A. Any person who, in any room, inn, tavern, shed, booth, building or inclosure, or in any part thereof, operates, keeps, owns, rents or uses any clock, joker, tape or slot machine, or any other device upon 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 money or other valuable thing is staked, bet, hazarded, won or lost, upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1.12.
B. Exceptions. Participants in any of the following activities shall not be convicted of gambling:
1. Manufacture of gambling devices, including the acquisition of essential parts therefore and the assembly thereof, for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce to any place outside this state when such transportation is not prohibited by any applicable federal law; or the manufacture, distribution or possession of video gaming terminals, as defined in the Illinois Video Gaming Act, by manufacturers, distributors, terminal operators and establishments licensed to do so under the Video Gaming Act.
2. Video gaming terminal games located at a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veteran's establishment when conducted in accordance with the Illinois Video Gaming Act.
(Ord. 2013-5, 2012; prior code § 17.303).