Full Text of HB5186 93rd General Assembly
HB5186 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB5186
Introduced 02/05/04, by Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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230 ILCS 5/34.2 new |
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230 ILCS 10/13.2 new |
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230 ILCS 10/18 |
from Ch. 120, par. 2418 |
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Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that organization licensees and owners licensees that use a system to track bettors for the purpose of granting rewards to those bettors must transmit a monthly statement to those bettors showing their net winnings or losses for the previous month. Failure of a licensee to transmit a statement is a Class B misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 34.2 as follows: | 6 |
| (230 ILCS 5/34.2 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 34.2. Statement of winnings and losses. Beginning | 8 |
| September 1, 2005, any organization licensee that uses a casino | 9 |
| identification system to track a person's betting record at any | 10 |
| wagering facility operated by the organization licensee must | 11 |
| prepare a statement showing the person's net winnings or losses | 12 |
| at the organization licensee's facilities. The organization | 13 |
| licensee must transmit a copy of the statement to the person, | 14 |
| either by mail or by electronic means, on or before October 5, | 15 |
| 2005 and monthly thereafter. The statement must contain a | 16 |
| spreadsheet document that shows the person's net winnings or | 17 |
| losses at the organization licensee's facility during the | 18 |
| previous month. Failure by an organization licensee to transmit | 19 |
| a statement required under this Section is a Class B | 20 |
| misdemeanor. | 21 |
| For the purposes of this Section 34.2, the term "casino | 22 |
| identification system" means a system to identify certain | 23 |
| bettors at an organization licensee's wagering facilities for | 24 |
| the purpose of granting rewards to those bettors that include, | 25 |
| but are not limited to, discounts, gifts, or anything else of | 26 |
| value. | 27 |
| Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by adding | 28 |
| Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows: | 29 |
| (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new) | 30 |
| Sec. 13.2. Statement of winnings and losses. Beginning |
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| September 1, 2005, any owners licensee that uses a casino | 2 |
| identification system to track a person's betting record at any | 3 |
| riverboat operated by the owners licensee must prepare a | 4 |
| statement showing the person's net winnings or losses at the | 5 |
| owners licensee's riverboats. The owners licensee must | 6 |
| transmit a copy of the statement to the person, either by mail | 7 |
| or by electronic means, on or before October 5, 2005 and | 8 |
| monthly thereafter. The statement must contain a spreadsheet | 9 |
| document that shows the person's net winnings or losses at the | 10 |
| owners licensee's riverboats during the previous month. | 11 |
| For the purposes of this Section 13.2, the term "casino | 12 |
| identification system" means a system to identify certain | 13 |
| bettors at an owners licensee's riverboats for the purpose of | 14 |
| granting rewards to those bettors that include, but are not | 15 |
| limited to, discounts, gifts, or anything else of value.
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| (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
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| Sec. 18. Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
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| (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for doing | 19 |
| any of the
following:
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| (1) Conducting gambling where wagering
is used or to be | 21 |
| used
without a license issued by the Board.
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| (2) Conducting gambling where wagering
is permitted | 23 |
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than in the manner specified by Section 11.
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| (b) A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for doing | 25 |
| any of the
following:
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| (1) permitting a person under 21 years to make a wager; | 27 |
| or
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| (2) violating paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of | 29 |
| Section 11 of this Act ; or
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| (3) violating Section 13.2 of this Act .
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| (c) A person wagering or accepting a wager at any location | 32 |
| outside the
riverboat is subject to the penalties in paragraphs | 33 |
| (1) or (2) of
subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of the Criminal | 34 |
| Code of 1961.
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| (d) A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition, |
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| shall be barred
for life from riverboats under the jurisdiction | 2 |
| of the
Board, if the person does any of the following:
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| (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or | 4 |
| benefit to a person
who is connected with a riverboat owner | 5 |
| including, but
not limited to, an officer or employee of a | 6 |
| licensed owner or holder of an
occupational license | 7 |
| pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or with the
intent | 8 |
| that the promise or thing of value or benefit will | 9 |
| influence the
actions of the person to whom the offer, | 10 |
| promise, or gift was made in order
to affect or attempt to | 11 |
| affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
influence | 12 |
| official action of a member of the Board.
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| (2) Solicits or knowingly accepts or receives a promise | 14 |
| of anything of
value or benefit while the person is | 15 |
| connected with a riverboat
including, but not limited to, | 16 |
| an officer or employee of a licensed owner,
or holder of an | 17 |
| occupational license, pursuant to an understanding or
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| arrangement or with the intent that the promise or thing of | 19 |
| value or
benefit will influence the actions of the person | 20 |
| to affect or attempt to
affect the outcome of a gambling | 21 |
| game, or to influence official action of a
member of the | 22 |
| Board.
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| (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device | 24 |
| to assist:
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| (i) In projecting the outcome of the game.
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| (ii) In keeping track of the cards played.
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| (iii) In analyzing the probability of the | 28 |
| occurrence of an event
relating to the gambling game.
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| (iv) In analyzing the strategy for playing or | 30 |
| betting to be used in the
game except as permitted by | 31 |
| the Board.
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| (4) Cheats at a gambling game.
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| (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards, | 34 |
| chips, dice, game or
device which is intended to be used to | 35 |
| violate any provision of this Act.
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| (6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a gambling |
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| game on which
wagers have been made after the outcome is | 2 |
| made sure but before it is
revealed to the players.
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| (7) Places a bet after acquiring knowledge, not | 4 |
| available to all players,
of the outcome of the gambling | 5 |
| game which is subject of the bet or to aid a
person in | 6 |
| acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a bet
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| contingent on that outcome.
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| (8) Claims, collects, or takes, or attempts to claim, | 9 |
| collect, or take,
money or anything of value in or from the | 10 |
| gambling games, with intent to
defraud, without having made | 11 |
| a wager contingent on winning a gambling game,
or claims, | 12 |
| collects, or takes an amount of money or thing of value of
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| greater value than the amount won.
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| (9) Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a gambling | 15 |
| game.
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| (10) Possesses any key or device designed for the | 17 |
| purpose of opening,
entering, or affecting the operation of | 18 |
| a gambling game, drop box, or an
electronic or mechanical | 19 |
| device connected with the gambling game or for
removing | 20 |
| coins, tokens, chips or other contents of a gambling game. | 21 |
| This
paragraph (10) does not apply to a gambling licensee | 22 |
| or employee of a
gambling licensee acting in furtherance of | 23 |
| the employee's employment.
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| (e) The possession of more than one of the devices | 25 |
| described in
subsection (d), paragraphs (3), (5) or (10) | 26 |
| permits a rebuttable
presumption that the possessor intended to | 27 |
| use the devices for cheating.
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| An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
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| shall be tried in the county of the dock at which the riverboat | 30 |
| is based.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 33 |
| becoming law.
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