101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5633

 

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

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
720 ILCS 5/28-5  from Ch. 38, par. 28-5

    Amends the Video Gaming Act. Deletes language providing that nothing in a provision regarding the display of license, confiscation, and violation as a felony shall be deemed to prohibit the use of a game device only if the game device is used in an activity that is not gambling. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits gambling when he or she knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an Internet site that permits a person to play or offers a person entry by means of the Internet 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 of that offer that is incidental to or results from (i) the purchase of an item or service of value; or (ii) the purchase of a 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 the site. Provides that such gambling is a Class 4 felony. Changes the definition of "gambling device". Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
5Section 35 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 40/35)
7    Sec. 35. Display of license; confiscation; violation as
8felony.
9    (a) Each video gaming terminal shall be licensed by the
10Board before placement or operation on the premises of a
11licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
12licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
13establishment, or licensed veterans establishment. The license
14of each video gaming terminal shall be maintained at the
15location where the video gaming terminal is operated. Failure
16to do so is a petty offense with a fine not to exceed $100. Any
17licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
18licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
19establishment, or licensed veterans establishment used for the
20conduct of gambling games in violation of this Act shall be
21considered a gambling place in violation of Section 28-3 of the
22Criminal Code of 2012. Every gambling device found in a
23licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,

 

 

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1licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
2establishment, or licensed veterans establishment operating
3gambling games in violation of this Act shall be subject to
4seizure, confiscation, and destruction as provided in Section
528-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Any license issued under the
6Liquor Control Act of 1934 to any owner or operator of a
7licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
8licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
9establishment, or licensed veterans establishment that
10operates or permits the operation of a video gaming terminal
11within its establishment in violation of this Act shall be
12immediately revoked. No person may own, operate, have in his or
13her possession or custody or under his or her control, or
14permit to be kept in any place under his or her possession or
15control, any device that awards credits and contains a circuit,
16meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal
17of credits when the award of credits is dependent upon chance.
18    Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the use
19of a game device only if the game device is used in an activity
20that is not gambling under subsection (b) of Section 28-1 of
21the Criminal Code of 2012.
22    A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. All
23devices that are owned, operated, or possessed in violation of
24this Section are hereby declared to be public nuisances and
25shall be subject to seizure, confiscation, and destruction as
26provided in Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.

 

 

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1    The provisions of this Section do not apply to devices or
2electronic video game terminals licensed pursuant to this Act.
3A video gaming terminal operated for amusement only and bearing
4a valid amusement tax sticker shall not be subject to this
5Section until 30 days after the Board establishes that the
6central communications system is functional.
7    (b) (1) The odds of winning each video game shall be posted
8on or near each video gaming terminal. The manner in which the
9odds are calculated and how they are posted shall be determined
10by the Board by rule.
11    (2) No video gaming terminal licensed under this Act may be
12played except during the legal hours of operation allowed for
13the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the licensed
14establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed
15veterans establishment. A licensed establishment, licensed
16fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment
17that violates this subsection is subject to termination of its
18license by the Board.
19(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
20    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
21changing Sections 28-1, 28-2, and 28-5 as follows:
 
22    (720 ILCS 5/28-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-1)
23    Sec. 28-1. Gambling.
24    (a) A person commits gambling when he or she:

 

 

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1        (1) knowingly plays a game of chance or skill for money
2    or other thing of value, unless excepted in subsection (b)
3    of this Section;
4        (2) knowingly makes a wager upon the result of any
5    game, contest, or any political nomination, appointment or
6    election;
7        (3) knowingly operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases,
8    exhibits, rents, sells, bargains for the sale or lease of,
9    manufactures or distributes any gambling device;
10        (4) contracts to have or give himself or herself or
11    another the option to buy or sell, or contracts to buy or
12    sell, at a future time, any grain or other commodity
13    whatsoever, or any stock or security of any company, where
14    it is at the time of making such contract intended by both
15    parties thereto that the contract to buy or sell, or the
16    option, whenever exercised, or the contract resulting
17    therefrom, shall be settled, not by the receipt or delivery
18    of such property, but by the payment only of differences in
19    prices thereof; however, the issuance, purchase, sale,
20    exercise, endorsement or guarantee, by or through a person
21    registered with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section
22    8 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, or by or through
23    a person exempt from such registration under said Section
24    8, of a put, call, or other option to buy or sell
25    securities which have been registered with the Secretary of
26    State or which are exempt from such registration under

