Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1603 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1603 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 40/35 720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1 720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the definition of "gambling device" to include any vending or other electronic machine or device, including, without limitation, a machine or device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits that offers a person entry into any contest, competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection process that involves or is dependent upon an element of chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or other item or service of value if that offer is incidental to or results from: (A) the purchase of an item or service of value; or (B) the purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon, voucher, certificate, or other similar credit that can be redeemed for or applied towards an item or service of value from such machine or device or elsewhere. Provides that participants in a game of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate shall not be convicted of gambling except where participation in such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a gambling device prohibited by these changes to the definition. Provides that a gambling offense involving such a gambling device is a Class 4 felony. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Removes a provision allowing for the use of a game device without a license if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling under the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective immediately. LRB103 25050 AMQ 51385 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1603 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 40/35 720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1 720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2 230 ILCS 40/35 720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1 720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the definition of "gambling device" to include any vending or other electronic machine or device, including, without limitation, a machine or device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits that offers a person entry into any contest, competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection process that involves or is dependent upon an element of chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or other item or service of value if that offer is incidental to or results from: (A) the purchase of an item or service of value; or (B) the purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon, voucher, certificate, or other similar credit that can be redeemed for or applied towards an item or service of value from such machine or device or elsewhere. Provides that participants in a game of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate shall not be convicted of gambling except where participation in such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a gambling device prohibited by these changes to the definition. Provides that a gambling offense involving such a gambling device is a Class 4 felony. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Removes a provision allowing for the use of a game device without a license if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling under the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective immediately. LRB103 25050 AMQ 51385 b LRB103 25050 AMQ 51385 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1603 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	230 ILCS 40/35 720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1 720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2 230 ILCS 40/35 720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1 720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2
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7	7	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the definition of "gambling device" to include any vending or other electronic machine or device, including, without limitation, a machine or device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits that offers a person entry into any contest, competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection process that involves or is dependent upon an element of chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or other item or service of value if that offer is incidental to or results from: (A) the purchase of an item or service of value; or (B) the purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon, voucher, certificate, or other similar credit that can be redeemed for or applied towards an item or service of value from such machine or device or elsewhere. Provides that participants in a game of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate shall not be convicted of gambling except where participation in such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a gambling device prohibited by these changes to the definition. Provides that a gambling offense involving such a gambling device is a Class 4 felony. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Removes a provision allowing for the use of a game device without a license if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling under the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective immediately.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning gaming.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
17	17	5 Section 35 as follows:
18	18	6 (230 ILCS 40/35)
19	19	7 Sec. 35. Display of license; confiscation; violation as
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21	21	9 (a) Each video gaming terminal shall be licensed by the
22	22	10 Board before placement or operation on the premises of a
23	23	11 licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
24	24	12 licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
25	25	13 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment. The license
26	26	14 of each video gaming terminal shall be maintained at the
27	27	15 location where the video gaming terminal is operated. Failure
28	28	16 to do so is a petty offense with a fine not to exceed $100. Any
29	29	17 licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
30	30	18 licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
31	31	19 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment used for the
32	32	20 conduct of gambling games in violation of this Act shall be
33	33	21 considered a gambling place in violation of Section 28-3 of
34	34	22 the Criminal Code of 2012. Every gambling device found in a
35	35	23 licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
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42	42	720 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 38, par. 28-1
43	43	720 ILCS 5/28-2 from Ch. 38, par. 28-2
44	44	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the definition of "gambling device" to include any vending or other electronic machine or device, including, without limitation, a machine or device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits that offers a person entry into any contest, competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection process that involves or is dependent upon an element of chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or other item or service of value if that offer is incidental to or results from: (A) the purchase of an item or service of value; or (B) the purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon, voucher, certificate, or other similar credit that can be redeemed for or applied towards an item or service of value from such machine or device or elsewhere. Provides that participants in a game of skill or chance where money or other things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is required to participate shall not be convicted of gambling except where participation in such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a gambling device prohibited by these changes to the definition. Provides that a gambling offense involving such a gambling device is a Class 4 felony. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Removes a provision allowing for the use of a game device without a license if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling under the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective immediately.
