Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) A licensee,
entity certified or registered by the Board, or its agent may not employ or
contract with an individual or entity to persuade or convince a person to
engage in gaming or play a specific slot machine or table game while on the
gaming floor of a licensed facility.
(b) A licensee, entity certified or
registered by the Board, or its agent shall discontinue as expeditiously as
possible the use of a particular advertisement upon receipt of written notice
that the OCPG has determined that the use of the particular advertisement in,
or with respect to, this Commonwealth could adversely impact the public or the
integrity of gaming.
(c)
Advertisements used by a licensee, entity certified or registered by the Board,
or its agent may not:
(1) Contain false or
misleading information.
(2) Fail to
disclose conditions or limiting factors associated with the
advertisement.
(3) Use a font, type
size, location, lighting, illustration, graphic depiction or color obscuring
conditions or limiting factors associated with the advertisement or the
statement required under subsection (d).
(d) Advertisements must contain a gambling
assistance message that includes the telephone number established by the
Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs or its successor agency to provide
persons with information on assistance for compulsive or problem
gambling.
(e) The complete text of
the gambling assistance message and the font to be used for the statement, if
it has not been previously approved, shall be submitted to the Director of OCPG
for approval utilizing the process in §
501a.2(g)
(relating to compulsive and problem gambling plan) and comply with the
following:
(1) For signs, direct mail
marketing materials, posters and other print advertisements, the height of the
font used for the gambling assistance message must be the greater of:
(i) The same size as the majority of the text
used in the sign, direct mail marketing material, poster or other print
advertisement.
(ii) Two percent of
the height or width, whichever is greater, of the sign, direct mail marketing
material, poster or other print advertisement.
(2) For billboards, the height of the font
used for the gambling assistance message must be at least 5% of the height or
width, whichever is greater, of the face of the billboard.
(3) For video and television, the gambling
assistance message must be visible for either:
(i) The entire time the video or television
advertisement is displayed. The height of the font used for the gambling
assistance message must be at least 2% of the height or width, whichever is
greater, of the image that will be displayed.
(ii) From the first time a table game, table
game device, slot machine, associated equipment or casino name is displayed or
verbally referenced, and on a dedicated screen shot visible for at least the
last 3 seconds of the video or television advertisement. If the licensee elects
to utilize this option, the height of the font used for the gambling assistance
message displayed:
(A) During the
advertisement must be at least 2% of the height or width, whichever is greater,
of the image that will be displayed.
(B) On the dedicated screen shot must be at
least 8% of the height or width, whichever is greater, of the image that will
be displayed.
(4) For web sites, including social media
sites:
(i) The gambling assistance message
must be posted on each webpage or profile page and on a gaming related
advertisement posted on the webpage or profile page.
(ii) The height of the font used for the
gambling assistance message must be at least the same size as the majority of
the text used in the webpage or profile page.
(iii) For advertisements posted on the
webpage or profile page, the height of the font used for the gaming assistance
message must comply with paragraph (1).
The provisions of this § 501a.7 added under
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Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(15) and
(30),
1207(2), (5), (8) and (9),
1212, 13A02(2), 13A26(c), 1509, 1516, 1518(a)(13) and 1602; and amended under
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Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30), 13A 02(1) and
(2) and 1516(a) and (b).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
464a.2 (relating to conduct of a
slot machine tournament); 58 Pa. Code §
501a.5 (relating to signage
requirements); 58 Pa. Code §
813a.2 (relating to advertising);
and 58 Pa. Code §
1118a.4 (relating to
advertising).