 

 

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1    Section 3 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is not
2    gambling within the meaning of this paragraph (4);
3        (5) knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument or
4    apparatus by means of which bets or wagers have been, or
5    are, recorded or registered, or knowingly possesses any
6    money which he has received in the course of a bet or
7    wager;
8        (6) knowingly sells pools upon the result of any game
9    or contest of skill or chance, political nomination,
10    appointment or election;
11        (7) knowingly sets up or promotes any lottery or sells,
12    offers to sell or transfers any ticket or share for any
13    lottery;
14        (8) knowingly sets up or promotes any policy game or
15    sells, offers to sell or knowingly possesses or transfers
16    any policy ticket, slip, record, document or other similar
17    device;
18        (9) knowingly drafts, prints or publishes any lottery
19    ticket or share, or any policy ticket, slip, record,
20    document or similar device, except for such activity
21    related to lotteries, bingo games and raffles authorized by
22    and conducted in accordance with the laws of Illinois or
23    any other state or foreign government;
24        (10) knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game,
25    except for such activity related to lotteries, bingo games
26    and raffles authorized by and conducted in accordance with

 

 

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1    the laws of Illinois or any other state;
2        (11) knowingly transmits information as to wagers,
3    betting odds, or changes in betting odds by telephone,
4    telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means; or knowingly
5    installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or
6    receipt of such information; except that nothing in this
7    subdivision (11) prohibits transmission or receipt of such
8    information for use in news reporting of sporting events or
9    contests; or
10        (12) knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an
11    Internet site that permits a person to play a game of
12    chance or skill for money or other thing of value by means
13    of the Internet or to make a wager upon the result of any
14    game, contest, political nomination, appointment, or
15    election by means of the Internet. This item (12) does not
16    apply to activities referenced in items (6), (6.1), (8),
17    and (8.1), and (15) of subsection (b) of this Section; or .
18        (13) knowingly establishes, maintains, or operates an
19    Internet site that permits a person to play or offers a
20    person entry by means of the Internet into any contest,
21    competition, sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection
22    process that involves or is dependent upon an element of
23    chance for which the person may receive a gift, award, or
24    other item or service of value of that offer that is
25    incidental to or results from (i) the purchase of an item
26    or service of value; or (ii) the purchase of a gratuitous

 

 

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1    receipt of a coupon, voucher, certificate, or other similar
2    credit that can be redeemed for or applied towards an item
3    or service of value from the site.
4    (b) Participants in any of the following activities shall
5not be convicted of gambling:
6        (1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the
7    happening of chance including without limitation contracts
8    of indemnity or guaranty and life or health or accident
9    insurance.
10        (2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the
11    actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the
12    determination of skill, speed, strength or endurance or to
13    the owners of animals or vehicles entered in such contest.
14        (3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of
15    this State.
16        (4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the
17    acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly
18    thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign
19    commerce to any place outside this State when such
20    transportation is not prohibited by any applicable Federal
21    law; or the manufacture, distribution, or possession of
22    video gaming terminals, as defined in the Video Gaming Act,
23    by manufacturers, distributors, and terminal operators
24    licensed to do so under the Video Gaming Act.
25        (5) The game commonly known as "bingo", when conducted
26    in accordance with the Bingo License and Tax Act.

