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Public Act 098-0426
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| HB2520 Enrolled | LRB098 10419 AMC 40624 b |
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Charitable Games Act is amended by changing |
Section 2 as follows:
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(230 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1122)
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Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the |
following definitions
apply:
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"Charitable games" means the 14 games of chance involving |
cards, dice, wheels, random selection of numbers, and gambling |
tickets which may be conducted at charitable games events |
listed as follows: roulette, blackjack, poker, pull tabs, |
craps, bang, beat the dealer, big six, gin rummy, five card |
stud poker, chuck-a-luck, keno, hold-em poker, and merchandise |
wheel. |
"Charitable games event" or "event" means the type of |
fundraising event authorized by the Act at which participants |
pay to play charitable games for the chance of winning cash or |
noncash prizes. "Charitable games event" or "event" includes a |
poker run. |
"Charitable organization" means an organization or |
institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite |
number of the public. |
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"Chips" means scrip, play money, poker or casino chips, or |
any other representations of money, used to make wagers on the |
outcome of any charitable game. |
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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"Educational organization" means an organization or |
institution organized and operated to provide systematic |
instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to |
schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in |
their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in |
tax-supported schools. |
"Fraternal organization" means an organization of persons |
having a common interest that is organized and operated |
exclusively to promote the welfare of its members and to |
benefit the general public on a continuing and consistent |
basis, including but not limited to ethnic organizations.
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"Labor organization" means an organization composed of |
labor unions or
workers organized with the objective of |
betterment of the conditions of
those engaged in such pursuit |
and the development of a higher degree of
efficiency in their |
respective occupations.
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"Licensed organization" means a qualified organization |
that has obtained a license to conduct a charitable games event |
in conformance with the provisions of this Act. |
"Non-profit organization" means an organization or |
institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis |
with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the |
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operation.
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"Organization": A corporation, agency, partnership,
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association, firm, business, or other entity consisting of 2 or |
more persons joined by
a common interest or purpose.
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"Person" means any natural individual, corporation, |
partnership, limited
liability company, organization as |
defined in this
Section, qualified organization, licensed |
organization, licensee under this Act, or volunteer.
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"Poker run" means an event organized by a sponsoring |
organization in which participants travel to 5 or more |
predetermined locations, drawing a playing card or equivalent |
item at each location, in order to assemble a facsimile of a |
poker hand or other numeric score. "Poker run" includes dice |
runs, marble runs, or other events where the objective is to |
build the best hand or highest score by obtaining an item at |
each location. |
"Premises" means a distinct parcel of land and the |
buildings thereon. |
"Provider" means the person or organization owning, |
leasing, or controlling premises upon which any charitable |
games event is to be conducted.
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"Qualified organization" means:
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(a) a charitable, religious, fraternal, veterans, |
labor, or educational
organization, or other institution |
organized and conducted on a not-for-profit
basis with no |
personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the
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operation and which is exempt from federal income taxation |
under Sections
501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(8), |
501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19) of the
Internal Revenue Code;
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(b) a veterans organization as defined in Section 1.1
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of the
"Bingo License and Tax Act"organized
and conducted |
on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring |
to
anyone as a result of the operation; or
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(c) An auxiliary organization of a veterans |
organization.
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"Religious organization" means any church, congregation, |
society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious |
worship. |
"Sponsoring organization" means a qualified organization |
that has obtained a
license to conduct a charitable games event |
in conformance with the provisions
of this Act.
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"Supplier" means any person, firm, or corporation that |
sells, leases, lends, distributes, or otherwise provides to any |
organization licensed to conduct charitable games events in |
Illinois any charitable games equipment.
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"Veterans' organization" means an organization comprised |
of members of which substantially all are individuals who are |
veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the |
primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its |
members and to provide assistance to the general public in such |
a way as to confer a public benefit. |
"Volunteer" means a person recruited by a licensed |