COIN OPERATED DEVICE. Any amusement device or machine (excluding video gaming terminals licensed under Chapter 114 of this title) operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token or similar object for the purpose of amusement or skill and for the playing of which a fee is charged; provided said term shall not include a merry-go-round, a rocking horse or other similar rides designed and operated for use only by minors. No device which awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits when the award of credits is dependent upon chance shall be permitted nor licensed as a “coin-operated amusement device,” as such devices are prohibited by § 35 of the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/35).
DEVICE. Each pool, billiard or similar table, each pinball machine, each alley of a bowling alley, each gallery of a shooting gallery, and each coin-operated amusement device. DEVICE shall not include video gaming terminals licensed under the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/) and Chapter 114 of this title. No device which awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits when the award of credits is dependent upon chance shall be permitted nor licensed as a “device”, as such devices are prohibited by § 35 of the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/35).
OPERATOR. Any person, owner, firm, corporation partnership, association or club which sets up for his or its own operation or for operation by another or leases or distributes for the purpose of operation by another, any device herein defined whether such setting up for operation, leasing or distributing, be for a fixed charge or rental, or on the basis of receipt of or a division of the income derived from such a device or otherwise.
POOL HALL or BUSINESS WHERE A PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS POOL OR BILLIARD TABLES. Shall mean:
(1) any premises where there is situated more than six (6) pool or billiard tables or similar tables; or
(2) any premises where there is situated more than one (1) but less than seven (7) pool or billiard tables or similar tables and where pool or billiard or similar tables are a principal business activity upon the premises; pool or billiard or similar tables shall be considered a principal business activity if:
(a) said pool, billiard or similar tables represent more than one-third of the total number of devices licensed under this Chapter of the Revised Code upon the premises, or
(b) the floor space occupied by the pool, billiard and other similar tables and the space within three feet of each table exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total floor space of the room where the tables are situated; or
(c) the premises derives a significant or substantial portion of its gross revenue from pool, billiard or other similar tables; significant or substantial being twenty percent (20%) or more.
PROPRIETOR. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or club which, as owner, lessee, or otherwise has under his, or its, control any establishment, place, or premises in or at which such device is placed or kept for use or play, or on exhibition for the purpose of use or play.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.10)