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92_HB0581
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1 AN ACT in relation to gambling.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
5 adding Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new)
7 Sec. 13.2. Prohibition against automated teller
8 machines.
9 (a) An owners licensee shall not engage in or authorize
10 the installation or operation of an automated teller machine
11 on board its riverboat or on its dock.
12 (b) For the purpose of this Section, the term "automated
13 teller machine" has the same meaning as in the Automated
14 Teller Machine Security Act.
15 (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
16 Sec. 18. Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
17 (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for
18 doing any of the following:
19 (1) Conducting gambling where wagering is used or
20 to be used without a license issued by the Board.
21 (2) Conducting gambling where wagering is permitted
22 other than in the manner specified by Section 11.
23 (b) A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for
24 doing any of the following:
25 (1) permitting a person under 21 years to make a
26 wager ; or
27 (2) violating paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of
28 Section 11 of this Act; or.
29 (3) violating Section 13.2.
30 (c) A person wagering or accepting a wager at any
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1 location outside the riverboat is subject to the penalties in
2 paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of
3 the Criminal Code of 1961.
4 (d) A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition,
5 shall be barred for life from riverboats under the
6 jurisdiction of the Board, if the person does any of the
7 following:
8 (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or
9 benefit to a person who is connected with a riverboat
10 owner including, but not limited to, an officer or
11 employee of a licensed owner or holder of an occupational
12 license pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or with
13 the intent that the promise or thing of value or benefit
14 will influence the actions of the person to whom the
15 offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or
16 attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
17 influence official action of a member of the Board.
18 (2) Solicits or knowingly accepts or receives a
19 promise of anything of value or benefit while the person
20 is connected with a riverboat including, but not limited
21 to, an officer or employee of a licensed owner, or holder
22 of an occupational license, pursuant to an understanding
23 or arrangement or with the intent that the promise or
24 thing of value or benefit will influence the actions of
25 the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of
26 a gambling game, or to influence official action of a
27 member of the Board.
28 (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a
29 device to assist:
30 (i) In projecting the outcome of the game.
31 (ii) In keeping track of the cards played.
32 (iii) In analyzing the probability of the
33 occurrence of an event relating to the gambling
34 game.
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1 (iv) In analyzing the strategy for playing or
2 betting to be used in the game except as permitted
3 by the Board.
4 (4) Cheats at a gambling game.
5 (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards,
6 chips, dice, game or device which is intended to be used
7 to violate any provision of this Act.
8 (6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a
9 gambling game on which wagers have been made after the
10 outcome is made sure but before it is revealed to the
11 players.
12 (7) Places a bet after acquiring knowledge, not
13 available to all players, of the outcome of the gambling
14 game which is subject of the bet or to aid a person in
15 acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a bet
16 contingent on that outcome.
17 (8) Claims, collects, or takes, or attempts to
18 claim, collect, or take, money or anything of value in or
19 from the gambling games, with intent to defraud, without
20 having made a wager contingent on winning a gambling
21 game, or claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or
22 thing of value of greater value than the amount won.
23 (9) Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a gambling
24 game.
25 (10) Possesses any key or device designed for the
26 purpose of opening, entering, or affecting the operation
27 of a gambling game, drop box, or an electronic or
28 mechanical device connected with the gambling game or for
29 removing coins, tokens, chips or other contents of a
30 gambling game. This paragraph (10) does not apply to a
31 gambling licensee or employee of a gambling licensee
32 acting in furtherance of the employee's employment.
33 (e) The possession of more than one of the devices
34 described in subsection (d), paragraphs (3), (5) or (10)
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1 permits a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended
2 to use the devices for cheating.
3 An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
4 shall be tried in the county of the dock at which the
5 riverboat is based.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)