4-156-050 Raffles – Licenses – Issuance by city clerk.

   The city clerk shall have the authority to issue licenses for raffles, as defined in the Act, subject to the limitations stated in Section 4-156-020 of this article.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-156-060 Raffles – Licenses – Requirements.

   Licenses for raffles shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational or veterans' organizations which are located within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago and which operate without profit to their members, and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before applying for such license and have had during said period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects. Application shall be made in writing, no fewer than ten days before the intended sale of raffle chances, on forms provided by the city clerk's office. Each application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the area in which the raffle chances will be sold or issued, the time and manner and location of determining the winning chances, and such other information as the city clerk's office may require. Each application must contain a sworn statement attesting to the not-for-profit character of the applicant, signed by its presiding officer and secretary.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-156-070 Raffles – Separate licenses – Fee – Term.

   Each raffle must be conducted in accordance with Sections 4, 5 and 6, inclusive, of the Act. The fee for such license shall be as set forth in Section 4-5-010. The license shall be valid for the duration of one year.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-06, p. 92532, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-10, p. 83191, § 1)

4-156-080 Raffle tickets.

   Each raffle ticket, chance or other raffle token shall state on its face the name and address of the licensee, the date or dates of the drawing, and the prize or prizes to be awarded; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to any raffle in which prizes in aggregate value under $50.00 are awarded. No such ticket, chance or token shall be sold or issued more than 364 days before the determination of the winning chance or chances.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-156-090 Raffles – Prizes – Fees.

   The maximum cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be $2,000,000.00; the maximum retail value of a non-cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be $100,000.00. The aggregate value of all prizes awarded in any raffle shall not exceed $4,000,000.00. The maximum fee for any chance shall be $500.00; all such fees shall be paid in currency, or by check or credit card.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 9559, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 72119, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-27-18, p. 79201, § 1)

4-156-100 Raffles – Publication of rules and regulations.

   The commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection or his designated agent, shall publish rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter or the Act governing the conduct of raffles licensed hereunder.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 12-8-04, p. 38063, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-07, p. 105047, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5)

4-156-110 Raffles – Fee exemption conditions.

   Notwithstanding any provision of Section 4-156-060 of the Municipal Code, no license fee shall be charged for any other raffle conducted by a qualifying organization in the same calendar year during which such organization has paid a raffle license fee and conducted the licensed raffle.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-156-120 Auxiliaries and affiliates of organizations.

   Whenever used in this chapter, the word "organization" shall include an auxiliary or affiliate of a licensee.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-156-125 Inter-track wagering.

   (a)   As used in this section:

   "Act" means the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, 230 ILCS 5/1, et al.

   "Board" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.01 of the Act.

   "lnter-track wagering location licensee" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.073 of the Act.

   (b)   A one-dollar admission fee is imposed upon each patron of an inter-track wagering location facility located wholly within the corporate boundaries of the City.

   (c)   It shall be the duty of each inter-track wagering location licensee at a facility located wholly within the corporate boundaries of the City to collect the fee imposed under subsection (b) of this section and to remit the fee to the Department of Finance no later than the 20th day of each calendar month for all admission fees collected during the immediately preceding calendar month. A verified statement of admission fees in a form prescribed by the Comptroller shall accompany each such remittance.

   (d)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter 4-156, for all periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020, all remittance returns shall be filed with the Department of Finance on an annual basis on or before August 20 of each year.

   (e)   Pursuant to Section 26(h)(10.1) of the Act, it shall be the duty of each inter-track wagering location licensee at a facility located wholly within the corporate boundaries of the City to pay to the City the percentage of the pari-mutuel handle required under Section 26(h)(10.1) of the Act, or its successor provision, no later than the 20th of the month following the month such handle was generated. Payment of the required percentage of the pari-mutuel handle shall be made to the Department of Finance separately and apart from remittance of the fee imposed under subsection (b) of this section.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 4-24-20, p. 15055, § 3)