HB3751 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of the Lottery to create a special raffle at least once per year to benefit the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund, with proceeds deposited into that fund for appropriation by the General Assembly.

• Defines "raffle" as a game of chance using a limited number of sequentially numbered tickets, with winners determined after ticket sales close using a computerized random number generator at a designated drawing date.

• Allows the Director of the Lottery to determine the raffle drawing date, number and price of tickets, and prize amounts, with public announcement required at least one month before the drawing.

• Permits special raffle tickets to be sold through any method authorized for other lottery tickets.

• Makes conforming amendments to the Raffles Act and Criminal Code to exclude Department of the Lottery special raffles from the definition of raffles subject to the Raffles Act, while explicitly recognizing state lottery raffles as a gambling exemption.