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90_SB0249
230 ILCS 20/1.1 from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1
230 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 120, par. 1054
Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Raises
the maximum allowable single prize limit from $250 to $1000.
Removes the limits on the allowable number of tickets in a
game. Removes the limits on the aggregate value of all
prizes or merchandise that can be awarded in a single day of
pull tabs and jar games.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act
2 by changing Sections 1.1 and 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act is
6 amended by changing 1.1 and 4 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 20/1.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1)
8 Sec. 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9 "Pull tabs" and "jar games" means a game using
10 single-folded or banded tickets or a card, the face of which
11 is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view in order
12 to conceal a number, symbol or set of symbols, some of which
13 are winners. Players with winning tickets receive a prize
14 stated on a promotional display or "flare". Pull tabs also
15 means a game in which prizes are won by pulling a tab from a
16 board thereby revealing a number which corresponds to the
17 number for a given prize.
18 Each winning pull tab or slip shall be predetermined. In
19 no instance shall the right to participate in such games cost
20 more than one dollar, nor shall any single prize exceed $1000
21 $250. There shall be no more than 4000 tickets in a game.
22 "Pull tabs and jar games", as used in this Act, does not
23 include the following: numbers, policy, bolita or similar
24 games, dice, slot machines, bookmaking and wagering pools
25 with respect to a sporting event, or that game commonly known
26 as punch boards, or any other game or activity not expressly
27 defined in this Section.
28 "Organization" means a corporation, agency, partnership,
29 association, firm or other entity consisting of 2 or more
30 persons joined by a common interest or purpose.
31 "Non-profit organization" means an organization or
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1 institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis
2 with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the
3 operation.
4 "Charitable organization" means an organization or
5 institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite
6 number of the public.
7 "Educational organization" means an organization or
8 institution organized and operated to provide systematic
9 instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common
10 to schools and institutions of learning which compare
11 favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of
12 study presented in tax-supported schools.
13 "Religious organization" means any church, congregation,
14 society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious
15 worship.
16 "Fraternal organization" means an organization of
17 persons, including but not limited to ethnic organizations,
18 having a common interest, organized and operated exclusively
19 to promote the welfare of its members and to benefit the
20 general public on a continuing and consistent basis.
21 "Veterans' organization" means an organization comprised
22 of members of which substantially all are individuals who are
23 veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the
24 primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its
25 members and to provide assistance to the general public in
26 such a way as to confer a public benefit.
27 "Labor organization" means an organization composed of
28 labor unions or workers organized with the objective of
29 betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit
30 and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their
31 respective occupations.
32 "Youth athletic organization" means an organization
33 having as its exclusive purpose the promotion and provision
34 of athletic activities for youth aged 18 and under.
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1 "Senior citizens organization" means an organization or
2 association comprised of members of which substantially all
3 are individuals who are senior citizens, as defined in the
4 Illinois Act on the Aging, the primary purpose of which is to
5 promote the welfare of its members.
6 (Source: P.A. 85-1012.)
7 (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
8 Sec. 4. The conducting of pull tabs and jar games is
9 subject to the following restrictions:
10 (1) The entire net proceeds of any pull tabs or jar
11 games, except as otherwise approved in this Act, must be
12 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
13 organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
14 (2) No person except a bona fide member or employee of
15 the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
16 or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
17 herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games conducted
18 under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
19 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
20 participating in the management or operation of such pull
21 tabs or jar games; however, nothing herein shall conflict
22 with pull tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
23 of the Charitable Games Act.
24 (4) The price paid for a single chance or right to
25 participate in a game licensed under this Act shall not
26 exceed $1. The aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise
27 awarded in any single day of pull tabs and jar games shall
28 not exceed $2,250, except that in adjoining counties having
29 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties which
30 are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and are
31 adjacent to total of not more than 2 counties in this State,
32 the value of all prizes or merchandise awarded may not exceed
33 $3,250 in a single day.
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1 (5) No person under the age of 18 years shall play or
2 participate in games under this Act. A person under the age
3 of 18 years may be within the area where pull tabs and jar
4 games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
5 or guardian.
6 (6) Pull tabs and jar games shall be conducted only on
7 premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
8 by its members for general activities, or on premises owned
9 or rented for conducting the game of bingo, or as permitted
10 in subsection (4) of Section 3.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-289.)