[Ord. No. 87-8, 5-18-1987]
The operation and conduct of raffles are subject to the following restrictions:
(A) 
The entire net proceeds of any raffle must be exclusively devoted to the lawful purpose of the organization permitted to conduct that game.
(B) 
No person except a bona fide member of the sponsoring organization may participate in the management or operation of the raffle.
(C) 
No person may receive any remuneration or profit for participating in the management or operation of the raffle.
(D) 
A licensee may rent a premises on which to determine the winning chance or chances in a raffle only from an organization which is also licensed under this Chapter.
(E) 
Raffle chances may be sold, offered for sale, conveyed, issued or otherwise transferred for value only within the area specified on the license, and winning chances may be determined only at those locations specified on the license.
(F) 
Each raffle chance shall have printed thereon the following:
(1) 
The cost of the chance.
(2) 
The aggregate retail value of all prices to be awarded in the raffle.
(3) 
The maximum number of raffle chances to be issued.
(4) 
The date or dates, time or times, and location or locations on or at which winning chances will be determined.
However, when raffle chances are sold, conveyed, issued, or otherwise transferred only at the time and location at which winning chances will be determined and only to persons then in attendance, the face of the raffle chance need not contain this information.
(G) 
No cash prize in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) may be awarded.
(H) 
No real property, including land and any building thereon, may be the prize in a raffle unless the organization holding the raffle license owns fee simple title as to the entire subject real property.
(I) 
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years may participate in the conducting of raffles or chances. A person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be within the area where winning chances are being determined only when accompanied by his/her parent or guardian.
(J) 
No chance shall be sold, offered for sale, conveyed, issued or otherwise transferred for value to or by any person under the age of eighteen (18) years without the permission of his/her parent or guardian.
[Ord. No. 87-8, 5-18-1987]
(A) 
All operation of and the conduct of raffles shall be under the supervision of a single raffles manager designed by the organization.
(B) 
The raffles manager shall give a fidelity bond, equal in amount to the aggregate retail value of all prizes to be awarded, in favor of the licensee, conditioned upon his/her honesty in the performance of his/her duties. Terms of the bond shall provide that notice shall be given in writing to the licensing authority no less than thirty (30) days prior to its cancellation.
(C) 
In addition to the above requirements, the licensee organization shall give a fidelity bond, equal in amount to the aggregate retail value of all prizes to be awarded, in favor of the County, conditioned upon its honesty in the performance of the raffle. Terms of the bond shall provide that notice shall be given in writing to the licensing authority not less than thirty (30) days prior to its cancellation.
(D) 
The County Commissioners may waive the aforementioned bond requirements by including a waiver provision in the license issued to an organization under this Chapter, provided that the waiver shall be granted only by unanimous vote of the County Commissioners.
[Ord. No. 87-8, 5-18-1987]
(A) 
Each licensee shall keep records of its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds for each single gathering or occasion at which winning chances are to be determined. All deductions from gross receipts for each single gathering or occasion shall be documented with receipts or other records indicating the amount, a description of the purchased item or service or other reason for the deduction, and the recipient. The distribution of net proceeds shall be itemized as to payee, purpose, amount and date of payment.
(B) 
Gross receipts for the operation of raffles programs shall be segregated from other revenues of the licensee, including bingo gross receipts, if bingo games are also conducted by the same non-profit organization pursuant to license therefor issued by the Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois, and placed in a separate account. Each licensee shall have separate records of its raffles. The person who accounts for gross receipts, expenses, and net proceeds from the operation of raffles shall not be the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
(C) 
Each licensee shall report within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of each raffle to its membership, and to the Commissioner's office its gross receipts, expenses, and net proceeds for raffles, and the distribution of net proceeds itemized as required herein.
(D) 
Records required herein shall be preserved for three (3) years, and licensees shall make available their records relating to operation of raffles for public inspection at reasonable times and places.