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92_SB0797
LRB9200606LDpr
1 AN ACT concerning consumer fraud and deceptive business
2 practices.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
6 practices Act is amended by adding Section 2KK as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 505/2KK new)
8 Sec. 2KK. Sweepstakes mailings; disclosure; improper
9 implications. The use of a mailing stating that the
10 recipient of the mailing may win or may already have won a
11 prize in a sweepstakes is declared to be an unlawful practice
12 under this Act unless the sender of the mailing (1) discloses
13 the estimated odds of winning any prize offered in the
14 sweepstakes and (2) refrains from stating or implying that
15 the recipient may improve his or her odds of winning by
16 purchasing certain products.