(A) Raffles are hereby authorized within the village, in conformance with the requirements of this subchapter. It shall be a violation of this subchapter to operate a raffle within the village without first having obtained a license as set forth herein.
(B) A license to operate a raffle shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational or veterans’ organizations that operate without profit to their members, and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for the license, as provided for in this subchapter, and which have had during the entire five-year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives and who have complied with the provisions of this subchapter and the provisions of the Raffles and Poker Runs Act, ILCS Ch. 230, Act 15, §§ 0.01 et seq., as amended, or to a nonprofit fundraising 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.
(C) No license to operate a raffle shall be issued to:
(1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(3) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(4) Any firm, organization or corporation in which a person defined in § 113.131(C) (1), (2) or (3) has a proprietary, beneficial, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which such a person defined in § 113.131(C)(1), (2) or (3) is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not;
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in § 113.131(C)(1), (2) or (3) is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined by state law.
(Ord. 17-26, passed 1-22-18)