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230 ILCS 40/1 (2026)

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(230 ILCS 40/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Video Gaming Act. Any references in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2013–2025 · leading case: Dotty's Cafe v. Illinois Gaming Bd., 2019 IL App (1st) 173207 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
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Dotty's Cafe v. Illinois Gaming Bd., 2019 IL App (1st) 173207 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 3× “OPINION ¶1 Plaintiffs, Dotty’s Cafe, Stella’s Place, and Shelby’s, challenged the constitutionality of two provisions of the Video Gaming Act (Gaming Act) (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2016)), one No.”
J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC v. Wild, Inc, 2016 IL 119870 (Ill. 2017). “¶2 BACKGROUND ¶3 In July 2009, the General Assembly enacted the Video Gaming Act (Act) (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2014)), which legalized the use of video gaming terminals as a new form of commercial gambling within certain licensed establishments, including bars, veterans…”
Triple 7 Illinois, LLC v. Gaming & Ent. Mgmt. - Illinois, LLC, 2013 IL App (3d) 120860 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “OPINION ¶1 Plaintiff Triple 7 Illinois appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of its declaratory judgment action, seeking to declare defendant Gaming & Entertainment Management- Illinois’s (GEM) exclusive placement agreement with Da Lee’s Fine Dining invalid under the Video…”
Kelly Sonnenberg v. Amaya Grp. Holdings (IOM) Ltd, 810 F.3d 509 (7th Cir. 2016). “; Illinois Video Gaming Act, 230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.; cf. GAMBLEONLINE.CO, “Illinois Online Gambling,” www.”
City of Chicago v. City of Kankakee, 2019 IL 122878 (Ill. 2019). “8 ¶ 25 In J&J Ventures, relied upon by defendants, the parties argued that the circuit court had subject-matter jurisdiction to determine the validity of location agreements for video gaming machines between the plaintiffs and the defendants because the legislature had not…”
Accel Ent. Gaming, LLC v. Vill. of Elmwood Park, 2015 IL App (1st) 143822 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “July 13, 2009) (adding 230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.). The Ordinance was adopted in September 2013, approximately four years after the passage of the Video Gaming Act.”
Accel Ent. Gaming, LLC v. Vill. of Elmwood Park, 2015 IL App (1st) 143822 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “July 13, 2009) (adding 230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.). The Ordinance was adopted in September 2013, approximately four years after the passage of the Video Gaming Act.”
City of Chicago v. City of Kankakee, 2019 IL 122878 (Ill. 2019). “8 ¶ 25 In J&J Ventures, relied upon by defendants, the parties argued that the circuit court had subject-matter jurisdiction to determine the validity of location agreements for video gaming machines between the plaintiffs and the defendants because the legislature had not…”
Dew-Becker v. Wu, 2018 IL App (1st) 171675 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “The general expansion of legalized gambling is reflected in section 28-1(b) of the Criminal Code of 2012, which provides that participants in activities such as bingo, lotteries, raffles, pull tabs and jar games, gambling conducted on riverboats, and video gaming terminal games,…”
Illinois Coin Mach. Operators Ass'n v. Cnty. of Cook, 2015 IL App (1st) 150547 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “injunction to bar the application and enforcement of the Tax Ordinance and a declaration that the Tax Ordinance was void, alleging that the County did not have the authority to impose the Tax Ordinance because (1) the State’s traditional role in regulating and taxing gambling…”
Semb's, Inc. v. Gaming & Ent. Mgmt.-Illinois, LLC, 2014 IL App (3d) 130111 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “Metro was a VGT-operating business, but it was not licensed in Illinois under the Video Gaming Act (Act) (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.). Da Lee's was not a licensed video gaming location under the Act.”
J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC v. Wild, Inc., 2015 IL App (5th) 140092 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “, doing business as Wild Country, pursuant to the Video Gaming Act (Act) (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2012)). “Video gaming terminals” are electronic machines that accept cash or electronic cards or vouchers for the purpose of allowing users to play games such as video poker or…”
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