 

 

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1        (6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois
2    in accordance with the Illinois Lottery Law. This exemption
3    includes any activity conducted by the Department of
4    Revenue to sell lottery tickets pursuant to the provisions
5    of the Illinois Lottery Law and its rules.
6        (6.1) The purchase of lottery tickets through the
7    Internet for a lottery conducted by the State of Illinois
8    under the program established in Section 7.12 of the
9    Illinois Lottery Law.
10        (7) Possession of an antique slot machine that is
11    neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or
12    promotion of any unlawful gambling activity or enterprise.
13    For the purpose of this subparagraph (b)(7), an antique
14    slot machine is one manufactured 25 years ago or earlier.
15        (8) Raffles and poker runs when conducted in accordance
16    with the Raffles and Poker Runs Act.
17        (8.1) The purchase of raffle chances for a raffle
18    conducted in accordance with the Raffles and Poker Runs
19    Act.
20        (9) Charitable games when conducted in accordance with
21    the Charitable Games Act.
22        (10) Pull tabs and jar games when conducted under the
23    Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act.
24        (11) Gambling games when authorized by the Illinois
25    Gambling Act.
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1    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
2    large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
3    establishment, or licensed veterans establishment when
4    conducted in accordance with the Video Gaming Act.
5        (13) Games of skill or chance where money or other
6    things of value can be won but no payment or purchase is
7    required to participate, except where participation in
8    such game of skill or chance is accomplished using a
9    gambling device prohibited by item (iii) of subsection (a)
10    of Section 28-2.
11        (14) Savings promotion raffles authorized under
12    Section 5g of the Illinois Banking Act, Section 7008 of the
13    Savings Bank Act, Section 42.7 of the Illinois Credit Union
14    Act, Section 5136B of the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C.
15    25a), or Section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C.
16    1463).
17        (15) Sports wagering when conducted in accordance with
18    the Sports Wagering Act.
19    (c) Sentence.
20        (1) Gambling is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or
21    subsequent conviction under paragraphs (3) through (13) of
22    subsection (a) subsections (a)(3) through (a)(12), is a
23    Class 4 felony.
24        (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection
25    (c), a gambling offense involving a device described in
26    item (iii) of subsection (a) of Section 28-2 is a Class 4

 

 

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1    felony.
2    (d) Circumstantial evidence.
3    In prosecutions under this Section circumstantial evidence
4shall have the same validity and weight as in any criminal
5prosecution.
6(Source: P.A. 101-31, Article 25, Section 25-915, eff. 6-28-19;
7101-31, Article 35, Section 35-80, eff. 6-28-19; 101-109, eff.
87-19-19; revised 8-6-19.)
 
9    (720 ILCS 5/28-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-2)
10    Sec. 28-2. Definitions.
11    (a) A "gambling device" is: (i) any clock, tape machine,
12slot machine or other machines or device for the reception of
13money or other thing of value on chance or skill or upon the
14action of which money or other thing of value is staked,
15hazarded, bet, won, or lost; (ii) or any mechanism, furniture,
16fixture, equipment, or other device designed primarily for use
17in a gambling place; or (iii) any vending or other electronic
18machine or device, including, but not limited to, a machine or
19device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or
20switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits
21that offers a person entry into any contest, competition,
22sweepstakes, scheme, plan, or other selection process that
23involves or is dependent upon an element of chance for which
24the person may receive a gift, award, or other item or service
25of value if that offer is incidental to or results from: (A)

 

 

