A. Any person who keeps or maintains any gaming house or room, or any place where gaming or betting of any kind is done or going on, or any person who procures or permits any persons to come together in any house, rooms or place occupied or owned by him, or under his control, for the purpose of playing at any game for money or other valuable thing, or anything representing or intended to represent money or other thing of value, or permits any such persons to play at any such game when they have come together in any such room, house or place, or any person who keeps or permits to be used in any building, room, yard or place occupied, controlled or owned by him, or has in his possession any keno or faro table, faro bank, roulette or other gaming implement, instrument, device, or thing commonly used for the purpose of gaming, shall in either case, 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 § 17.304).