8-12-010 Gambling prohibited.
8-12-020 Lottery and policy games.
8-12-030 Places for gambling.
8-12-040 Devices for gambling.
8-12-050 Slot and tape machines.
8-12-060 Duty of police.
8-12-070 Betting or gambling at tracks.
8-12-080 Taking bets or pool-selling.
8-12-090 Publishing or circulating information.
8-12-100 Violation – Penalty.
No person shall play or engage in faro, roulette, or gambling for money or other valuable thing, or in any other device or game of chance, hazard, or skill, either as bookmaker, dealer, keeper, player, or otherwise, for the purpose of gaming or gambling for money or other valuable thing. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any conduct authorized by the following statutes, each as in effect on May 4, 2022: the Illinois Lottery Law, the Illinois Horse Racing Act, the Raffles and Poker Runs Act, the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act, the Bingo License and Tax Act, the Charitable Games Act, the Illinois Gambling Act, or the Illinois Sports Wagering Act.
(Prior code § 191-1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 158; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42922, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 5-25-22, p. 48413, § 7)
No person shall keep, occupy or use, or permit to be kept, occupied or used, a place, building, room, establishment, table, or apparatus for policy playing or for the purchase, sale, exchange, or redemption of what are commonly called lottery tickets or policy tickets.
No person shall deliver or receive money or other valuable consideration in playing policy or in aiding in the playing thereof, or for lottery or policy tickets, or for any writing, paper, or document in the nature of a bet, wager, or insurance upon the drawing or drawn numbers of any lottery or policy game, whether such drawing be real or imaginary.
No person, except a public officer, shall have in his possession or control any writing, paper, or document representing or being a record of any chance, share, or interest in numbers sold, drawn, or to be drawn, in what is commonly called policy, or in the nature of a bet, wager, or insurance upon the drawing or drawn numbers of any public or private lottery or policy game, whether such drawing be real or imaginary.
No person, other than a public officer, shall have in his possession or control any paper, print, writing, numbers, device, policy slip, policy sheet, or article of any kind such as is commonly used in carrying on, promoting, or playing the game commonly called policy.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away, or in any way dispose of or redeem any ticket, order, slip, or device of any kind for or representing any number of shares or any interest in any lottery, policy, or scheme of chance of any kind or description by whatever name, style, or title the same may be denominated or known, and whether located or drawn, or to be drawn, paid, or carried on within or without the limits of the city, or whether such purported drawings be real or imaginary.
No person shall either publicly or privately, as owner or agent, establish, carry on, promote, make, draw, or act as "backer" or "vendor" for or on account of any lottery, policy, or scheme of chance described in the previous paragraph; nor shall any person be in any way concerned in any such lottery, policy, or scheme of chance.
No person who is the owner, lessor, lessee, agent, superintendent, janitor, or caretaker of any place, building, or room shall permit policy playing or the barter, sale, exchange, or redemption of what are commonly called lottery or policy tickets or slips, or the sale of any chances in alleged drawings in lotteries or policies to be carried on in such place, building, or room, whether such drawings be real or imaginary.
No person shall patronize, frequent, or be found in any place, building, room, or establishment kept, occupied, or used for policy playing, for policy or lottery drawings, or for the sale of what are commonly called lottery or policy tickets or slips, or in which are kept any paper, prints, writings, numbers, devices, policy tickets, policy sheets or articles of any kind, such as are commonly used in carrying on, promoting, or playing the game or scheme commonly called policy.
No person shall write, print, publish, circulate, or distribute in any way an account of any lottery, policy, or scheme of chance of any kind or description by whatsoever name, style, or title the same may be denominated or known, and no person shall write, print, publish, circulate, or distribute any book, pamphlet, circular, sheet, or paper whatsoever containing or purporting to contain information concerning any lottery, policy, or scheme of chance, or where the same is to be or has been drawn, or the prizes therein, or the price of a ticket, or where any such ticket may be or has been obtained, or in any way giving publicity to any such lottery, policy, or scheme of chance, whether the drawings therein referred to be real or imaginary.
No person shall aid, assist, or abet in any manner, or be a party to any of the offenses, acts, or matters hereinbefore specified.
(Prior code § 191-2)
Every house, room, yard, boat, vessel, or other structure or premises kept or used for the purpose of permitting persons to gamble for any valuable thing within the city is hereby declared to be a common nuisance.
No person shall own, maintain, manage, or conduct, or be interested in owning, maintaining, managing, or conducting, any such place.
No person shall patronize, visit, frequent, or be connected with the management or operation, or shall act as the doorkeeper, solicitor, runner, agent, abettor, or pimp of any such house, room, yard, boat, vessel, or other structure, place, or premises.
(Prior code § 191-3)
No person shall expose any table, wheel, or device of any kind whatsoever, intended, calculated, or designed to be used for gaming or gambling or for playing any game for chance or hazard, in, upon or along any of the public ways or other public places of the city.
No person shall bring into the city or have in his possession within the city, for the purpose of gaming or gambling for money or other valuable thing, any table, wheel or other device of any kind or character whatsoever whereon or with which money or any other valuable thing may in any manner be played or gambled.
(Prior code § 191-4)
No person shall keep, own, operate, use, or cause to be kept, operated or used, in any room, inn, tavern, shed, booth, building, enclosure, or upon any premises, or any part thereof, any clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other device of any kind or nature whatsoever, upon, in, by, or through which money is staked or hazarded, or into which money is paid or played upon chance, or upon the result of the action of which clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other device, money or other valuable thing is staked, bet, hazarded, won, or lost.
Each day which any person shall operate, keep, own, or have in his charge, possession or control any such clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other such gambling device, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 191-5)
It shall be the duty of all members of the department of police to give information to the mayor of every house, room, yard, boat, vessel, or other structure or premises within the city wherein any such game or device or policy shop tickets or lists are or may be set up, kept, or maintained. Such members of the department of police shall take all lawful means to suppress and prevent the playing at or use of any faro table, roulette wheel, or the playing of any game or the use of any device hereinbefore mentioned. For this purpose, when and as often as any such member of the department of police shall have reasonable cause to suspect that any such table, wheel, game, or device is set up, kept, or maintained anywhere within the city, he shall forthwith make complaint thereof before some judge of the municipal court and obtain a warrant authorizing him to enter such house, room, yard, boat, vessel, or other structure, place, or premises, or any part of the same. Such member of the department of police shall thereupon have authority to demand entry thereto. No person shall refuse or fail to open the door or entrance thereto, or shall obstruct or do anything tending to obstruct or prevent the entry of such member of the department of police to any such house, room, yard, boat, vessel, or other structure, place, or premises, or any part thereof, when such member of the department of police shall have a warrant.
It shall be the duty of every member of the department of police to seize any such table, wheel, instrument, device, or thing. All such tables, instruments, devices, or things when seized shall be destroyed.
No person shall obstruct or resist any member of the police department in the performance of any act herein authorized.
(Prior code § 191-6)
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