99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0940

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
230 ILCS 10/20  from Ch. 120, par. 2420

    Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited activities.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (230 ILCS 10/20)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2420)
7    Sec. 20. Prohibited activities - civil penalties. Any
8person who conducts a gambling operation without first
9obtaining a license to do so, or who continues to conduct such
10games after revocation of his license, or any licensee who
11conducts or allows to be conducted any unauthorized gambling
12games on a riverboat where it is authorized to conduct its
13riverboat gambling operation, in addition to other penalties
14provided, shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to the the
15amount of gross receipts derived from wagering on the gambling
16games, whether unauthorized or authorized, conducted on that
17day as well as confiscation and forfeiture of all gambling game
18equipment used in the conduct of unauthorized gambling games.
19(Source: P.A. 86-1029.)