Cie v. Comdata Network, Inc.

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their complaints for failure to state a cause of action. They ask this court to construe section 28—7(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (hereafter the Gambling Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 28—7(a) (now 720 ILCS 5/28—7(a) (West 1994))) as making all loans for gambling void and unenforceable in Illinois, to reverse the dismissal, and remand the cause to the trial court. We affirm.

Plaintiffs obtained loans at legal gambling establishments in the form of "cash advances” on their credit cards purportedly for the purpose of gambling in those…