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2010 Illinois Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

handle is hein.sag/sagil0036 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Lisa Madigan
ATTORNEY GENERAL
December 17, 2010
FILE NO. 10-001
SPORTS & GAMING:
Public Library District's
Operation of a Raffle
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The Honorable John J. Millner
Minority Spokesperson, Senate Criminal
Law Committee
State Senator, 28th District
290 Springfield Drive, Suite 225
Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108
Dear Senator    il
I have your letter in  ir         e a public library district qualifies as either a
charitable   g  ization    a  educational organization, as those terms are used in section 2 of
the Raffles Act (2 S 15/2(b) (West 2008)), thereby permitting the library district to seek a
license to operate a raffle. For the reasons set out below, it is my opinion that public library
districts have not been granted the requisite authority to operate raffles. Consequently, under
current Illinois law, a public library district may not operate a raffle under any provision of the
Raffles Act.
500 South Second Street, Springfield, Illinois 62706 * (217) 782-1090 * TTY: (877) 844-5461 * Fax: (217) 782-7046
100 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601 * (312) 814-3000 * TTY: (800) 964-3013 * Fax: (312) 814-3806
1001 East Main, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 * (618) 529-6400 * TTY: (877),675-9339 * Fax: (618) 529-6416

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