
8    wager;
9        (6) knowingly sells pools upon the result of any game
10    or contest of skill or chance, political nomination,
11    appointment or election;
12        (7) knowingly sets up or promotes any lottery or sells,
13    offers to sell or transfers any ticket or share for any
14    lottery;
15        (8) knowingly sets up or promotes any policy game or
16    sells, offers to sell or knowingly possesses or transfers
17    any policy ticket, slip, record, document or other similar
18    device;
19        (9) knowingly drafts, prints or publishes any lottery
20    ticket or share, or any policy ticket, slip, record,
21    document or similar device, except for such activity
22    related to lotteries, bingo games and raffles authorized by
23    and conducted in accordance with the laws of Illinois or
24    any other state or foreign government;
25        (10) knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game,
26    except for such activity related to lotteries, bingo games

 

 

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1    and raffles authorized by and conducted in accordance with
2    the laws of Illinois or any other state;
3        (11) knowingly transmits information as to wagers,
4    betting odds, or changes in betting odds by telephone,
5    telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means; or knowingly
6    installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or
7    receipt of such information; except that nothing in this
8    subdivision (11) prohibits transmission or receipt of such
9    information for use in news reporting of sporting events or
10    contests; or
11        (12) knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an
12    Internet site that permits a person to play a game of
13    chance or skill for money or other thing of value by means
14    of the Internet or to make a wager upon the result of any
15    game, contest, political nomination, appointment, or
16    election by means of the Internet. This item (12) does not
17    apply to activities referenced in items (6) and (6.1) of
18    subsection (b) of this Section. This item (12) does not
19    apply to activities referenced in item (15) subsection (b)
20    of this Section.
21    (b) Participants in any of the following activities shall
22not be convicted of gambling:
23        (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the
24    happening of chance including without limitation contracts
25    of indemnity or guaranty and life or health or accident
26    insurance.

 

 

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1        (2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the
2    actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the
3    determination of skill, speed, strength or endurance or to
4    the owners of animals or vehicles entered in such contest.
5        (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of
6    this State.
7        (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the
8    acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly
9    thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign
10    commerce to any place outside this State when such
11    transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal
12    law; or the manufacture, distribution, or possession of
13    video gaming terminals, as defined in the Video Gaming Act,
14    by manufacturers, distributors, and terminal operators
15    licensed to do so under the Video Gaming Act.
16        (5) The game commonly known as "bingo", when conducted
17    in accordance with the Bingo License and Tax Act.
18        (6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois
19    in accordance with the Illinois Lottery Law. This exemption
20    includes any activity conducted by the Department of
21    Revenue to sell lottery tickets pursuant to the provisions
22    of the Illinois Lottery Law and its rules.
23        (6.1) The purchase of lottery tickets through the
24    Internet for a lottery conducted by the State of Illinois
25    under the program established in Section 7.12 of the
26    Illinois Lottery Law.

 

 

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1        (7) Possession of an antique slot machine that is
2    neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or
3    promotion of any unlawful gambling activity or enterprise.
4    For the purpose of this subparagraph (b)(7), an antique
5    slot machine is one manufactured 25 years ago or earlier.
6        (8) Raffles and poker runs when conducted in accordance
7    with the Raffles and Poker Runs Act.
8        (9) Charitable games when conducted in accordance with
9    the Charitable Games Act.
10        (10) Pull tabs and jar games when conducted under the
11    Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
12        (11) Gambling games conducted on riverboats when
13    authorized by the Riverboat Gambling Act.
14        (12) Video gaming terminal games at a licensed
15    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
16    fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans
17    establishment when conducted in accordance with the Video
18    Gaming Act.
19        (13) Games of skill or chance where money or other
20    things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is
21    required to participate.
22        (14) Savings promotion raffles authorized under
23    Section 5g of the Illinois Banking Act, Section 7008 of the
24    Savings Bank Act, Section 42.7 of the Illinois Credit Union
25    Act, Section 5136B of the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C.
26    25a), or Section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C.

 

 

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1    1463).
2        (15) Fantasy sports contests and participation in
3    fantasy sports contests as defined and offered under the
4    Fantasy Sports Contest Act.
5    (c) Sentence.
6    Gambling is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
7conviction under subsections (a)(3) through (a)(12), is a Class
84 felony.
9    (d) Circumstantial evidence.
10    In prosecutions under this Section circumstantial evidence
11shall have the same validity and weight as in any criminal
12prosecution.
13(Source: P.A. 98-644, eff. 6-10-14; 99-149, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
14    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.".