Illinois Compiled Statutes

20 ILCS 1605/15 (2026)

No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery ticket or share

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(20 ILCS 1605/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 1165)
    Sec. 15. No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery ticket or share. No person shall sell, distribute samples of, or furnish a lottery ticket or share to any minor under 18 years of age, buy a lottery ticket or share for any minor under 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase of lottery tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of age.
    No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any member of the Board or any officer or other person employed by the Board or by the Department; any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any such persons; or any minor under 18 years of age.
    Any violation of this Section by a person other than the purchasing minor shall be a Class B misdemeanor; provided, that if any violation of this Section is a subsequent violation, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a violation of this Section by a minor under 18 years of age shall be a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 90-346, eff. 8-8-97.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Cie v. Comdata Network, Inc., 656 N.E.2d 123 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995).
Cie v. Comdata Network, Inc., 656 N.E.2d 123 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “1165 (now 20 ILCS 1605/15 (West 1994))) likewise declares that no other law providing any penalty shall apply to the sale of tickets pursuant thereto.”
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