(A) A license to operate a raffle shall be issued only:
(1) To bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, veterans or other not- for-profit 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 a license and which have had during that entire five year period been engaged in carrying out their objectives;
(2) To a non-profit fundraising organization that the licensing agent 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;
(3) To any law enforcement agencies and statewide associations that represent law enforcement officials, or to any fire protection agencies and associations that represent fire protection officials. A licensing authority may waive the five-year requirement under this division for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans’ organization that applies for a license to conduct a raffle if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and charted by a national or state organization that meets the five-year requirement.
(ILCS Ch. 230, Act 15, § 2(b))
(B) No license shall be issued to:
(1) Any person whose felony conviction will impair the person’s ability to engage in the licensed position;
(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or professional gambling promoter;
(3) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(4) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (1), (2) or (3) above has a proprietary equitable, or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which such a person defined in divisions (1), (2) or (3) above is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not;
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (1), (2) or (3) above is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined by state law.
(ILCS Ch. 230, Act 15, § 3) (‘81 Code, § 5-30.02) (Ord. 1982-13-2, passed 7-6-82; Am. Ord. 2007-59, passed 10-15-07; Am. Ord. 2019-34, passed 10-7-19)