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91_HB3491
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1 AN ACT to amend the Riverboat Gambling Act by changing
2 Section 11.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
6 changing Section 11 as follows:
7 (230 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 2411)
8 Sec. 11. Conduct of gambling. Gambling may be conducted
9 by licensed owners aboard riverboats, subject to the
10 following standards:
11 (1) A licensee may conduct riverboat gambling
12 authorized under this Act regardless of whether it
13 conducts excursion cruises. A licensee may permit the
14 continuous ingress and egress of passengers for the
15 purpose of gambling.
16 (1.1) A licensee may not conduct gambling between
17 the hours of 3:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M.
18 (2) (Blank).
19 (3) Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be
20 set by the licensee.
21 (4) Agents of the Board and the Department of State
22 Police may board and inspect any riverboat at any time
23 for the purpose of determining whether this Act is being
24 complied with. Every riverboat, if under way and being
25 hailed by a law enforcement officer or agent of the
26 Board, must stop immediately and lay to.
27 (5) Employees of the Board shall have the right to
28 be present on the riverboat or on adjacent facilities
29 under the control of the licensee.
30 (6) Gambling equipment and supplies customarily
31 used in conducting riverboat gambling must be purchased
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1 or leased only from suppliers licensed for such purpose
2 under this Act.
3 (7) Persons licensed under this Act shall permit no
4 form of wagering on gambling games except as permitted by
5 this Act.
6 (8) Wagers may be received only from a person
7 present on a licensed riverboat. No person present on a
8 licensed riverboat shall place or attempt to place a
9 wager on behalf of another person who is not present on
10 the riverboat.
11 (9) Wagering shall not be conducted with money or
12 other negotiable currency.
13 (10) A person under age 21 shall not be permitted
14 on an area of a riverboat where gambling is being
15 conducted, except for a person at least 18 years of age
16 who is an employee of the riverboat gambling operation.
17 No employee under age 21 shall perform any function
18 involved in gambling by the patrons. No person under age
19 21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this Act.
20 (11) Gambling excursion cruises are permitted only
21 when the waterway for which the riverboat is licensed is
22 navigable, as determined by the Board in consultation
23 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This paragraph
24 (11) does not limit the ability of a licensee to conduct
25 gambling authorized under this Act when gambling
26 excursion cruises are not permitted.
27 (12) All tokens, chips or electronic cards used to
28 make wagers must be purchased from a licensed owner
29 either aboard a riverboat or at an onshore facility which
30 has been approved by the Board and which is located where
31 the riverboat docks. The tokens, chips or electronic
32 cards may be purchased by means of an agreement under
33 which the owner extends credit to the patron. Such
34 tokens, chips or electronic cards may be used while
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1 aboard the riverboat only for the purpose of making
2 wagers on gambling games.
3 (13) Notwithstanding any other Section of this Act,
4 in addition to the other licenses authorized under this
5 Act, the Board may issue special event licenses allowing
6 persons who are not otherwise licensed to conduct
7 riverboat gambling to conduct such gambling on a
8 specified date or series of dates. Riverboat gambling
9 under such a license may take place on a riverboat not
10 normally used for riverboat gambling. The Board shall
11 establish standards, fees and fines for, and limitations
12 upon, such licenses, which may differ from the standards,
13 fees, fines and limitations otherwise applicable under
14 this Act. All such fees shall be deposited into the
15 State Gaming Fund. All such fines shall be deposited
16 into the Education Assistance Fund, created by Public Act
17 86-0018, of the State of Illinois.
18 (14) In addition to the above, gambling must be
19 conducted in accordance with all rules adopted by the
20 Board.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-40, eff. 6-25-99.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.