{"data":{"id":"us-il/815-ilcs-525-20","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"815 ILCS 525/20","heading":"No payment required.","body":"(a) No sponsor may require a person in this State to pay the sponsor money as a condition of awarding the person a prize, or as a condition of allowing the person to receive, use, compete for, or obtain information about a prize.\n(b) A sponsor shall not represent that a person has won or unconditionally will be the winner of a prize or represent that he or she has won a prize, unless all of the following conditions are met:\n(1) the person is given the prize without obligation;\n(2) the person is notified at no expense to him or her within 15 days of winning the prize; and\n(3) the representation is not false, deceptive, or misleading.","path":["CHAPTER 815 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS","Prizes and Gifts Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2362\u0026ChapterID=67\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:48Z","sha256":"11fa1397edc9c13d136caf96e3d848baf2e7073a725977d88ccbdb49fd040257","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/815-ilcs-525-15","next":"us-il/815-ilcs-525-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}