A. Eligible Organizations: Licenses for raffles shall be issued only to bona fide charitable, educational, religious, fraternal, veterans, labor, and business organizations which have been in existence continuously for a period of five (5) years next preceding making application for a license, and have, during that entire five (5) year period, a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non-profit fundraising organization that the village determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster and associations that represent law enforcement agencies and associations that represent law enforcement agencies as provided for in Section 9 of the Raffles and Poker Runs Act (230 ILCS 10/0.01, et seq.).
B. No raffle license shall be issued to:
1. Any person who has been convicted of a felony.
2. Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter.
3. Any person who is not of good moral character.
4. Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in subsection B1, B2 or B3 of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such person is active or employed.
5. Any organization in which a person defined in subsection B1, B2 or B3 of this section is an officer, director or employee, whether for compensation or not.
6. Any organization in which a person defined in subsection B1, B2 or B3 of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a “raffle” as defined in section 3-16-1 of this chapter. (Ord. O-30-20, 9-28-2020)