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    AN ACT concerning business.

 
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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
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Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2AAA as follows:
 
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    (815 ILCS 505/2AAA  new)
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    Sec. 2AAA. Internet gaming service provider; cancellation.
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    (a) As used in this Section:
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        "Internet gaming service provider" means a person who 
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    provides a web site that includes information, software, 
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    data, text, photographs, graphics, sound, or video that may 
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    be accessed by a consumer for a fee for the purpose of the 
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    consumer playing a single player or multiplayer game 
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    through the Internet or that may be downloaded for the 
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    consumer to play on his or her computer outside of the 
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    Internet. "Internet gaming service provider" does not 
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    include online gambling or other gaming where a consumer 
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    can enter to win money.
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    (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an 
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Internet gaming service provider provides service to 
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consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is 
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automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer 
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cancels the service.
 


 






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    (c) An Internet gaming service provider must give a 
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consumer who is an Illinois resident the following: (1) a 
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secure method at the Internet gaming service provider's web 
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site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which 
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method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call 
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or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the 
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cancellation; and (2) instructions that the consumer may follow 
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to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's 
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web site.
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    (d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful 
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practice within the meaning of this Act.