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1the purchase of an item or service of value; or (B) the
2purchase or gratuitous receipt of a coupon, voucher,
3certificate, or other similar credit that can be redeemed for
4or applied towards an item or service of value from such
5machine or device or elsewhere. It is the intent of item (iii)
6of this subsection to prohibit any mechanism that seeks to
7avoid being considered a gambling device through the use of any
8subterfuge or pretense whatsoever. A "gambling device" does not
9include:
10        (1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device
11    played for amusement which rewards the player with the
12    right to replay such mechanical device, which device is so
13    constructed or devised as to make such result of the
14    operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the
15    player and which returns to the player thereof no money,
16    property, or right to receive money or property.
17        (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), a
18    vending machine Vending machines by which full and adequate
19    return is made for the money invested and in which there is
20    no element of chance or hazard.
21        (3) A crane game. For the purposes of this paragraph
22    (3), a "crane game" is an amusement device involving skill,
23    if it rewards the player exclusively with merchandise
24    contained within the amusement device proper and limited to
25    toys, novelties, and prizes other than currency, each
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1        (4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this
2    paragraph (4), a "redemption machine" is a single-player or
3    multi-player amusement device involving a game, the object
4    of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing,
5    or propelling a ball or other object that is either
6    physical or computer generated on a display or with lights
7    into, upon, or against a hole or other target that is
8    either physical or computer generated on a display or with
9    lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or
10    electronic means, a moving object that is either physical
11    or computer generated on a display or with lights into,
12    upon, or against a hole or other target that is either
13    physical or computer generated on a display or with lights,
14    provided that all of the following conditions are met:
15            (A) The outcome of the game is predominantly
16        determined by the skill of the player.
17            (B) The award of the prize is based solely upon the
18        player's achieving the object of the game or otherwise
19        upon the player's score.
20            (C) Only merchandise prizes are awarded.
21            (D) The wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu
22        of tickets or tokens for single play of the device does
23        not exceed $25.
24            (E) The redemption value of tickets, tokens, and
25        other representations of value, which may be
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1        value, for a single play of the device does not exceed
2        $25.
3        (5) Video gaming terminals at a licensed
4    establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
5    large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
6    establishment, or licensed veterans establishment licensed
7    in accordance with the Video Gaming Act.
8    (a-5) "Internet" means an interactive computer service or
9system or an information service, system, or access software
10provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple
11users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited
12to, an information service, system, or access software provider
13that provides access to a network system commonly known as the
14Internet, or any comparable system or service and also
15includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page,
16newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any
17interactive computer service or system or other online service.
18    (a-6) "Access" has the meaning ascribed to the term in
19Section 17-55.
20    (a-7) "Computer" has the meaning ascribed to the term in
21Section 17-0.5.
22    (b) A "lottery" is any scheme or procedure whereby one or
23more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have
24paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such prizes,
25whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery, raffle,
26gift, sale, or some other name, excluding savings promotion

 

 

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1raffles authorized under Section 5g of the Illinois Banking
2Act, Section 7008 of the Savings Bank Act, Section 42.7 of the
3Illinois Credit Union Act, Section 5136B of the National Bank
4Act (12 U.S.C. 25a), or Section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act
5(12 U.S.C. 1463).
6    (c) A "policy game" is any scheme or procedure whereby a
7person promises or guarantees by any instrument, bill,
8certificate, writing, token, or other device that any
9particular number, character, ticket, or certificate shall in
10the event of any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle
11the purchaser or holder to receive money, property, or evidence
12of debt.
13(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-87, eff. 1-1-20;
14revised 8-6-19.)
 
15    (720 ILCS 5/28-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 28-5)
16    Sec. 28-5. Seizure of gambling devices and gambling funds.
17    (a) Every device designed for gambling which is incapable
18of lawful use or every device used unlawfully for gambling
19shall be considered a "gambling device", and shall be subject
20to seizure, confiscation and destruction by the Department of
21State Police or by any municipal, or other local authority,
22within whose jurisdiction the same may be found. As used in
23this Section, a "gambling device" includes any slot machine,
24and includes any machine or device constructed for the
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1as to return, or to cause someone to return, on chance to the
2player thereof money, property or a right to receive money or
3property, and a gambling device under item (iii) of subsection
4(a) of Section 28-2. With the exception of any device designed
5for gambling which is incapable of lawful use, no gambling
6device shall be forfeited or destroyed unless an individual
7with a property interest in said device knows of the unlawful
8use of the device.
9    (b) Every gambling device shall be seized and forfeited to
10the county wherein such seizure occurs. Any money or other
11thing of value integrally related to acts of gambling shall be
12seized and forfeited to the county wherein such seizure occurs.
13    (c) If, within 60 days after any seizure pursuant to
14subparagraph (b) of this Section, a person having any property
15interest in the seized property is charged with an offense, the
16court which renders judgment upon such charge shall, within 30
17days after such judgment, conduct a forfeiture hearing to
18determine whether such property was a gambling device at the
19time of seizure. Such hearing shall be commenced by a written
20petition by the State, including material allegations of fact,
21the name and address of every person determined by the State to
22have any property interest in the seized property, a
23representation that written notice of the date, time and place
24of such hearing has been mailed to every such person by
25certified mail at least 10 days before such date, and a request
26for forfeiture. Every such person may appear as a party and

 

 

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1present evidence at such hearing. The quantum of proof required
2shall be a preponderance of the evidence, and the burden of
3proof shall be on the State. If the court determines that the
4seized property was a gambling device at the time of seizure,
5an order of forfeiture and disposition of the seized property
6shall be entered: a gambling device shall be received by the
7State's Attorney, who shall effect its destruction, except that
8valuable parts thereof may be liquidated and the resultant
9money shall be deposited in the general fund of the county
10wherein such seizure occurred; money and other things of value
11shall be received by the State's Attorney and, upon
12liquidation, shall be deposited in the general fund of the
13county wherein such seizure occurred. However, in the event
14that a defendant raises the defense that the seized slot
15machine is an antique slot machine described in subparagraph
16(b) (7) of Section 28-1 of this Code and therefore he is exempt
17from the charge of a gambling activity participant, the seized
18antique slot machine shall not be destroyed or otherwise
19altered until a final determination is made by the Court as to
20whether it is such an antique slot machine. Upon a final
21determination by the Court of this question in favor of the
22defendant, such slot machine shall be immediately returned to
23the defendant. Such order of forfeiture and disposition shall,
24for the purposes of appeal, be a final order and judgment in a
25civil proceeding.
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1Section is not followed by a charge pursuant to subparagraph
2(c) of this Section, or if the prosecution of such charge is
3permanently terminated or indefinitely discontinued without
4any judgment of conviction or acquittal (1) the State's
5Attorney shall commence an in rem proceeding for the forfeiture
6and destruction of a gambling device, or for the forfeiture and
7deposit in the general fund of the county of any seized money
8or other things of value, or both, in the circuit court and (2)
9any person having any property interest in such seized gambling
10device, money or other thing of value may commence separate
11civil proceedings in the manner provided by law.
12    (e) Any gambling device displayed for sale to a riverboat
13gambling operation, casino gambling operation, or organization
14gaming facility or used to train occupational licensees of a
15riverboat gambling operation, casino gambling operation, or
16organization gaming facility as authorized under the Illinois
17Gambling Act is exempt from seizure under this Section.
18    (f) Any gambling equipment, devices, and supplies provided
19by a licensed supplier in accordance with the Illinois Gambling
20Act which are removed from a riverboat, casino, or organization
21gaming facility for repair are exempt from seizure under this
22Section.
23    (g) The following video gaming terminals are exempt from
24seizure under this Section:
25        (1) Video gaming terminals for sale to a licensed
26    distributor or operator under the Video Gaming Act.

 

 

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1        (2) Video gaming terminals used to train licensed
2    technicians or licensed terminal handlers.
3        (3) Video gaming terminals that are removed from a
4    licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment,
5    licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed
6    fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans
7    establishment for repair.
8    (h) Property seized or forfeited under this Section is
9subject to reporting under the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting
10Act.
11    (i) Any sports lottery terminals provided by a central
12system provider that are removed from a lottery retailer for
13repair under the Sports Wagering Act are exempt from seizure
14under this Section.
15(Source: P.A. 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 101-31, Article 25, Section
1625-915, eff. 6-28-19; 101-31, Article 35, Section 35-80, eff.
176-28-19; revised 7-12-19.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.