(A) Each video gaming terminal shall be licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board and by the city before placement or operation on the premises of a licensed video gaming location in the city. The state license and the video gaming terminal license video gaming terminal and the location license shall be maintained at the location where the video gaming terminal is operated.
(B) Any terminal operator that possesses any video gaming terminal shall have a registration tag issued by the Illinois Gaming Board and a registration tag issued by the city securely affixed on each such video gaming terminal.
(C) Any video gaming terminal without a current registration tag shall be subject to seizure. Any agent of the city may demand and gain access to any property relating to a licensed video gaming location or any location where video gaming terminals are stored, sold, distributed, or transported, and seize any video gaming terminal which does not bear a current registration tag or is operating in a manner that violates any provision of the Illinois Gaming Act or this chapter. Such video gaming terminals so seized shall be subject to confiscation and forfeiture. In the event the city seizes video gaming terminals in accordance with this section, the city shall notify the terminal operator of such seizure and of the terminal operator’s right to a hearing under § 124.18 of this chapter.
(D) The odds of winning each video game shall be posted on or near each video gaming terminal. The manner in which the odds are calculated and how they are posted shall be determined by the Illinois Gaming Board by rule.
(E) No video gaming terminal licensed under this chapter may be played except during the legal hours of operation allowed for the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the licensed video gaming location. A licensed video gaming location that violates this division is subject to termination of its license by the Liquor Commissioner.
(Ord. 12-22, passed 4-24-12)