(a) Location. Sales of raffle chances shall be at any location within the State of Illinois.
(b) Eligibility for License. Raffle licenses shall be issued only to: (1) bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, veterans’ or other bona fide not-for-profit organizations that operate without profit to their members, which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a raffle license, and which have, during that entire five-year period, engaged in carrying out their objects; (2) to a non-profit fund-raising organization that the Village determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster; or (3) to any law enforcement agencies and statewide associations that represent law enforcement officials. The aforementioned five-year requirement is hereby waived for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational or veterans’ organization, if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or state organization that meets the five-year requirement.
(c) Duration of License. Licenses shall permit the applicant to issue or sell raffle chances only for those dates stated in the license application, but in no event shall the period of sales exceed one year. Each license is valid for not more than one raffle per week during any one year period.
(d) Maximum Value of Prizes.
(1) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
(2) The retail value of each individual prize awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).
(e) Price of Chances. The price charged for each raffle chance sold or issued shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(Ord. 2001-21. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 2020-06. Passed 3-9-20.)