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| 1 | AN ACT concerning gaming. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 4 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (230 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 2404) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Occupational license" means a license issued by the Board | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to a person or entity to perform an occupation which the Board | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | has identified as requiring a license to engage in riverboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | gambling, casino gambling, or gaming pursuant to an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | organization gaming license issued under this Act in Illinois. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | "Gambling game" includes, but is not limited to, baccarat, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | twenty-one, poker, craps, slot machine, video game of chance, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | roulette wheel, klondike table, punchboard, faro layout, keno | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | layout, numbers ticket, push card, jar ticket, or pull tab | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | which is authorized by the Board as a wagering device under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | "Riverboat" means a self-propelled excursion boat, a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | permanently moored barge, or permanently moored barges that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | are permanently fixed together to operate as one vessel, on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | in this Act. | ||||||
| 2 | "Slot machine" means any mechanical, electrical, or other | ||||||
| 3 | device, contrivance, or machine that is authorized by the | ||||||
| 4 | Board as a wagering device under this Act which, upon | ||||||
| 5 | insertion of a coin, currency, token, or similar object | ||||||
| 6 | therein, or upon payment of any consideration whatsoever, is | ||||||
| 7 | available to play or operate, the play or operation of which | ||||||
| 8 | may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the | ||||||
| 9 | machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens, or | ||||||
| 10 | anything of value whatsoever, whether the payoff is made | ||||||
| 11 | automatically from the machine or in any other manner | ||||||
| 12 | whatsoever. A slot machine: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) may utilize spinning reels or video displays or | ||||||
| 14 | both; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) may or may not dispense coins, tickets, or tokens | ||||||
| 16 | to winning patrons; | ||||||
| 17 | (3) may use an electronic credit system for receiving | ||||||
| 18 | wagers and making payouts; and | ||||||
| 19 | (4) may simulate a table game. | ||||||
| 20 | "Slot machine" does not include table games authorized by | ||||||
| 21 | the Board as a wagering device under this Act. | ||||||
| 22 | "Managers license" means a license issued by the Board to | ||||||
| 23 | a person or entity to manage gambling operations conducted by | ||||||
| 24 | the State pursuant to Section 7.3. | ||||||
| 25 | "Dock" means the location where a riverboat moors for the | ||||||
| 26 | purpose of embarking passengers for and disembarking | ||||||
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| 1 | passengers from the riverboat. | ||||||
| 2 | "Gross receipts" means the total amount of money exchanged | ||||||
| 3 | for the purchase of chips, tokens, or electronic cards by | ||||||
| 4 | riverboat patrons. | ||||||
| 5 | "Adjusted gross receipts" means the total of all cash and | ||||||
| 6 | cash equivalents received by a licensee minus the total of: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) all cash and cash equivalents paid out as winnings | ||||||
| 8 | to wagerers; | ||||||
| 9 | (2) the actual costs paid by a licensee for anything | ||||||
| 10 | of value provided to and redeemed by wagerers, including | ||||||
| 11 | merchandise or services distributed to wagerers to | ||||||
| 12 | incentivize wagering; | ||||||
| 13 | (3) voided or cancelled wagers; and | ||||||
| 14 | (4) the costs of free play or promotional credits | ||||||
| 15 | provided to and redeemed by the applicable licensee's | ||||||
| 16 | wagerers. gross receipts less winnings paid to wagerers. | ||||||
| 17 | "Cheat" means to alter the selection of criteria which | ||||||
| 18 | determine the result of a gambling game or the amount or | ||||||
| 19 | frequency of payment in a gambling game. | ||||||
| 20 | "Gambling operation" means the conduct of gambling games | ||||||
| 21 | authorized under this Act upon a riverboat or in a casino or | ||||||
| 22 | authorized under this Act and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of | ||||||
| 23 | 1975 at an organization gaming facility. | ||||||
| 24 | "License bid" means the lump sum amount of money that an | ||||||
| 25 | applicant bids and agrees to pay the State in return for an | ||||||
| 26 | owners license that is issued or re-issued on or after July 1, | ||||||
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| 1 | 2003. | ||||||
| 2 | "Table game" means a live gaming apparatus upon which | ||||||
| 3 | gaming is conducted or that determines an outcome that is the | ||||||
| 4 | object of a wager, including, but not limited to, baccarat, | ||||||
| 5 | twenty-one, blackjack, poker, craps, roulette wheel, klondike | ||||||
| 6 | table, punchboard, faro layout, keno layout, numbers ticket, | ||||||
| 7 | push card, jar ticket, pull tab, or other similar games that | ||||||
| 8 | are authorized by the Board as a wagering device under this | ||||||
| 9 | Act. "Table game" does not include slot machines or video | ||||||
| 10 | games of chance. | ||||||
| 11 | The terms "minority person", "woman", and "person with a | ||||||
| 12 | disability" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section | ||||||
| 13 | 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and | ||||||
| 14 | Persons with Disabilities Act. | ||||||
| 15 | "Casino" means a facility at which lawful gambling is | ||||||
| 16 | authorized as provided in this Act. | ||||||
| 17 | "Owners license" means a license to conduct riverboat or | ||||||
| 18 | casino gambling operations, but does not include an | ||||||
| 19 | organization gaming license. | ||||||
| 20 | "Licensed owner" means a person who holds an owners | ||||||
| 21 | license. | ||||||
| 22 | "Organization gaming facility" means that portion of an | ||||||
| 23 | organization licensee's racetrack facilities at which gaming | ||||||
| 24 | authorized under Section 7.7 is conducted. | ||||||
| 25 | "Organization gaming license" means a license issued by | ||||||
| 26 | the Illinois Gaming Board under Section 7.7 of this Act | ||||||
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| 1 | authorizing gaming pursuant to that Section at an organization | ||||||
| 2 | gaming facility. | ||||||
| 3 | "Organization gaming licensee" means an entity that holds | ||||||
| 4 | an organization gaming license. | ||||||
| 5 | "Organization licensee" means an entity authorized by the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois Racing Board to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in | ||||||
| 7 | accordance with the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. With | ||||||
| 8 | respect only to gaming pursuant to an organization gaming | ||||||
| 9 | license, "organization licensee" includes the authorization | ||||||
| 10 | for gaming created under subsection (a) of Section 56 of the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.) | ||||||