{"data":{"id":"us-il/20-ilcs-1605-15","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"20 ILCS 1605/15","heading":"","body":"No minor under 18 years of age shall buy a lottery ticket or share. No person shall sell, distribute samples of, or furnish a lottery ticket or share to any minor under 18 years of age, buy a lottery ticket or share for any minor under 18 years of age, or aid and abet in the purchase of lottery tickets or shares by a minor under 18 years of age.\nNo ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any member of the Board or any officer or other person employed by the Board or by the Department; any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any such persons; or any minor under 18 years of age.\nAny violation of this Section by a person other than the purchasing minor shall be a Class B misdemeanor; provided, that if any violation of this Section is a subsequent violation, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a violation of this Section by a minor under 18 years of age shall be a petty offense.","path":["CHAPTER 20 EXECUTIVE BRANCH","Illinois Lottery Law."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=312\u0026ChapterID=5\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:14Z","sha256":"060defb631bfa44f751f688107ccc79fb808df1e24e956a8d94f176756ff56b1","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/20-ilcs-1605-14.4","next":"us-il/20-ilcs-1605-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}