Illinois Chapter 720 ILCS 5/28 – Gambling and Related Offenses
Chapter 720 ILCS 5/28 of the Illinois Revised Statutes: Criminal Offenses regulates gambling within the state of Illinois. It has rules for both individuals and organizations and sets penalties for not following them.
What Chapter 5/28 Covers
- What kinds of gambling count as legal and illegal
- Groups working together to profit from gambling
- Regulations for people who run a legal gambling operation
To learn more about these statutes, click on the links below for explanations in plain English.
Chapter 5/28 Statutes Explained
- 720 ILCS 5/28-1 Gambling
- 720 ILCS 5/28-1.1 – Syndicated Gambling
- 720 ILCS 5/28-3 – Keeping a Gambling Place
- 720 ILCS 5/28-4 – Registration of Federal Gambling Stamps
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720 ILCS 5/28-2 Definitions
This section explains certain words and phrases as they pertain to this chapter.
(a) “Gambling device” means machines that take money (or other valuables), and allow people to bet with it.
(a-5) “Internet” means a computer service that allows people to access a computer server or World Wide Web page.
(a-6) “Access” means to interact with a computer, network, or the data on it.
(a-7) “Computer” means a machine that processes data, including connected devices.
(b) “Lottery” means a process in which some people pay into, which then randomly distributes prizes.
(c) “Policy game” means a process in which one person makes a promise that they will fulfill if a lottery turns out a certain way.
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