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1 AN ACT in relation to gambling, amending certain named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
6 amended by adding Section 34.2 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 5/34.2 new)
8 Sec. 34.2. Prohibition against post-dated checks.
9 (a) An organization licensee may not conduct or
10 authorize any of the following at its race track or at any of
11 its inter-track locations or inter-track wagering locations
12 nor may any other person conduct any of the following at a
13 race track, inter-track location, or inter-track wagering
14 location:
15 (1) the cashing of any post-dated check; or
16 (2) the cashing of any State or municipal
17 government check.
18 (b) A person who violates this Section commits a Class B
19 misdemeanor.
20 Section 10. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
21 adding Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows:
22 (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new)
23 Sec. 13.2. Prohibition against post-dated checks.
24 (a) An owners licensee or any other person may not:
25 (1) authorize the cashing of any post-dated check
26 on a riverboat or on its dock; or
27 (2) authorize the cashing of any State or municipal
28 government check on a riverboat or on its dock.
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1 (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
2 Sec. 18. Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
3 (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for
4 doing any of the following:
5 (1) Conducting gambling where wagering is used or
6 to be used without a license issued by the Board.
7 (2) Conducting gambling where wagering is permitted
8 other than in the manner specified by Section 11.
9 (b) A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for
10 doing any of the following:
11 (1) permitting a person under 21 years to make a
12 wager; or
13 (2) violating paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of
14 Section 11 of this Act; or.
15 (3) violating Section 13.2 of this Act.
16 (c) A person wagering or accepting a wager at any
17 location outside the riverboat is subject to the penalties in
18 paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of
19 the Criminal Code of 1961.
20 (d) A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition,
21 shall be barred for life from riverboats under the
22 jurisdiction of the Board, if the person does any of the
23 following:
24 (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or
25 benefit to a person who is connected with a riverboat
26 owner including, but not limited to, an officer or
27 employee of a licensed owner or holder of an occupational
28 license pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or with
29 the intent that the promise or thing of value or benefit
30 will influence the actions of the person to whom the
31 offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or
32 attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
33 influence official action of a member of the Board.
34 (2) Solicits or knowingly accepts or receives a
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1 promise of anything of value or benefit while the person
2 is connected with a riverboat including, but not limited
3 to, an officer or employee of a licensed owner, or holder
4 of an occupational license, pursuant to an understanding
5 or arrangement or with the intent that the promise or
6 thing of value or benefit will influence the actions of
7 the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of
8 a gambling game, or to influence official action of a
9 member of the Board.
10 (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a
11 device to assist:
12 (i) In projecting the outcome of the game.
13 (ii) In keeping track of the cards played.
14 (iii) In analyzing the probability of the
15 occurrence of an event relating to the gambling
16 game.
17 (iv) In analyzing the strategy for playing or
18 betting to be used in the game except as permitted
19 by the Board.
20 (4) Cheats at a gambling game.
21 (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards,
22 chips, dice, game or device which is intended to be used
23 to violate any provision of this Act.
24 (6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a
25 gambling game on which wagers have been made after the
26 outcome is made sure but before it is revealed to the
27 players.
28 (7) Places a bet after acquiring knowledge, not
29 available to all players, of the outcome of the gambling
30 game which is subject of the bet or to aid a person in
31 acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a bet
32 contingent on that outcome.
33 (8) Claims, collects, or takes, or attempts to
34 claim, collect, or take, money or anything of value in or
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1 from the gambling games, with intent to defraud, without
2 having made a wager contingent on winning a gambling
3 game, or claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or
4 thing of value of greater value than the amount won.
5 (9) Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a gambling
6 game.
7 (10) Possesses any key or device designed for the
8 purpose of opening, entering, or affecting the operation
9 of a gambling game, drop box, or an electronic or
10 mechanical device connected with the gambling game or for
11 removing coins, tokens, chips or other contents of a
12 gambling game. This paragraph (10) does not apply to a
13 gambling licensee or employee of a gambling licensee
14 acting in furtherance of the employee's employment.
15 (e) The possession of more than one of the devices
16 described in subsection (d), paragraphs (3), (5) or (10)
17 permits a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended
18 to use the devices for cheating.
19 An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
20 shall be tried in the county of the dock at which the
21 riverboat is based.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.
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