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90_SB1509
230 ILCS 20/4 from Ch. 120, par. 1054
Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Raises
the aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise that may be
awarded in a single day in certain counties from $2,250 to
$5,000. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT in relation to State revenue.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act is
5 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (230 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 1054)
7 Sec. 4. The conducting of pull tabs and jar games is
8 subject to the following restrictions:
9 (1) The entire net proceeds of any pull tabs or jar
10 games, except as otherwise approved in this Act, must be
11 exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the
12 organization permitted to conduct such drawings.
13 (2) No person except a bona fide member or employee of
14 the sponsoring organization may participate in the management
15 or operation of such pull tabs or jar games; however, nothing
16 herein shall conflict with pull tabs and jar games conducted
17 under the provisions of the Charitable Games Act.
18 (3) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for
19 participating in the management or operation of such pull
20 tabs or jar games; however, nothing herein shall conflict
21 with pull tabs and jar games conducted under the provisions
22 of the Charitable Games Act.
23 (4) The price paid for a single chance or right to
24 participate in a game licensed under this Act shall not
25 exceed $2. The aggregate value of all prizes or merchandise
26 awarded in any single day of pull tabs and jar games shall
27 not exceed $5,000 $2,250, except that in adjoining counties
28 having 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in counties
29 which are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and
30 are adjacent to total of not more than 2 counties in this
31 State, the value of all prizes or merchandise awarded may not
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1 exceed $5,000 in a single day.
2 (5) No person under the age of 18 years shall play or
3 participate in games under this Act. A person under the age
4 of 18 years may be within the area where pull tabs and jar
5 games are being conducted only when accompanied by his parent
6 or guardian.
7 (6) Pull tabs and jar games shall be conducted only on
8 premises owned or occupied by licensed organizations and used
9 by its members for general activities, or on premises owned
10 or rented for conducting the game of bingo, or as permitted
11 in subsection (4) of Section 3.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-536, eff. 1-1-98.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.