A redemption game received a revised definition in the US state of Illinois last week, after the state Senate approved by a large majority a new measure that had been passed through the House of Representatives.
The major changes are that a redemption game will now include a video game and that the maximum prize value for one play is set at $25.
It defines a redemption game as “a single-player or multiplayer amusement device involving a game, the object of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing or propelling a ball or other object that is either physical or computer generated on a display or with lights into, upon, or against a hole or other target that is either physical or computer generated on a display or with lights, or stopping, by physical, mechanical, or electronic means, a moving object that is either physical or computer generated on a display or with lights into, upon, or against a hole or other target that is either physical or computer generated on a display or with lights.”
A redemption game has to operate predominantly on a skill basis. Previously, however, the redemption prize was limited to the value of another play. That is now increased to $25. The prizes must be merchandise, not cash.
