093_HB2962

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to gambling.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Riverboat  Gambling  Act  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 13.2 and changing Section 18 as follows:

 6        (230 ILCS 10/13.2 new)
 7        Sec.    13.2.  Prohibition   against   automated   teller
 8    machines.
 9        (a)  An owners licensee shall not engage in or  authorize
10    the  installation or operation of an automated teller machine
11    on board its riverboat or on its dock.
12        (b)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "automated
13    teller machine" has the same  meaning  as  in  the  Automated
14    Teller Machine Security Act.

15        (230 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 120, par. 2418)
16        Sec. 18.  Prohibited Activities - Penalty.
17        (a)  A  person  is  guilty  of  a Class A misdemeanor for
18    doing any of the following:
19             (1)  Conducting gambling where wagering is  used  or
20        to be used without a license issued by the Board.
21             (2)  Conducting gambling where wagering is permitted
22        other than in the manner specified by Section 11.
23        (b)  A  person  is  guilty  of  a Class B misdemeanor for
24    doing any of the following:
25             (1)  permitting a person under 21 years  to  make  a
26        wager ; or
27             (2)  violating  paragraph  (12) of subsection (a) of
28        Section 11 of this Act; or.
29             (3)  violating Section 13.2.
30        (c)  A person  wagering  or  accepting  a  wager  at  any
 
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 1    location outside the riverboat is subject to the penalties in
 2    paragraphs  (1)  or  (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28-1 of
 3    the Criminal Code of 1961.
 4        (d)  A person commits a Class 4 felony and, in  addition,
 5    shall   be   barred   for  life  from  riverboats  under  the
 6    jurisdiction of the Board, if the  person  does  any  of  the
 7    following:
 8             (1)  Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or
 9        benefit  to  a  person  who is connected with a riverboat
10        owner including,  but  not  limited  to,  an  officer  or
11        employee of a licensed owner or holder of an occupational
12        license  pursuant  to an agreement or arrangement or with
13        the intent that the promise or thing of value or  benefit
14        will  influence  the  actions  of  the person to whom the
15        offer, promise, or gift was made in order  to  affect  or
16        attempt  to  affect the outcome of a gambling game, or to
17        influence official action of a member of the Board.
18             (2)  Solicits or knowingly  accepts  or  receives  a
19        promise  of anything of value or benefit while the person
20        is connected with a riverboat including, but not  limited
21        to, an officer or employee of a licensed owner, or holder
22        of  an occupational license, pursuant to an understanding
23        or arrangement or with the intent  that  the  promise  or
24        thing  of  value or benefit will influence the actions of
25        the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome  of
26        a  gambling  game,  or  to influence official action of a
27        member of the Board.
28             (3)  Uses or possesses with  the  intent  to  use  a
29        device to assist:
30                  (i)  In projecting the outcome of the game.
31                  (ii)  In keeping track of the cards played.
32                  (iii)  In  analyzing  the  probability  of  the
33             occurrence  of  an  event  relating  to the gambling
34             game.
 
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 1                  (iv)  In analyzing the strategy for playing  or
 2             betting  to  be used in the game except as permitted
 3             by the Board.
 4             (4)  Cheats at a gambling game.
 5             (5)  Manufactures, sells, or distributes any  cards,
 6        chips,  dice, game or device which is intended to be used
 7        to violate any provision of this Act.
 8             (6)  Alters  or  misrepresents  the  outcome  of   a
 9        gambling  game  on  which wagers have been made after the
10        outcome is made sure but before it  is  revealed  to  the
11        players.
12             (7)  Places  a  bet  after  acquiring knowledge, not
13        available to all players, of the outcome of the  gambling
14        game  which  is  subject of the bet or to aid a person in
15        acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing a  bet
16        contingent on that outcome.
17             (8)  Claims,  collects,  or  takes,  or  attempts to
18        claim, collect, or take, money or anything of value in or
19        from the gambling games, with intent to defraud,  without
20        having  made  a  wager  contingent  on winning a gambling
21        game, or claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or
22        thing of value of greater value than the amount won.
23             (9)  Uses counterfeit chips or tokens in a  gambling
24        game.
25             (10)  Possesses  any  key or device designed for the
26        purpose of opening, entering, or affecting the  operation
27        of  a  gambling  game,  drop  box,  or  an  electronic or
28        mechanical device connected with the gambling game or for
29        removing coins, tokens,  chips or  other  contents  of  a
30        gambling  game.   This paragraph (10) does not apply to a
31        gambling licensee or  employee  of  a  gambling  licensee
32        acting in furtherance of the employee's employment.
33        (e)  The  possession  of  more  than  one  of the devices
34    described in subsection (d),  paragraphs  (3),  (5)  or  (10)
 
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 1    permits  a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended
 2    to use the devices for cheating.
 3        An action to prosecute any crime occurring on a riverboat
 4    shall be tried in  the  county  of  the  dock  at  which  the
 5    riverboat is based.
 6    (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)