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Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
Filed: 3/23/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3729
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3729 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (230 ILCS 40/20) |
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Video gaming terminal payouts. |
| 8 | | (a) A video gaming terminal may not directly dispense |
| 9 | | coins, cash, tokens, or any other article of exchange or value |
| 10 | | except for receipt tickets. Tickets shall be dispensed by |
| 11 | | pressing the ticket dispensing button on the video gaming |
| 12 | | terminal at the end of one's turn or play. The ticket shall |
| 13 | | indicate the total amount of credits and the cash award, the |
| 14 | | time of day in a 24-hour format showing hours and minutes, the |
| 15 | | date, the terminal serial number, the sequential number of the |
| 16 | | ticket, and an encrypted validation number from which the |
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| 1 | | validity of the prize may be determined. The player shall turn |
| 2 | | in this ticket to the appropriate person at the licensed |
| 3 | | establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed |
| 4 | | large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal |
| 5 | | establishment, or licensed veterans establishment to receive |
| 6 | | the cash award. |
| 7 | | (b) The cost of the credit shall be one cent, 5 cents, 10 |
| 8 | | cents, 25 cents, or $1, and the maximum wager played per hand |
| 9 | | shall not exceed $4. No cash award for the maximum wager on any |
| 10 | | individual hand shall equal or exceed the threshold set by the |
| 11 | | Internal Revenue Service for reporting slot machine winnings |
| 12 | | on Form W-2G. Credits must be awarded to players as authorized |
| 13 | | by this Act exceed $1,199. No cash award for the maximum wager |
| 14 | | on a jackpot, progressive or otherwise, shall exceed $10,000. |
| 15 | | (c) In-location bonus jackpot games are hereby authorized. |
| 16 | | The Board shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to Section 5-45 |
| 17 | | of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this |
| 18 | | subsection (c) within 90 days after the effective date of this |
| 19 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. Jackpot winnings |
| 20 | | from in-location progressive games shall be paid by the |
| 21 | | terminal operator to the player not later than 3 days after |
| 22 | | winning such a jackpot. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)". |