Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 435 - CHARITABLE GAMES ACT › Section 435.160 - Operation of Charitable Games Events

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
Only the following games may be
			 conducted at a charitable games event: roulette, blackjack, poker, pull tabs,
			 craps, bang, beat the dealer, big six, gin rummy, five card stud poker,
			 chuck-a-luck, keno, hold-em poker, and merchandise wheel. A licensed
			 organization need not conduct every game permitted. The licensed organization
			 shall promulgate rules, and make printed copies available to participants, for
			 the games conducted at the charitable games event
(Section 8(15) of
			 the Act). However, the games, as played at a charitable games event, must be
			 recognizable from the following general descriptions of these games: Craps,
			 bang, beat the dealer, and chuck-a-luck are dice games. "Craps" involves
			 players rolling a pair of dice in an effort to throw certain combinations of
			 numbers paying various odds. Several rolls may be necessary to determine
			 whether a player has won or lost. "Bang" is similar to craps but with fewer
			 relevant combinations, and a decision is reached on each roll of the dice. In
			 "beat the dealer" the player attempts to throw a higher total on two dice than
			 the dealer. "Chuck-a-luck" uses three dice with players wagering on whether
			 particular spots will appear on one or more of the dice. Roulette, big six, and
			 merchandise wheel are wheel games. "Roulette" uses a wheel, usually separated
			 into 38 numbered compartments into which a ball drops at random, and wagers are
			 made regarding several variables in the outcome of a spin of the wheel. "Big
			 six" uses a sectioned wheel on which are pictured various combinations of three
			 dice, and wagers are made on whether particular spots will appear in the
			 combination that is chosen at random by spinning the wheel. "Merchandise
			 wheels" have numbers, symbols or colors used to designate the winning wager
			 and, where applicable, the type of merchandise to be awarded. Blackjack, gin
			 rummy, poker, hold-em poker, and five card stud poker are card games and must
			 be played substantially according to the description of such games found in
			 Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games by Walter B. Gibson, published by
			 Doubleday and Company, Inc., April 1974, 1st
			 Edition, hereby incorporated by reference (no later editions or amendments are
			 included). However, a house dealer must be provided for all card games played
			 at an event. These dealers are considered to participate in the management and
			 operation of the games, and must be a bona fide employee, member, or volunteer
			 recruited by the licensed organization. Keno is a lotto-type game, similar to
			 bingo, in which a player, to win, must select numbers on a card which
			 correspond to numbers drawn at random from a container. A pull tab, or similar
			 type of gambling ticket, is a single-folded or banded ticket, or is a card, the
			 face of which is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view to conceal a
			 number, symbol, or set of symbols, some of which are winners. Players receive
			 from the licensed organization the prize for a winning ticket, which is stated
			 on the promotional display or "flare".
No cards, dice, wheels or other
			 charitable games equipment may be modified or altered so as to give the
			 licensee a greater advantage in winning, other than as provided under the
			 normal rules of play of a particular game
(Section 8 of the Act). Any
			 charitable games equipment so altered or modified shall be confiscated by the
			 Department.
No single bet at any game shall exceed $20.
(Section 8(4) of the Act)
b)
Only chips may be used to play
any of the
games
listed in subsection (a). Cash may never be used to
			 wager on any of the games conducted at any charitable games event.
All
			 chips must be permanently monogrammed with the license number or logo of the
			 sponsoring organization or of the supplier
(Section 8(5) of the Act).
			 Sponsoring organizations may, at their discretion, accept checks or credit
			 cards as payment for chips. However, such checks must be endorsed by the
			 sponsoring organization. Proceeds from credit cards must be maintained as
			 provided in Section
			 435.190.
1) Chips must be sold and redeemed at a
			 single, stationary location on the premises where the charitable games event is
			 conducted. This area shall be known as the "bank". (See Section 8(5) of the
			 Act.) The bank must be staffed entirely by members, volunteers or employees of
			 the sponsoring organization, who will be required to account for all
			 transactions. No "floor sellers" or "runners" are allowed. For each
			 participant, the sponsoring organization shall keep a complete and accurate
			 record of the name and address of the participant, the cash value of each
			 purchase of chips by the participant, and, if chips are redeemable for cash,
			 the cash value of all chips redeemed by the participant. After each separate
			 purchase of chips, the sponsoring organization shall issue to the purchaser a
			 separate receipt identified by a unique pre-printed number. The number of the
			 receipt and the amount of the purchase must be entered on the record maintained
			 for that purchaser.
A) All receipts for the
			 purchase of chips must be pre-printed with consecutive numbers, beginning with
			 the number one. Any receipts not issued, and any voided receipts, must be
			 retained as part of the sponsoring organization's records. (Example: Seller A
			 is selling chips and issuing receipts numbered 1-150. At the end of the night,
			 seller A has only issued receipts through number 135. Blank receipts 136-150
			 must be retained by the sponsoring organization.)
B) The entire amount of any admission fee
			 shall be considered to be a purchase of chips even if no chips are given in
			 return for payment of the fee, and must be entered on the record of each
			 participant. For this purchase of chips only, the sponsoring organization need
			 not issue a receipt to the purchaser.