(A) All such devices shall, at all times, be kept and placed in plain view of any person or persons who may frequent or be in any place of business where such devices are kept or used.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize, permit or license any gambling device of any nature whatsoever.
(C) A
GAMBLING DEVICE is any clock, tape machine, slot machine, video slot machine, video poker machine, video black jack machine or other machines or device for the reception of money or other thing of value on chance or skill or upon the action of which money or other things of value is staked, hazarded, bet, won or lost; or any mechanism, furniture, fixture, equipment or other device designed primarily for use in a gambling place. A GAMBLING DEVICE does not include:
(1) A coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical device played for amusement which rewards the player with the right to replay such mechanical device, which device is so constructed or devised as to make such result of the operation thereof depend in part upon the skill of the player and which returns to the player thereof no money, property or right to receive money or property. Video poker machines and video black jack machines are not excluded as a gambling device under this division (C);
(2) Vending machines by which full and adequate return is made for the money invested and in which there is no element of chance or hazard;
(3) A crane game. For the purposes of this division (C)(3), a
CRANE GAME is an amusement device involving skill, if it rewards the player exclusively with merchandise contained within the amusement device proper and limited to toys, novelties and prizes other than currency, each having a wholesale value which is not more than seven times the cost charged to play the amusement device once or $5, whichever is less;
(4) A redemption machine. For the purposes of this division (C)(4), a
REDEMPTION MACHINE is a single-player or multi-player amusement device involving a game, the object of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing or propelling a ball or other object into, upon or against a hole or other target; provided that, all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The outcome of the game is predominantly determined by the skill of the player;
(b) The award of the prize is based solely upon the player’s achieving the object of the game or otherwise upon the player’s score;
(c) Only merchandise prizes are awarded;
(d) The average wholesale value of prizes awarded in lieu of tickets or tokens for single play of device does not exceed the lesser of $5 or seven times the cost charged for a single play of the device; and
(e) The redemption value of tickets, tokens and other representations of value, which may be accumulated by players to redeem prizes of greater value, does not exceed the amount of charged for a single play of the device.
(5) Video gaming terminal games at a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment or licensed veterans’ establishment when conducted in accordance with the Video Gaming Act, 230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.
(1960 Code, § 7-6-6) (Ord. 5385, passed 3-8-1995; Ord. 5758, passed 7-21-1997; Ord. 7648, passed 11-19-2012)