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74	74	1 licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
75	75	2 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment operating
76	76	3 gambling games in violation of this Act shall be subject to
77	77	4 seizure, confiscation, and destruction as provided in Section
78	78	5 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Any license issued under the
79	79	6 Liquor Control Act of 1934 to any owner or operator of a
80	80	7 licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
81	81	8 licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
82	82	9 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment that
83	83	10 operates or permits the operation of a video gaming terminal
84	84	11 within its establishment in violation of this Act shall be
85	85	12 immediately revoked. No person may own, operate, have in his
86	86	13 or her possession or custody or under his or her control, or
87	87	14 permit to be kept in any place under his or her possession or
88	88	15 control, any device that awards credits and contains a
89	89	16 circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording
90	90	17 the removal of credits when the award of credits is dependent
91	91	18 upon chance.
92	92	19 Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the
93	93	20 use of a game device only if the game device is used in an
94	94	21 activity that is not gambling under subsection (b) of Section
95	95	22 28-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
96	96	23 A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. All
97	97	24 devices that are owned, operated, or possessed in violation of
98	98	25 this Section are hereby declared to be public nuisances and
99	99	26 shall be subject to seizure, confiscation, and destruction as
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110	110	1 provided in Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
111	111	2 The provisions of this Section do not apply to devices or
112	112	3 electronic video game terminals licensed pursuant to this Act.
113	113	4 A video gaming terminal operated for amusement only and
114	114	5 bearing a valid amusement tax sticker shall not be subject to
115	115	6 this Section until 30 days after the Board establishes that
116	116	7 the central communications system is functional.
117	117	8 (b) (1) The odds of winning each video game shall be posted
118	118	9 on or near each video gaming terminal. The manner in which the
119	119	10 odds are calculated and how they are posted shall be
120	120	11 determined by the Board by rule.
121	121	12 (2) No video gaming terminal licensed under this Act may
122	122	13 be played except during the legal hours of operation allowed
123	123	14 for the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the licensed
124	124	15 establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed
125	125	16 veterans establishment. A licensed establishment, licensed
126	126	17 fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment
127	127	18 that violates this subsection is subject to termination of its
128	128	19 license by the Board.
129	129	20 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
130	130	21 Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
131	131	22 changing Sections 28-1 and 28-2 as follows:
132	132	23 (720 ILCS 5/28-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-1)
133	133	24 Sec. 28-1. Gambling.
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144	144	1 (a) A person commits gambling when he or she:
145	145	2 (1) knowingly plays a game of chance or skill for
146	146	3 money or other thing of value, unless excepted in
147	147	4 subsection (b) of this Section;
148	148	5 (2) knowingly makes a wager upon the result of any
149	149	6 game, contest, or any political nomination, appointment or
150	150	7 election;
151	151	8 (3) knowingly operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases,
152	152	9 exhibits, rents, sells, bargains for the sale or lease of,
153	153	10 manufactures or distributes any gambling device;
154	154	11 (4) contracts to have or give himself or herself or
155	155	12 another the option to buy or sell, or contracts to buy or
156	156	13 sell, at a future time, any grain or other commodity
157	157	14 whatsoever, or any stock or security of any company, where
158	158	15 it is at the time of making such contract intended by both
159	159	16 parties thereto that the contract to buy or sell, or the
160	160	17 option, whenever exercised, or the contract resulting
161	161	18 therefrom, shall be settled, not by the receipt or
162	162	19 delivery of such property, but by the payment only of
163	163	20 differences in prices thereof; however, the issuance,
164	164	21 purchase, sale, exercise, endorsement or guarantee, by or
165	165	22 through a person registered with the Secretary of State
166	166	23 pursuant to Section 8 of the Illinois Securities Law of
