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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, MANN, CASORIO, WALKO, KORTZ, SONNEY, GIBBONS, HARKINS, COHEN, KIRKLAND, BRENNAN, STABACK, PALLONE, MOUL, KULA, DeLUCA, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, MAHONEY, MELIO AND SIPTROTH, JANUARY 28, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JANUARY 28, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the licensing of |
3 | eligible organizations to conduct games of chance, for the |
4 | licensing of persons to distribute games of chance, for the |
5 | registration of manufacturers of games of chance, and for |
6 | suspensions and revocations of licenses and permits; |
7 | requiring records; providing for local referendum by |
8 | electorate; and prescribing penalties," further providing for |
9 | definitions, for prize limits and for special permits |
10 | relating to card game contests. |
11 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
12 | hereby enacts as follows: |
13 | Section 1. The definition of "games of chance" in section 3 |
14 | of the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the |
15 | Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, amended October 18, 2000 |
16 | (P.L.602, No.79), is amended and the section is amended by |
17 | adding definitions to read: |
18 | Section 3. Definitions. |
19 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
20 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
21 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
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1 | * * * |
2 | "Card game contest." A card game that is conducted with |
3 | multiple rounds of play of a specified number of hands for each |
4 | round and completed within a period not to exceed 24 hours, in |
5 | which: |
6 | (1) A player's bet must stay within the minimum and |
7 | maximum bet allowed at the table. |
8 | (2) A player is eliminated from the card game so |
9 | conducted if: |
10 | (i) the player loses all of the player's chips; |
11 | (ii) the player does not have enough chips to meet |
12 | the required minimum bet; or |
13 | (iii) the player has the fewest chips after a |
14 | certain number of hands are played. |
15 | (3) The winner of the card game so conducted is: |
16 | (i) the last player at the table; or |
17 | (ii) the player with the most chips after a certain |
18 | specified number of rounds are played. |
19 | * * * |
20 | "Games of chance." Punchboards, daily drawings, weekly |
21 | drawings, raffles and pull-tabs, as defined in this act, |
22 | provided that no such game shall be played by or with the |
23 | assistance of any mechanical or electrical devices or media |
24 | other than a dispensing machine or passive selection device and |
25 | further provided that the particular chance taken by any person |
26 | in any such game shall not be made contingent upon any other |
27 | occurrence or the winning of any other contest, but shall be |
28 | determined solely at the discretion of the purchaser. This |
29 | definition includes a card game contest. This definition shall |
30 | not be construed to authorize any other form of gambling |
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1 | currently prohibited under any provision of Title 18 of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to crimes and |
3 | offenses). Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize |
4 | games commonly known as "slot machines" or "video poker." |
5 | * * * |
6 | Section 2. Section 5 of the act is amended by adding a |
7 | subsection to read: |
8 | Section 5. Prize limits. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (i) Card game contest limits.--Notwithstanding any other |
11 | provision of this act to the contrary, the maximum cash value |
12 | which may be awarded for any single card game in a card game |
13 | contest shall be $500. |
14 | Section 3. Section 11 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
15 | (P.L.812, No.195), is amended to read: |
16 | Section 11. Special permits. |
17 | (a) Issuance and fee.-- |
18 | (1) The licensing authority shall issue a special permit |
19 | for each raffle in which the licensee proposes to award |
20 | individual prizes having a cash value in excess of $500. |
21 | (2) The licensing authority shall issue a special permit |
22 | for each card game contest which the licensee proposes to |
23 | conduct. |
24 | (3) The licensing authority may establish and collect a |
25 | fee not to exceed $25 for the issuance of special permits |
26 | under this section. |
27 | (b) Permit application.-- |
28 | (1) Each [special permit] application submitted for a |
29 | special permit under subsection (a)(1) shall specify the |
30 | location where the actual drawing will be held, the number of |
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1 | chances to be sold, the price per chance and the cash value |
2 | of the prize or prizes to be awarded. |
3 | (2) Each application submitted for a special permit |
4 | under subsection (a)(2) shall specify the location where the |
5 | card game contest will be conducted, the number of persons to |
6 | be admitted for the card game contest and all of the house |
7 | rules to be used. |
8 | Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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