Bill Text: IL HB4320 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1126 [HB4320 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4320-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1126 [HB4320 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4320-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4320
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4320 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 28-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/28-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
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7 | Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
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8 | (a) A "gambling device" is any clock, tape machine, slot | ||||||
9 | machine or
other machines or device for the reception of money | ||||||
10 | or other thing of value
on chance or skill or upon the action | ||||||
11 | of which money or other thing of
value is staked, hazarded, | ||||||
12 | bet, won or lost; or any mechanism, furniture,
fixture, | ||||||
13 | equipment or other device designed primarily for use in a | ||||||
14 | gambling
place. A "gambling device" does not include:
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15 | (1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device | ||||||
16 | played for amusement
which rewards the player with the |
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1 | right to replay such mechanical device,
which device is so | ||||||
2 | constructed or devised as to make such result of the
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3 | operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the | ||||||
4 | player and which
returns to the player thereof no money, | ||||||
5 | property or right to receive money
or property.
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6 | (2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return | ||||||
7 | is made for the
money invested and in which there is no | ||||||
8 | element of chance or hazard.
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9 | (3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph | ||||||
10 | (3), a "crane
game" is an amusement device involving skill, | ||||||
11 | if it rewards the player
exclusively with merchandise | ||||||
12 | contained within the amusement device proper
and limited to | ||||||
13 | toys, novelties and prizes other than currency, each having
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14 | a wholesale value which is not more than $25.
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15 | (4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this | ||||||
16 | paragraph (4), a
"redemption machine" is a single-player or | ||||||
17 | multi-player amusement device
involving a game, the object | ||||||
18 | of which is throwing, rolling, bowling,
shooting, placing, | ||||||
19 | or propelling a ball or other object that is either | ||||||
20 | physical or computer generated on a display or with lights | ||||||
21 | into, upon, or
against a hole or other target that is | ||||||
22 | either physical or computer generated on a display or with | ||||||
23 | lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or | ||||||
24 | electronic means, a moving object that is either physical | ||||||
25 | or computer generated on a display or with lights into, | ||||||
26 | upon, or
against a hole or other target that is either |
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1 | physical or computer generated on a display or with lights , | ||||||
2 | provided that all of the following
conditions are met:
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3 | (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly | ||||||
4 | determined by the
skill of the player.
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5 | (B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the | ||||||
6 | player's
achieving the object of the game or otherwise | ||||||
7 | upon the player's score.
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8 | (C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
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9 | (D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu | ||||||
10 | of tickets
or tokens for single play of the device does | ||||||
11 | not exceed $25.
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12 | (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and | ||||||
13 | other representations
of value, which may be | ||||||
14 | accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater
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15 | value, for a single play of the device does not exceed | ||||||
16 | $25 the amount charged for a single play of the device .
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17 | (a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or | ||||||
18 | system or an
information service, system, or access software | ||||||
19 | provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple | ||||||
20 | users to a computer server, and includes,
but is not limited | ||||||
21 | to, an information service, system, or access software
provider | ||||||
22 | that provides access to a network system commonly known as the
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23 | Internet, or any comparable system or service and also | ||||||
24 | includes, but is not
limited to, a World Wide Web page, | ||||||
25 | newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or
chat area on any | ||||||
26 | interactive computer service or system or other online
service.
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1 | (a-6) "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to | ||||||
2 | them in
Section
16D-2 of this Code.
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3 | (b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or | ||||||
4 | more prizes
are distributed by chance among persons who have | ||||||
5 | paid or promised
consideration for a chance to win such prizes, | ||||||
6 | whether such scheme or
procedure is called a lottery, raffle, | ||||||
7 | gift, sale or some other name.
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8 | (c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a | ||||||
9 | person promises
or guarantees by any instrument, bill, | ||||||
10 | certificate, writing, token or other
device that any particular | ||||||
11 | number, character, ticket or certificate shall
in the event of | ||||||
12 | any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle the
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13 | purchaser or holder to receive money, property or evidence of | ||||||
14 | debt.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 95-676, eff. 6-1-08 .)".
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