167	167	24 1953, or by or through a person exempt from such
168	168	25 registration under said Section 8, of a put, call, or
169	169	26 other option to buy or sell securities which have been
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180	180	1 registered with the Secretary of State or which are exempt
181	181	2 from such registration under Section 3 of the Illinois
182	182	3 Securities Law of 1953 is not gambling within the meaning
183	183	4 of this paragraph (4);
184	184	5 (5) knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument,
185	185	6 or apparatus by means of which bets or wagers have been, or
186	186	7 are, recorded or registered, or knowingly possesses any
187	187	8 money which he or she has received in the course of a bet
188	188	9 or wager;
189	189	10 (6) knowingly sells pools upon the result of any game
190	190	11 or contest of skill or chance, political nomination,
191	191	12 appointment, or election;
192	192	13 (7) knowingly sets up or promotes any lottery or
193	193	14 sells, offers to sell, or transfers any ticket or share
194	194	15 for any lottery;
195	195	16 (8) knowingly sets up or promotes any policy game or
196	196	17 sells, offers to sell, or knowingly possesses or transfers
197	197	18 any policy ticket, slip, record, document, or other
198	198	19 similar device;
199	199	20 (9) knowingly drafts, prints, or publishes any lottery
200	200	21 ticket or share, or any policy ticket, slip, record,
201	201	22 document, or similar device, except for such activity
202	202	23 related to lotteries, bingo games, and raffles authorized
203	203	24 by and conducted in accordance with the laws of Illinois
204	204	25 or any other state or foreign government;
205	205	26 (10) knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game,
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216	216	1 except for such activity related to lotteries, bingo
217	217	2 games, and raffles authorized by and conducted in
218	218	3 accordance with the laws of Illinois or any other state;
219	219	4 (11) knowingly transmits information as to wagers,
220	220	5 betting odds, or changes in betting odds by telephone,
221	221	6 telegraph, radio, semaphore, or similar means; or
222	222	7 knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the
223	223	8 transmission or receipt of such information; except that
224	224	9 nothing in this subdivision (11) prohibits transmission or
225	225	10 receipt of such information for use in news reporting of
226	226	11 sporting events or contests; or
227	227	12 (12) knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an
228	228	13 Internet site that permits a person to play a game of
229	229	14 chance or skill for money or other thing of value by means
230	230	15 of the Internet or to make a wager upon the result of any
231	231	16 game, contest, political nomination, appointment, or
232	232	17 election by means of the Internet. This item (12) does not
233	233	18 apply to activities referenced in items (6), (6.1), (8),
234	234	19 (8.1), and (15) of subsection (b) of this Section.
235	235	20 (b) Participants in any of the following activities shall
236	236	21 not be convicted of gambling:
237	237	22 (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the
238	238	23 happening of chance, including, without limitation,
239	239	24 contracts of indemnity or guaranty and life or health or
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241	241	26 (2) Offers of prizes, award, or compensation to the
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252	252	1 actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the
253	253	2 determination of skill, speed, strength, or endurance or
254	254	3 to the owners of animals or vehicles entered in such
255	255	4 contest.
256	256	5 (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of
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258	258	7 (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the
259	259	8 acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly
260	260	9 thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign
261	261	10 commerce to any place outside this State when such
262	262	11 transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal
263	263	12 law; or the manufacture, distribution, or possession of
264	264	13 video gaming terminals, as defined in the Video Gaming
265	265	14 Act, by manufacturers, distributors, and terminal
266	266	15 operators licensed to do so under the Video Gaming Act.
267	267	16 (5) The game commonly known as "bingo", when conducted
268	268	17 in accordance with the Bingo License and Tax Act.
269	269	18 (6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois
270	270	19 in accordance with the Illinois Lottery Law. This
271	271	20 exemption includes any activity conducted by the
272	272	21 Department of Revenue to sell lottery tickets pursuant to
273	273	22 the provisions of the Illinois Lottery Law and its rules.
274	274	23 (6.1) The purchase of lottery tickets through the
275	275	24 Internet for a lottery conducted by the State of Illinois
276	276	25 under the program established in Section 7.12 of the
277	277	26 Illinois Lottery Law.
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288	288	1 (7) Possession of an antique slot machine that is
289	289	2 neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or
290	290	3 promotion of any unlawful gambling activity or enterprise.
291	291	4 For the purpose of this subparagraph (b)(7), an antique
292	292	5 slot machine is one manufactured 25 years ago or earlier.
293	293	6 (8) Raffles and poker runs when conducted in
294	294	7 accordance with the Raffles and Poker Runs Act.
295	295	8 (8.1) The purchase of raffle chances for a raffle
296	296	9 conducted in accordance with the Raffles and Poker Runs
297	297	10 Act.
298	298	11 (9) Charitable games when conducted in accordance with
299	299	12 the Charitable Games Act.
300	300	13 (10) Pull tabs and jar games when conducted under the
301	301	14 Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
302	302	15 (11) Gambling games when authorized by the Illinois
303	303	16 Gambling Act.
304	304	17 (12) Video gaming terminal games at a licensed
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307	307	20 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment when
308	308	21 conducted in accordance with the Video Gaming Act.
309	309	22 (13) Games of skill or chance where money or other
310	310	23 things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is
311	311	24 required to participate, except where participation in
312	312	25 such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a
313	313	26 gambling device prohibited by Section 28-2(a)(iii).
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324	324	1 (14) Savings promotion raffles authorized under
325	325	2 Section 5g of the Illinois Banking Act, Section 7008 of
326	326	3 the Savings Bank Act, Section 42.7 of the Illinois Credit
327	327	4 Union Act, Section 5136B of the National Bank Act (12
328	328	5 U.S.C. 25a), or Section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12
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330	330	7 (15) Sports wagering when conducted in accordance with
331	331	8 the Sports Wagering Act.
332	332	9 (c) Sentence.
333	333	10 (1) Gambling is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or
334	334	11 subsequent conviction under subsections (a)(3) through
335	335	12 (a)(12), is a Class 4 felony.
336	336	13 (2) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1), or anything
337	337	14 else contained in this Section to the contrary, a gambling
338	338	15 offense involving a device described in Section
339	339	16 28-2(a)(iii) is a Class 4 felony.
340	340	17 (d) Circumstantial evidence.
341	341	18 In prosecutions under this Section circumstantial evidence
342	342	19 shall have the same validity and weight as in any criminal
343	343	20 prosecution.
344	344	21 (Source: P.A. 101-31, Article 25, Section 25-915, eff.
345	345	22 6-28-19; 101-31, Article 35, Section 35-80, eff. 6-28-19;
346	346	23 101-109, eff. 7-19-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
347	347	24 (720 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
348	348	25 Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
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359	359	1 (a) A "gambling device" is: (i) any clock, tape machine,
360	360	2 slot machine, or other machines or device for the reception of
361	361	3 money or other thing of value on chance or skill or upon the
362	362	4 action of which money or other thing of value is staked,
363	363	5 hazarded, bet, won, or lost; (ii) or any mechanism, furniture,
364	364	6 fixture, equipment, or other device designed primarily for use
365	365	7 in a gambling place; or (iii) any vending or other electronic
366	366	8 machine or device, including, without limitation, a machine or
367	367	9 device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or
368	368	10 switch capable of removing and recording the removal of
369	369	11 credits that offers a person entry into any contest,
370	370	12 competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection
371	371	13 process that involves or is dependent upon an element of
372	372	14 chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or other
373	373	15 item or service of value if that offer is incidental to or
374	374	16 results from: (A) the purchase of an item or service of value;
375	375	17 or (B) the purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon,
376	376	18 voucher, certificate, or other similar credit that can be
377	377	19 redeemed for or applied towards an item or service of value
378	378	20 from such machine or device or elsewhere. A "gambling device"
379	379	21 does not include:
380	380	22 (1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device
381	381	23 played for amusement which rewards the player with the
382	382	24 right to replay such mechanical device, which device is so
383	383	25 constructed or devised as to make such result of the
384	384	26 operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the
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395	395	1 player and which returns to the player thereof no money,
396	396	2 property, or right to receive money or property.
397	397	3 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
398	398	4 (a), a vending machine Vending machines by which full and
399	399	5 adequate return is made for the money invested and in
400	400	6 which there is no element of chance or hazard.
401	401	7 (3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph
402	402	8 (3), a "crane game" is an amusement device involving
403	403	9 skill, if it rewards the player exclusively with
404	404	10 merchandise contained within the amusement device proper
405	405	11 and limited to toys, novelties, and prizes other than
406	406	12 currency, each having a wholesale value which is not more
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408	408	14 (4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this
409	409	15 paragraph (4), a "redemption machine" is a single-player
410	410	16 or multi-player amusement device involving a game, the
411	411	17 object of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting,
412	412	18 placing, or propelling a ball or other object that is
413	413	19 either physical or computer generated on a display or with
414	414	20 lights into, upon, or against a hole or other target that
415	415	21 is either physical or computer generated on a display or
416	416	22 with lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or
417	417	23 electronic means, a moving object that is either physical
418	418	24 or computer generated on a display or with lights into,
419	419	25 upon, or against a hole or other target that is either
420	420	26 physical or computer generated on a display or with
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431	431	1 lights, provided that all of the following conditions are
432	432	2 met:
433	433	3 (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly
434	434	4 determined by the skill of the player.
435	435	5 (B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the
436	436	6 player's achieving the object of the game or otherwise
437	437	7 upon the player's score.
438	438	8 (C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
439	439	9 (D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu
440	440	10 of tickets or tokens for single play of the device does
441	441	11 not exceed $25.
442	442	12 (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and
443	443	13 other representations of value, which may be
444	444	14 accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
445	445	15 value, for a single play of the device does not exceed
446	446	16 $25.
447	447	17 (5) Video gaming terminals at a licensed
448	448	18 establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
449	449	19 large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
450	450	20 establishment, or licensed veterans establishment licensed
451	451	21 in accordance with the Video Gaming Act.
452	452	22 (a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or
453	453	23 system or an information service, system, or access software
454	454	24 provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple
455	455	25 users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited
456	456	26 to, an information service, system, or access software
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467	467	1 provider that provides access to a network system commonly
468	468	2 known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service and
469	469	3 also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page,
470	470	4 newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any
471	471	5 interactive computer service or system or other online
472	472	6 service.
473	473	7 (a-6) "Access" has the meaning ascribed to the term in
474	474	8 Section 17-55.
475	475	9 (a-7) "Computer" has the meaning ascribed to the term in
476	476	10 Section 17-0.5.
477	477	11 (b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or
478	478	12 more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have
479	479	13 paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such
480	480	14 prizes, whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery,
481	481	15 raffle, gift, sale, or some other name, excluding savings
482	482	16 promotion raffles authorized under Section 5g of the Illinois
483	483	17 Banking Act, Section 7008 of the Savings Bank Act, Section
484	484	18 42.7 of the Illinois Credit Union Act, Section 5136B of the
485	485	19 National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 25a), or Section 4 of the Home
486	486	20 Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1463).
487	487	21 (c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a
488	488	22 person promises or guarantees by any instrument, bill,
489	489	23 certificate, writing, token, or other device that any
490	490	24 particular number, character, ticket, or certificate shall in
491	491	25 the event of any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle
492	492	26 the purchaser or holder to receive money, property, or
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503	503	1 evidence of debt.
504	504	2 (d) It is the intent of Section 28-2(a)(iii) to prohibit
505	505	3 any mechanism that seeks to avoid being considered a gambling
506	506	4 device through the use of any subterfuge or pretense
507	507	5 whatsoever.
508	508	6 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-87, eff. 1-1-20;
509	509	7 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
510	510	8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
511	511	9 becoming law.
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