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90_HB2715
230 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 120, par. 1054
Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Raises
the limit on the aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise
that may be awarded in a single day of pull tabs and jar
games to $5,000 in all counties where that limit is less than
$5,000. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act
2 by changing Section 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 Section 4 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
8 Sec. 4. The conducting of pull tabs and jar games is
9 subject to the following restrictions:
10 (1) The entire net proceeds of any pull tabs or jar
11 games, except as otherwise approved in this Act, must be
12 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
13 organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
14 (2) No person except a bona fide member or employee of
15 the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
16 or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
17 herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games conducted
18 under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
19 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
20 participating in the management or operation of such pull
21 tabs or jar games; however, nothing herein shall conflict
22 with pull tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
23 of the Charitable Games Act.
24 (4) The price paid for a single chance or right to
25 participate in a game licensed under this Act shall not
26 exceed $2. The aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise
27 awarded in any single day of pull tabs and jar games shall
28 not exceed $2,250, except that in adjoining counties having
29 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties which
30 are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and are
31 adjacent to total of not more than 2 counties in this State,
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1 the value of all prizes or merchandise awarded may not exceed
2 $5,000 in a single day.
3 (5) No person under the age of 18 years shall play or
4 participate in games under this Act. A person under the age
5 of 18 years may be within the area where pull tabs and jar
6 games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
7 or guardian.
8 (6) Pull tabs and jar games shall be conducted only on
9 premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
10 by its members for general activities, or on premises owned
11 or rented for conducting the game of bingo, or as permitted
12 in subsection (4) of Section 3.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-536, eff. 1-1-98.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.