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20 ILCS 1605/7.4

(20 ILCS 1605/7.4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1157.4)

Sec. 7.4.

The Department shall carry on a continuous study and
investigation of the lottery
throughout the State (1) for the purpose of ascertaining any defects in
this Act or in the rules and regulations issued under this Act whereby any
abuses in the administration and operation of the lottery or any evasion of
this Act or the rules and regulations may arise or be practiced, (2) for
the purpose of formulating recommendations for changes in this Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated hereunder to prevent such abuses and
evasions, (3) to guard against the use of this Act and the rules and
regulations issued hereunder as a cloak for the carrying on of organized
gambling and crime, and (4) to insure that the law and rules and
regulations shall be in such form and be so administered as to serve the
true purposes of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1128.)