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| Public Act 098-0426 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning gaming.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Charitable Games Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2 as follows:
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(230 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 1122)
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Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the | ||||
following definitions
apply:
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"Charitable games" means the 14 games of chance involving | ||||
cards, dice, wheels, random selection of numbers, and gambling | ||||
tickets which may be conducted at charitable games events | ||||
listed as follows: roulette, blackjack, poker, pull tabs, | ||||
craps, bang, beat the dealer, big six, gin rummy, five card | ||||
stud poker, chuck-a-luck, keno, hold-em poker, and merchandise | ||||
wheel. | ||||
"Charitable games event" or "event" means the type of | ||||
fundraising event authorized by the Act at which participants | ||||
pay to play charitable games for the chance of winning cash or | ||||
noncash prizes. "Charitable games event" or "event" includes a | ||||
poker run. | ||||
"Charitable organization" means an organization or | ||||
institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite | ||||
number of the public. | ||||
"Chips" means scrip, play money, poker or casino chips, or | ||
any other representations of money, used to make wagers on the | ||
outcome of any charitable game. | ||
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
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"Educational organization" means an organization or | ||
institution organized and operated to provide systematic | ||
instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to | ||
schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in | ||
their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in | ||
tax-supported schools. | ||
"Fraternal organization" means an organization of persons | ||
having a common interest that is organized and operated | ||
exclusively to promote the welfare of its members and to | ||
benefit the general public on a continuing and consistent | ||
basis, including but not limited to ethnic organizations.
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"Labor organization" means an organization composed of | ||
labor unions or
workers organized with the objective of | ||
betterment of the conditions of
those engaged in such pursuit | ||
and the development of a higher degree of
efficiency in their | ||
respective occupations.
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"Licensed organization" means a qualified organization | ||
that has obtained a license to conduct a charitable games event | ||
in conformance with the provisions of this Act. | ||
"Non-profit organization" means an organization or | ||
institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis | ||
with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the | ||
operation.
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"Organization": A corporation, agency, partnership,
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association, firm, business, or other entity consisting of 2 or | ||
more persons joined by
a common interest or purpose.
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"Person" means any natural individual, corporation, | ||
partnership, limited
liability company, organization as | ||
defined in this
Section, qualified organization, licensed | ||
organization, licensee under this Act, or volunteer.
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"Poker run" means an event organized by a sponsoring | ||
organization in which participants travel to 5 or more | ||
predetermined locations, drawing a playing card or equivalent | ||
item at each location, in order to assemble a facsimile of a | ||
poker hand or other numeric score. "Poker run" includes dice | ||
runs, marble runs, or other events where the objective is to | ||
build the best hand or highest score by obtaining an item at | ||
each location. | ||
"Premises" means a distinct parcel of land and the | ||
buildings thereon. | ||
"Provider" means the person or organization owning, | ||
leasing, or controlling premises upon which any charitable | ||
games event is to be conducted.
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"Qualified organization" means:
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(a) a charitable, religious, fraternal, veterans, | ||
labor, or educational
organization, or other institution | ||
organized and conducted on a not-for-profit
basis with no | ||
personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the
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operation and which is exempt from federal income taxation | ||
under Sections
501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(8), | ||
501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19) of the
Internal Revenue Code;
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(b) a veterans organization as defined in Section 1.1
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of the
"Bingo License and Tax Act"organized
and conducted | ||
on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring | ||
to
anyone as a result of the operation; or
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(c) An auxiliary organization of a veterans | ||
organization.
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"Religious organization" means any church, congregation, | ||
society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious | ||
worship. | ||
"Sponsoring organization" means a qualified organization | ||
that has obtained a
license to conduct a charitable games event | ||
in conformance with the provisions
of this Act.
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"Supplier" means any person, firm, or corporation that | ||
sells, leases, lends, distributes, or otherwise provides to any | ||
organization licensed to conduct charitable games events in | ||
Illinois any charitable games equipment.
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"Veterans' organization" means an organization comprised | ||
of members of which substantially all are individuals who are | ||
veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the | ||
primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its | ||
members and to provide assistance to the general public in such | ||
a way as to confer a public benefit. | ||
"Volunteer" means a person recruited by a licensed | ||
organization who voluntarily performs services at a charitable | ||
games event, including participation in the management or | ||
operation of a game, as defined in Section 8.
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(Source: P.A. 94-986, eff. 6-30-06; 95-228, eff. 8-16-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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