SB 540

Abstract

Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to HB 991.

Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts fromthe provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placementor operation of or communication to and from equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by anotherstate or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent withand exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, providedthat wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other stateor jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are requiredby the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction tobe physically located within the geographic bounds of such otherstate or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed.