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(A) No person shall within the city limits set up, keep or maintain, or support any gambling house or room, or place used for practice of gaming or playing for money or property, or anything to represent money, or procure or permit any person or persons to frequent or to come together to play for money or other valuable thing, or anything representing money in any such house, room, or other place occupied by him, or shall keep, use or permit to be kept or used in any building or place occupied or controlled by such person, any instrument or device of any character, name or nature used for the purpose of gaming, or shall keep or have in his possession any gaming instrument or device of any kind for the purpose of gaming therewith. The magistrate where any trial for the violation of any of the provisions of this section may be had, shall order such gaming instrument, table or device to be destroyed.
('68 Code, § 42.18(a))
(B) No person shall be an inmate of any gaming house, room or place used for the purpose of gaming within the city, or shall in any way be connected therewith, or shall frequent or visit the same, or be found therein; or shall play for any money or other valuable thing, or for anything representing money at any game with cards, dice, billiards or any other instrument or device or shall bet on any such game when played by others.
('68 Code, § 42.18(b))
(C) No person knowingly being the agent or owner of any house, building, or room, hotel, or place for the purpose of gaming, shall suffer or permit such house, building, room or place to be continued as such after knowledge of the fact that the same is so used for a gaming house, or that gaming is permitted therein, and fail to abate such gaming at once upon notice, either verbally or in writing, by the Chief of Police or any police officer.
('68 Code, § 42.18(c))
(D) Provided, however, that the game commonly known as “bingo” when conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Bingo License and Tax Act, “pull tabs” and “jar games” when conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act, “charitable games” when conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Charitable Games Act, “video gaming” when conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Video Gaming Act, “raffles” when conducted in accordance with the provisions of the City of Mattoon’s Code of Ordinances, and lotteries when conducted by the State of Illinois in accordance with the Illinois Lottery Law, shall be permitted and shall not be construed as a violation of this section.
(Ord. 2012-5350, passed 4-17-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall resist or obstruct any police officer in seizure or destruction of any gaming implement, or shall keep or suffer to be kept in any place occupied by him, any implements such as are used in gaming, or suffer any implement of that kind to be used upon his premises or any part thereof for the purposes of gaming for money or other property, or being the owner, occupant, manager or clerk of any building, room or other place where gaming is done or where there are good reasons for believing that gaming is done, shall resist or hinder any police officer from entering such building, room or place when in the lawful discharge of his duty, either with or without a warrant, upon being informed of the purpose of such officer.
('68 Code, § 42.18(d)) Penalty, see § 10.99
RAFFLES AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. An organization or institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite number of the public. The service rendered to those eligible for benefits must also confer benefit on the public.
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION. An organization or institution organized and operated to provide systematic institution and useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax supported schools.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION. An organization of persons having a common interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to lessen the burdens of government by caring for those that otherwise would be cared for by the government.
LABOR ORGANIZATION. An organization composed of workers organized with the objective of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. An organization or institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the operation.
RAFFLE. A form of lottery, as defined in Section 28-2(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961, conducted by an organization licensed under this subchapter, in which:
(1) The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a change represented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of numbers or by some other medium, one or more of which chances is to be designated the winning chance; or
(2) The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or by some other method based on an element of chance by an act or set of acts on the part of persons conducting or connected with the lottery, except that the winning chance shall not be determined by the outcome of a publicly exhibited sporting contest.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. Any church, congregation, society or organization founded for the purpose of religious worship.
VETERANS ORGANIZATION. An organization or association comprised of members of which substantially all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to confer a public benefit.
(Ord. 85-4499, passed 12-17-85)
(A) No person, firm or corporation shall conduct raffles or chances without having first obtained a license therefore pursuant to this subchapter.
(B) The City Clerk shall issue a license to permit the conduct of raffles to any bona fide non-profit, charitable, educational, religious, fraternal, veterans or labor organization. Said license shall be issued only upon written application signed by the president or secretary or other high officer of the organization applying for the license.
(C) The license and application for license must specify the area or areas within the city in which raffle chances will be sold or issued; the time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued; the time of determination of winning chances; and the location or locations at which winning chances will be determined.
(D) There are created under this section two classes of licenses:
(1) Class A. A license issued for single event raffles which are not of a continuing nature or conducted on a regular basis.
(2) Class B. An annual license issued only to fraternal organizations which conduct raffles on a continuous and frequent basis throughout the calendar year.
(Ord. 85-4499, passed 12-17-85; Am. Ord. 94-4769, passed 3-15-94) Penalty, see § 10.99
The fee for a Class A license issued under this subchapter shall be $25 and shall expire upon the award of the prize which is to be awarded pursuant to the raffle. The fee for a Class B license shall be $100 per year and shall be in full force and effect from May 1 of each year until April 30 of the following year.
(Ord. 85-4499, passed 12-17-1985; Am. Ord. 94-4769, passed 3-15-1994)
No license shall be issued to any of the following:
(A) Any person who has been convicted of a felony.
(B) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter.
(C) Any person who is not of good moral character.
(D) Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in divisions (A) through (C) of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed.
(E) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (A) through (C) of this section is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not.
(F) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (A) through (C) of this section, is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this act.
(Ord. 85-4499, passed 12-17-1985)
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