For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates and requires a different meaning.
GAMBLING DEVICE. Any clock, tape machine, slot machine, or other machines or device for the reception of money or other thing of value on chance or skill, or upon the action of which money or other thing of value is staked, hazarded, bet, won, or lost; or any mechanism, furniture, fixture, equipment, or other device designed primarily for use in a gambling place. A GAMBLING DEVICE does not include the following (as more specifically defined in ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 28-2 (a)(1) through (a)(6) and in the Video Gaming Act, ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, § 5:
(1) Coin-in-the-slot operated mechanical devices.
(2) Vending machines.
(3) Crane games.
(4) Redemption machines.
(5) Internet.
(6) Access and computer.
(7) Video gaming terminal within a licensed video gaming location as those terms are defined in and when operated in compliance with the Video Gaming Act (ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, §§ 1 et seq.).
INTERNET. An interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provided that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including but not limited to an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the internet or any comparable system or service, and also including but not limited to a world-wide web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service. ACCESS and COMPUTER have the meanings ascribed to them in ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 16D-2.
LOTTERY. Any scheme or procedure whereby one or more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such prizes, whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery, raffle, gift, sale, or some other name.
POLICY GAME. Any scheme or procedure whereby a person promises or guarantees by any instrument, bill, certificate, writing, token, or other device that any particular number, character, ticket, or certificate shall in the event of any contingency in the nature of a lottery entitle the purchaser or holder to receive money, property, or evidence of debt.
(Am. Ord. 12-22, passed 4-24-12)
Statutory reference:
For similar provisions under state law, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 28-2