(A) A person commits the offense of gambling when he:
(1) Plays a game of chance or skill for money or other thing of value, unless excepted in division (B) of this section; or
(2) Makes a wager upon the result of any game, contest, or any political nomination, appointment or election; or
(3) Operates, keeps, owns, uses, purchases, exhibits, rents, sells, bargains for the sale or lease of, manufactures or distributes any gambling device; or
(4) Knowingly owns or possesses any book, instrument or apparatus by means of which bets or wagers have been, or are, recorded or registered, or knowingly possesses any money which he has received in the course of a bet or wager; or
(5) Sells pools upon the result of any game or contest of skill or chance, political nomination, appointment or election; or
(6) Sets up or promotes any lottery or sells, offers to sell or transfers any ticket or share for any lottery; or
(7) Sets up or promotes any policy game or sells, offers to sell or knowingly possesses or transfers any policy ticket, slip, record, document or other similar device; or
(8) Knowingly advertises any lottery or policy game or drafts, prints or publishes any lottery ticket or share, or any policy ticket, slip, record, document or similar device, or any advertisement of any lottery or policy game; or
(9) Knowingly transmits information as to wagers, betting odds, or changes in betting odds by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means; or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of such information; except that nothing in this division (A)(9) prohibits transmission or receipt of such information for use in news reporting of sporting events or contests.
(B) Participants in any of the following activities shall not be convicted of gambling:
(1) Agreements to compensate for loss caused by the happening of chance including without limitation contracts of indemnity or guarantee and life or health or accident insurance; and
(2) Offers of prizes, award or compensation to the actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the determination of skill, speed, strength or endurance or to the owners of animals or vehicles entered in such contest; and
(3) Pari-mutuel betting as authorized by the law of the State of Illinois; and
(4) Manufacture of gambling devices, including the acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce to any place outside the state when such transportation is not prohibited by any applicable state or federal law; and
(5) The game commonly known as “bingo,” when conducted in accordance with “An Act making lawful the conducting of bingo by certain non-profit organizations, requiring licensing and prescribing regulations therefor.” ILCS Ch. 230, Act 25, § 1 et seq.
(6) Lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois in accordance with the “Illinois Lottery Law,” enacted by the 78th General Assembly. ILCS Ch. 20, Act 1605, § 1 et seq.
(7) Other gambling specifically authorized by and carried out in accordance with state statutes.
(Ord. 149, passed 7-7-75) Penalty, see § 132.99