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90_HB1840
230 ILCS 20/1.1 from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1
230 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 120, par. 1054
Amends the Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Provides that
fraternal organizations and veterans' organizations that
conduct games under the Act shall not have a single prize
that exceeds $500 (now $250). Provides that such
organizations shall have no more than 6,000 tickets in a game
(now 4,000). Provides that the price for a right to
participate in a game conducted by such an organization shall
not exceed $2 (now $1). Provides that the value of all
prizes awarded in a single day by such an organization shall
not exceed $5,000 (now $2,250).
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act
2 by changing Sections 1.1 and 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act is
6 amended by changing Sections 1.1 and 4 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 20/1.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1051.1)
8 Sec. 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9 "Pull tabs" and "jar games" means a game using
10 single-folded or banded tickets or a card, the face of which
11 is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view in order
12 to conceal a number, symbol or set of symbols, some of which
13 are winners. Players with winning tickets receive a prize
14 stated on a promotional display or "flare". Pull tabs also
15 means a game in which prizes are won by pulling a tab from a
16 board thereby revealing a number which corresponds to the
17 number for a given prize.
18 Each winning pull tab or slip shall be predetermined. In
19 no instance shall The right to participate in such games
20 shall not cost more than one dollar, except that for games
21 conducted by a fraternal organization or a veterans'
22 organization, the right to participate in such games shall
23 not cost more than $2. No, nor shall any single prize shall
24 exceed $250, except that in games conducted by a fraternal
25 organization or a veterans' organization no single prize
26 shall exceed $500. There shall be no more than 4,000 4000
27 tickets in a game, except that in games conducted by a
28 fraternal organization or a veterans' organization, there
29 shall be no more than 6,000 tickets in a game.
30 "Pull tabs and jar games", as used in this Act, does not
31 include the following: numbers, policy, bolita or similar
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1 games, dice, slot machines, bookmaking and wagering pools
2 with respect to a sporting event, or that game commonly known
3 as punch boards, or any other game or activity not expressly
4 defined in this Section.
5 "Organization" means a corporation, agency, partnership,
6 association, firm or other entity consisting of 2 or more
7 persons joined by a common interest or purpose.
8 "Non-profit organization" means an organization or
9 institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis
10 with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the
11 operation.
12 "Charitable organization" means an organization or
13 institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite
14 number of the public.
15 "Educational organization" means an organization or
16 institution organized and operated to provide systematic
17 instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common
18 to schools and institutions of learning which compare
19 favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of
20 study presented in tax-supported schools.
21 "Religious organization" means any church, congregation,
22 society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious
23 worship.
24 "Fraternal organization" means an organization of
25 persons, including but not limited to ethnic organizations,
26 having a common interest, organized and operated exclusively
27 to promote the welfare of its members and to benefit the
28 general public on a continuing and consistent basis.
29 "Veterans' organization" means an organization comprised
30 of members of which substantially all are individuals who are
31 veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the
32 primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its
33 members and to provide assistance to the general public in
34 such a way as to confer a public benefit.
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1 "Labor organization" means an organization composed of
2 labor unions or workers organized with the objective of
3 betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit
4 and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their
5 respective occupations.
6 "Youth athletic organization" means an organization
7 having as its exclusive purpose the promotion and provision
8 of athletic activities for youth aged 18 and under.
9 "Senior citizens organization" means an organization or
10 association comprised of members of which substantially all
11 are individuals who are senior citizens, as defined in the
12 Illinois Act on the Aging, the primary purpose of which is to
13 promote the welfare of its members.
14 (Source: P.A. 85-1012.)
15 (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
16 Sec. 4. The conducting of pull tabs and jar games is
17 subject to the following restrictions:
18 (1) The entire net proceeds of any pull tabs or jar
19 games, except as otherwise approved in this Act, must be
20 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
21 organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
22 (2) No person except a bona fide member or employee of
23 the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
24 or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
25 herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games conducted
26 under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
27 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
28 participating in the management or operation of such pull
29 tabs or jar games; however, nothing herein shall conflict
30 with pull tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
31 of the Charitable Games Act.
32 (4) The price paid for a single chance or right to
33 participate in a game licensed under this Act shall not
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1 exceed $1, except that in games conducted by a fraternal
2 organization or a veterans' organization, a single chance or
3 right to participate shall not exceed $2. The aggregate
4 value of all prizes or merchandise awarded in any single day
5 of pull tabs and jar games shall not exceed $2,250, except
6 that in adjoining counties having 200,000 to 275,000
7 inhabitants each, and in counties which are adjacent to
8 either of such adjoining counties and are adjacent to total
9 of not more than 2 counties in this State, the value of all
10 prizes or merchandise awarded may not exceed $3,250 in a
11 single day, and except that in games conducted by a fraternal
12 organization or a veterans' organization, the value of all
13 prizes awarded may not exceed $5,000 in a single day.
14 (5) No person under the age of 18 years shall play or
15 participate in games under this Act. A person under the age
16 of 18 years may be within the area where pull tabs and jar
17 games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
18 or guardian.
19 (6) Pull tabs and jar games shall be conducted only on
20 premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
21 by its members for general activities, or on premises owned
22 or rented for conducting the game of bingo, or as permitted
23 in subsection (4) of Section 3.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-289.)