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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 20.01

Definition Of Gambling

activein force · 2026-09-10 – presentas-observed

A person commits the offense of gambling when he

[1] plays a game of chance or skill for money or other things of value.

[or]

[2] makes a wager upon the result of any [(game) (contest) (political nomination)

(political appointment) (political election)].

[or]

[3] [(operates) (keeps) (owns) (uses) (purchases) (exhibits) (rents) (sells) (bargains for

the sale or lease of) (manufactures) (distributes)] any gambling device.

[or]

[4] contracts to [(have or give himself or another the option to buy or sell) (buy or sell, at

a future time,)] any [(grain or other commodity whatsoever) (stock or security of any company)

], where, at the time of making such contract, it is intended by both parties thereto that the

contract to buy or sell, or the option, whenever exercised, or the contract resulting therefrom,

shall be settled, not by the receipt or delivery of such property, but by the payment only of

differences in prices.

[or]

[5] knowingly [(owns) (possesses)] any [(book) (instrument) (apparatus)] by means of

which bets or wagers [(have been) (are)] [(recorded) (registered)].

[or]

[6] knowingly possesses any money which he has received in the course of a bet or

wager.

[or]

[7] sells pools upon the result of any [(game or contest of skill or chance) (political

nomination) (political appointment) (political election)].

[or]

[8] [(sets up) (promotes)] any lottery or [(sells) (offers to sell) (transfers)] any [(lottery

ticket) (share of a lottery)].

[or]

[9] [(sets up) (promotes)] any policy game or [(sells) (offers to sell) (knowingly

possesses) (knowingly transfers)] any [(policy ticket) (policy slip) (policy record) (policy

document) [or other similar device]].

[or]

[10] knowingly [(drafts) (prints) (publishes)] any [(lottery ticket) (lottery share) (policy

ticket) (policy slip) (policy record) (policy document) [or similar device]].

[or]

[11] knowingly advertises any [(lottery) (policy game)].

[or]

[12] knowingly transmits information as to [(wagers) (betting odds) (changes in betting

odds)] by [(telephone) (telegraph) (radio) (semaphore) [or similar means]].

[or]

[13] knowingly [(installs) (maintains)] equipment for the [(transmission) (receipt)] of

information as to [(wagers) (betting odds) (changes in betting odds)].

Provenance

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Retrieved
2026-09-10
Edition
2026-09-10
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