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90_SB0208

      230 ILCS 10/11            from Ch. 120, par. 2411
          Amends   the   Riverboat   Gambling    Act.     Prohibits
      installation  of  terminals  accepting certain access devices
      for electronic funds transfer and prohibits issuing  warrants
      or coupons redeemable for cash.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Riverboat Gambling Act by changing
 2    Section 11.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Riverboat  Gambling  Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 11 as follows:
 7        (230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)
 8        Sec. 11.  Conduct of gambling.
 9        (a)  Gambling may be conducted by licensed owners  aboard
10    riverboats, subject to the following standards:
11             (1)  No  gambling may be conducted while a riverboat
12        is docked.
13             (2)  Riverboat cruises may not exceed 4 hours for  a
14        round  trip,  with the exception of any extended cruises,
15        each of which shall be expressly approved by the Board.
16             (3)  Minimum and maximum wagers on  games  shall  be
17        set by the licensee.
18             (4)  Agents of the Board and the Department of State
19        Police  may  board  and inspect any riverboat at any time
20        for the purpose of determining whether this Act is  being
21        complied  with.   Every riverboat, if under way and being
22        hailed by a law  enforcement  officer  or  agent  of  the
23        Board, must stop immediately and lay to.
24             (5)  Employees  of the Board shall have the right to
25        be present on the riverboat  or  on  adjacent  facilities
26        under the control of the licensee.
27             (6)  Gambling  equipment  and  supplies  customarily
28        used  in  conducting riverboat gambling must be purchased
29        or leased only from suppliers licensed for  such  purpose
30        under this Act.
31             (7)  Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no
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 1        form of wagering on gambling games except as permitted by
 2        this Act.
 3             (8)  Wagers  may  be  received  only  from  a person
 4        present on a licensed riverboat.  No person present on  a
 5        licensed  riverboat  shall  place  or  attempt to place a
 6        wager on behalf of another person who is not  present  on
 7        the riverboat.
 8             (9)  Wagering  shall  not be conducted with money or
 9        other negotiable currency.
10             (10)  A person under age 21 shall not  be  permitted
11        on  an  area  of  a  riverboat  where  gambling  is being
12        conducted, except for a person at least 18 years  of  age
13        who  is  an employee of the riverboat gambling operation.
14        No employee under  age  21  shall  perform  any  function
15        involved  in gambling by the patrons. No person under age
16        21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this Act.
17             (11)  Gambling excursion cruises are permitted  only
18        when  the  navigable  stream  for  which the riverboat is
19        licensed is navigable, as  determined  by  the  Board  in
20        consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
21             (12)  All  tokens, chips or electronic cards used to
22        make wagers must  be  purchased  from  a  licensed  owner
23        either aboard a riverboat or at an onshore facility which
24        has been approved by the Board and which is located where
25        the  riverboat  docks.  The  tokens,  chips or electronic
26        cards may be purchased by means  of  an  agreement  under
27        which  the  owner  extends  credit  to  the patron.  Such
28        tokens, chips or  electronic  cards  may  be  used  while
29        aboard  the  riverboat  only  for  the  purpose of making
30        wagers on gambling games.
31             (13)  Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act,
32        in addition to the other licenses authorized  under  this
33        Act,  the Board may issue special event licenses allowing
34        persons  who  are  not  otherwise  licensed  to   conduct
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 1        riverboat   gambling   to  conduct  such  gambling  on  a
 2        specified date or series of  dates.   Riverboat  gambling
 3        under  such  a  license may take place on a riverboat not
 4        normally used for riverboat gambling.   The  Board  shall
 5        establish  standards, fees and fines for, and limitations
 6        upon, such licenses, which may differ from the standards,
 7        fees, fines and limitations  otherwise  applicable  under
 8        this  Act.   All  such  fees  shall be deposited into the
 9        State Gaming Fund.  All such  fines  shall  be  deposited
10        into the Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act
11        86-0018, of the State of Illinois.
12             (14)  In  addition  to  the  above, gambling must be
13        conducted in accordance with all  rules  adopted  by  the
14        Board.
15             (15)  For  the  purpose of this paragraph, the terms
16        "terminal",  "access   device"   and   "electronic   fund
17        transfer"  have  the meaning as defined in the Electronic
18        Fund Transfer Act.  "Credit card" and "debit  card"  have
19        the  meaning  as  defined in the Illinois Credit Card and
20        Debit Card Act.
21             No licensed owner or contractor of a licensed  owner
22        that  provides services to the licensed owner at the dock
23        or adjacent to a dock of a licensed owner shall permit or
24        cause to have installed on a riverboat or on the dock  or
25        adjacent  to  a  dock  a  terminal that accepts an access
26        device, credit card, or debit  card  for  the  electronic
27        transfer of funds.
28             No  licensed owner or contractor of a licensed owner
29        that provides services to the licensed owner at the  dock
30        or  adjacent to a dock of a licensed owner shall provide,
31        offer, or make available check cashing  services  to  any
32        person on the riverboat, the dock, or adjacent to a dock,
33        or   issue   to  any  person  debt  warrants  or  coupons
34        redeemable for cash or tokens.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 86-1029; 86-1389; 87-826.)

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