For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
GAMBLING DEVICE. Any clock, tape machine, slot 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 thing 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 the following:
(1) Coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical devices.
(2) Vending machines.
(3) Crane games.
(4) Redemption machines.
(5) Video game terminals.
INTERNET. An interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provided that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including but not limited to an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the internet or any comparable system or service, and also including but not limited to a world-wide web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service. ACCESS and COMPUTER have the meanings ascribed to them in ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 16D-2.
LOTTERY. Any scheme or procedure whereby one or more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such prizes, whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery, raffle, gift, sale, or some other name, excluding savings promotion raffles authorized under § 5g of the Illinois Banking Act (ILCS Ch. 205, Act 5, § 5g), § 7008 of the Illinois Bank Savings Act (ILCS Ch. 205, Act 205, § 7008), § 42.7 of the Illinois Credit Union Act (ILCS Ch. 205, Act 305, § 42.7), section 5136B of the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 25a), or section 4 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1463).
POLICY GAME. Any scheme or procedure whereby a person promises or guarantees by any instrument, bill, certificate, writing, token, or other device that any particular number, character, ticket, or certificate shall in the event of any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle the purchaser or holder to receive money, property, or evidence of debt.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 28-2) (`95 Code, § 135.01)