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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning gaming.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 40/35)
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| 7 | | Sec. 35. Display of license; confiscation; violation as |
| 8 | | felony. |
| 9 | | (a) Each
video gaming terminal shall be licensed by the |
| 10 | | Board before placement
or operation on the premises of a |
| 11 | | licensed establishment, licensed truck stop
establishment, |
| 12 | | licensed
fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans |
| 13 | | establishment. The license of
each video gaming terminal shall |
| 14 | | be maintained
at the location where the video gaming terminal |
| 15 | | is operated. Failure to do so
is a petty offense with a fine
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| 16 | | not to exceed $100.
Any licensed establishment, licensed truck |
| 17 | | stop establishment, licensed
fraternal establishment, or |
| 18 | | licensed
veterans establishment
used for the conduct of |
| 19 | | gambling games in violation of this Act shall be
considered a |
| 20 | | gambling place in violation of Section 28-3 of the Criminal
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| 21 | | Code of 2012. Every gambling device found in
a licensed |
| 22 | | establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed |
| 23 | | fraternal
establishment, or licensed
veterans establishment |
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| 1 | | operating gambling games in violation of this
Act shall be |
| 2 | | subject to seizure, confiscation, and destruction as provided
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| 3 | | in Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
Any license |
| 4 | | issued under the Liquor Control Act
of 1934 to any owner or |
| 5 | | operator of a licensed establishment, licensed truck
stop |
| 6 | | establishment, licensed
fraternal establishment, or licensed |
| 7 | | veterans establishment that operates or
permits the operation |
| 8 | | of a video gaming terminal within its establishment in
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| 9 | | violation of this Act shall be immediately revoked.
No person |
| 10 | | may own, operate, have in his or her possession or custody or |
| 11 | | under
his or her control, or permit to be kept in any place |
| 12 | | under his or her
possession or control, any
device that awards |
| 13 | | credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of
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| 14 | | removing and recording the removal of credits when the award of |
| 15 | | credits is
dependent upon chance. |
| 16 | | Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the use |
| 17 | | of a game device only if the game device is used in an activity |
| 18 | | that is not gambling under subsection (b) of Section 28-1 of |
| 19 | | the Criminal Code of 2012. |
| 20 | | A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. All
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| 21 | | devices that are owned, operated, or possessed in violation of |
| 22 | | this Section are
hereby declared to be public nuisances and |
| 23 | | shall be subject to seizure,
confiscation, and destruction as |
| 24 | | provided in Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code
of 2012.
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| 25 | | The provisions of this Section do not apply to devices or |
| 26 | | electronic video
game terminals licensed pursuant to this Act. |
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| 1 | | A video gaming terminal operated for amusement only and bearing |
| 2 | | a valid amusement tax sticker shall not be subject to this |
| 3 | | Section until 30 days after the Board establishes that the |
| 4 | | central communications system is functional.
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| 5 | | (b) (1) The odds of winning each video game shall be posted |
| 6 | | on or near each video gaming terminal. The manner in which the |
| 7 | | odds are calculated and how they are posted shall be determined |
| 8 | | by the Board by rule. |
| 9 | | (2) No video gaming terminal licensed under this Act may be |
| 10 | | played except during the legal hours of operation allowed for |
| 11 | | the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the licensed |
| 12 | | establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed |
| 13 | | veterans establishment. A licensed establishment, licensed |
| 14 | | fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment |
| 15 | | that violates this subsection is subject to termination of its |
| 16 | | license by the Board. |
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; |
| 18 | | 96-1410, eff. 7-30-10; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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