The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUSINESS
A voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses
who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial
and civic interests of a community.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
An organization or institution organized and operated to
benefit an indefinite number of the public. The service rendered to
those eligible for benefits must also confer some benefit on the public.
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
An organization or institution organized and operated to
provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods
common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably
in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in
tax-supported schools.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
An organization of persons having a common interest, the
primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members
and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to
lessen the burdens of government by caring for those that otherwise
would be cared for by the government.
HARDSHIP
A nonprofit fund-raising organization that has not been in
existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before
making application for a license that the Village determines to be
organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to
an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme
financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident,
or disaster.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
KEY LOCATION
The location where the poker run concludes and the prize
or prizes are awarded.
LABOR ORGANIZATION
An organization composed of workers organized with the objective
of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and
the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective
occupations.
LICENSEE
An organization which has been issued a license to operate
a raffle or poker run.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
NET PROCEEDS
The gross receipts from the conduct of raffles or poker runs,
less reasonable sums expended for prizes, local license fees and other
reasonable operating expenses incurred as a result of operating a
raffle or poker run.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
NONPROFIT
An organization or institution organized and conducted on
a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as
a result of the operation.
POKER RUN
A prize-awarding event organized by an organization licensed
under this chapter in which participants travel to multiple predetermined
locations, including a key location, to play a randomized game based
on an element of chance. "Poker run" includes dice runs, marble runs,
or other events where the objective is to build the best hand or highest
score by obtaining an item or playing a randomized game at each location.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
RAFFLE
A form of lottery, as defined in Section 28-2(b) of the Criminal
Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/28-2), conducted by an organization licensed
under this chapter, in which:
A.
The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a chance,
represented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of
numbers or by some other medium, one or more of which chances is to
be designated the winning chance;
B.
The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or
by some other method based on an element of chance by an act or set
of acts on the part of persons conducting or connected with the lottery,
except that the winning chance shall not be determined by the outcome
of a publicly exhibited sporting contest.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
Any church, congregation, society, or organization founded
for the purpose of religious worship.
VETERANS' ORGANIZATION
An organization or association comprised of members of which
substantially all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows,
or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote
the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general
public in such a way as to confer a public benefit.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the
conducting or operating of any gambling scheme, enterprise, activity,
or device other than raffles or poker runs as provided for herein.