Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 20.02

To sustain the charge of gambling, the State must prove the following proposition[s]:

[1] That the defendant played a game of chance or skill for money or other thing of value.

[or]

[2] That the defendant made a wager upon the result of any [(game) (contest) (political

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

[or]

[3] That the defendant [(operated) (kept) (owned) (used) (purchased) (exhibited) (rented)

(sold) (bargained for the sale or lease of) (manufactured) (distributed)] any gambling device.

[or]

[4] First Proposition: That the defendant contracted 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)]; and

Second Proposition: That, at the time of making such contract, both parties t hereto

intended that the contract to buy or sell, or the option whenever exercised, or the contract

resulting therefrom, would be settled, not by the receipt or delivery of such property, but by the

payment only of differences in prices.

[or]

[5] That the defendant knowingly [(owned) (possessed)] any [(book) (instrument)

(apparatus)] by means of which bets or wagers [(had been) (were)] [(recorded) (registered)].

[or]

[6] That the defendant knowingly possessed any money which he had received in the

course of a bet or wager.

[or]

[7] That the defendant sold polls upon the result of any [(game or contest of skill or

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

[or]

[8] That the defendant set up or promoted any lottery or [(sold) (offered to sell)

(transferred)] any [(lottery ticket) (share of a lottery)].

[or]

[9] That the defendant [(set up) (promoted)] any policy game or [(sold) (offered to sell)

(knowingly possessed) (knowingly transferred)] any [(policy ticket) (policy slip) (policy record)

(policy document) [or similar device]].

[or]

[10] That the defendant knowingly [(drafted) (printed) (published)] any [(lottery ticket)

(lottery share) (policy ticket) (policy slip) (policy record) (policy document) [or other similar

device]].

[or]

[11] That the defendant knowingly advertised any [(lottery) (policy game)].

[or]

[12] First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly transmitted information as to [

(wagers) (betting odds) (changes in betting odds)]; and

Second Proposition: That the defendant did so by [(telephone) (telegraph) (radio)

(semaphore) [or similar means]].

[or]

[13] That t he defendant knowingly [(installed) (maintained)] equipment for the [

(transmission) (receipt)] of information as to [(wagers) (betting odds) (changes in betting odds)

].

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that [(this proposition) (each of

these propositions)] has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant

guilty.

If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that [(this proposition) (any one

of these propositions)] has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the

defendant not guilty.