Bill Title: Amends the Raffles Act and the Charitable Games Act. Provides that a poker run is included in the definition of "raffle" (rather than in the definition of "charitable games event") and that a poker run shall not be subject to the organizational licensing provisions of the Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to exempt poker runs from the provisions criminalizing gambling and syndicated gambling. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3703 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Rich Brauer [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Reis [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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