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815 ILCS 525/20

(815 ILCS 525/20)

Sec. 20.

No payment required.

(a) No sponsor may
require a person in this State to pay the sponsor money as a condition of
awarding the person a
prize, or as a condition of allowing the person to receive, use, compete for,
or
obtain information
about a prize.

(b) A sponsor shall not represent that a person has won or unconditionally
will be the winner of a prize or represent that
he or she has won a prize, unless all of the following conditions are met:

(1) the person is given the prize without obligation;

(2) the person is notified at no expense to him or

her within 15 days of winning the prize; and

(3) the representation is not false, deceptive, or

misleading.

(Source: P.A. 92-436, eff. 1-1-02.)