Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)

720 ILCS 5 § 28-3: Keeping a gambling place

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a Class A misdemeanor by knowingly allowing property they own or control to be used for gambling outside state-authorized gambling operations. Repeat offenses are Class 4 felonies.

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