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90_HB0625
20 ILCS 1605/7.8a from Ch. 120, par. 1157.8a
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that for every
10 advertisements the Department of the Lottery airs
promoting the lottery, it shall air one public service
announcement concerning treatment for problem or compulsive
gambling. Effective July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Lottery Law by changing
2 Section 7.8a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by
6 changing Section 7.8a as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1605/7.8a) (from Ch. 120, par. 1157.8a)
8 Sec. 7.8a. Advertising.
9 (a) The Board shall establish advertising policy to
10 ensure that advertising content and practices do not target
11 with the intent to exploit specific groups or economic
12 classes of people, and that its content is accurate and not
13 misleading. The Board shall review, at least quarterly, all
14 past advertising and proposed concepts for major media
15 campaigns to ensure that they do not target with the intent
16 to exploit specific groups or economic classes of people, and
17 that their content is accurate and not misleading. If the
18 Board finds that advertising conflicts with such policy, it
19 shall have the authority to direct the Department to cease
20 that advertising.
21 (b) For every 10 advertisements the Department airs on
22 television or radio promoting the lottery, the Department
23 shall air one public service announcement in the same medium
24 concerning treatment for problem or compulsive gambling.
25 (Source: P.A. 85-183.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 1997.