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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4530 

To provide that a person or governmental entity is not subject to civil 

or criminal liability under Federal law for gaming activity that is lawful 

under State law, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2017 

Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide that a person or governmental entity is not subject to civil or criminal liability under Federal law for 

gaming activity that is lawful under State law, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gaming Accountability 

5 and Modernization Enhancement Act of 2017’’ or the 

6 ‘‘GAME Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL LIABILITY FOR GAMING ACTIVITY 

2 LAWFUL UNDER STATE LAW. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

4 (b) and notwithstanding any other law, a person or gov5 ernmental entity is not subject to civil or criminal liability 

6 under any provision of Federal law for engaging through 

7 a gaming facility in gaming activity that is lawful under 

8 the law of the State in which such person or governmental 

9 entity engages in such activity. 

10 (b) MINIMUM CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.—Sub11 section (a) does not apply to a person or governmental 

12 entity with respect to gaming activity engaged in by the 

13 person or governmental entity in a State unless the law 

14 of the State provides for consumer protections with re15 spect to such activity that include the following: 

16 (1) LICENSING OF GAMING FACILITIES.—Ap17 propriate licensing or certification mechanisms for 

18 gaming facilities. 

19 (2) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GAMING

20 FACILITIES.—Appropriate mechanisms, including re21 porting requirements, to ensure, to a reasonable de22 gree of certainty, that gaming facilities are operating 

23 in a fair and transparent manner. 

24 (3) PROHIBITION OF UNDERAGE GAMING.—Ap25 propriate safeguards to ensure, to a reasonable de26 gree of certainty, that an individual placing a bet or 


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1 wager is not under the minimum legal age for plac2 ing such a bet or wager established by the State. 

3 (4) PROHIBITED LOCATIONS.—Appropriate 

4 safeguards to ensure, to a reasonable degree of cer5 tainty, that an individual placing a bet or wager is 

6 physically located in a jurisdiction that has not pro7 hibited such bet or wager at the time the bet or 

8 wager is placed. 

9 (5) MANDATORY COLLECTION OR REPORTING

10 OF CUSTOMER TAXES.—Appropriate mechanisms to 

11 ensure, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that all 

12 Federal and State taxes relating to the placement of 

13 a bet or wager are collected from or reported by the 

14 person placing such bet or wager, as required by 

15 law, at the time of any payment of the proceeds of 

16 such bet or wager. 

17 (6) MANDATORY COLLECTION OR REPORTING

18 OF TAXES ON OPERATOR OF GAMING FACILITY.— 

19 Appropriate mechanisms to ensure that— 

20 (A) all Federal and State taxes relating to 

21 the operation of a gaming facility are collected 

22 or reported, as required by law; and 

23 (B) adequate records are maintained to en24 able later audit or verification of such collection 

25 or reporting. 


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1 (7) SAFEGUARDS AGAINST FINANCIAL CRIME.— 

2 Appropriate safeguards to prevent, to a reasonable 

3 degree of certainty, fraud, money laundering, and fi4 nancing of terrorism. 

5 (8) SAFEGUARDS AGAINST COMPULSIVE

6 PLAY.—Appropriate safeguards to combat compul7 sive gambling. 

8 (9) PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY SAFE9 GUARDS.—Appropriate safeguards to protect, to a 

10 reasonable degree of certainty, the privacy and on11 line security of any person placing a bet or wager. 

12 (10) PREVENTION OF CHEATING.—Appropriate 

13 safeguards to ensure, to a reasonable degree of cer14 tainty, that a bet or wager is fair and honest, and 

15 to prevent, to a reasonable degree of certainty, 

16 cheating (including collusion and the use of a cheat17 ing device). 

18 (11) INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDS.—In a State in 

19 which betting or wagering relating to sporting events 

20 is lawful under the law of the State, appropriate 

21 safeguards to ensure, to a reasonable degree of cer22 tainty, the integrity of the sporting event, including 

23 limitations on a bet or wager accepted during the 

24 sporting event. 


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1 (12) REDRESS.—Appropriate recourse mecha2 nisms for persons affected by noncompliance with 

3 the consumer protections required by this subsection 

4 and any other consumer protections implemented by 

5 the State with respect to the placement of bets or 

6 wagers or the operation of gaming facilities. 

7 (c) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FILING.—A gam8 ing facility that accepts bets or wagers from persons in 

9 more than one State shall submit to the Commission a 

10 description of how the gaming facility has complied with 

11 the law of each such State with respect to each of the 

12 consumer protections described in subsection (b) that is 

13 provided for by the law of such State. 

14 SEC. 3. USE OF CREDIT CARD TO VERIFY AGE PROHIBITED. 

15 It shall be unlawful for any person to accept a credit 

16 card payment as a method of age verification for placing 

17 any bet or wager. 

18 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 

19 (a) BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.— 

20 (1) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC21 TICES.—A violation of section 2(c) or 3, or a rule 

22 prescribed under such section, shall be treated as a 

23 violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act 

24 or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of 


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1 the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

3 (2) POWERS OF COMMISSION.—The Commis4 sion shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 

5 the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 

6 powers, and duties as though all applicable terms 

7 and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act 

8 (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 

9 made a part of this Act. Any person who violates 

10 section 2(c) or 3, or a rule prescribed under such 

11 section, shall be subject to the penalties and entitled 

12 to the privileges and immunities provided in the 

13 Federal Trade Commission Act. 

14 (b) BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the attorney general of a 

16 State has reason to believe that any person has vio17 lated or is violating section 2(c) or 3, or a rule pre18 scribed under such section, the attorney general, in 

19 addition to any authority the attorney general may 

20 have to bring an action in State court under the 

21 consumer protection law of the State, may bring a 

22 civil action in any appropriate United States district 

23 court or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, 

24 including a State court, to— 


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1 (A) enjoin further such violation by the de2 fendant; 

3 (B) enforce compliance with such section 

4 or such rule; 

5 (C) obtain civil penalties; or 

6 (D) obtain damages, restitution, or other 

7 compensation on behalf of residents of the 

8 State. 

9 (2) NOTICE AND INTERVENTION BY FTC.—The 

10 attorney general of a State shall provide prior writ11 ten notice of any action under paragraph (1) to the 

12 Commission and provide the Commission with a 

13 copy of the complaint in the action, except in any 

14 case in which such prior notice is not feasible, in 

15 which case the attorney general shall serve such no16 tice immediately upon instituting such action. The 

17 Commission shall have the right— 

18 (A) to intervene in the action; 

19 (B) upon so intervening, to be heard on all 

20 matters arising therein; and 

21 (C) to file petitions for appeal. 

22 (3) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE FED23 ERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commission has 

24 instituted a civil action for violation of section 2(c) 

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1 tion), no State attorney general may bring an action 

2 under this subsection during the pendency of that 

3 action against any defendant named in the com4 plaint of the Commission for any violation of such 

5 section (including such rule) alleged in the com6 plaint. 

7 (4) ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFINED.—In this 

8 subsection, the term ‘‘attorney general’’ means, with 

9 respect to a State, the attorney general or chief law 

10 enforcement officer of the State, or another official 

11 or agency designated by the State to bring civil ac12 tions on behalf of the State or the residents of the 

13 State. 

14 (c) RULEMAKING.—The Commission may prescribe 

15 rules under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 

16 to implement sections 2(c) and 3. 

17 (d) PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY OF COMMIS18 SION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed in any way 

19 to limit or affect the authority of the Commission under 

20 any other provision of law. 

21 SEC. 5. GAMBLING ADDICTION PREVENTION AND TREAT22 MENT. 

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1 TIES.—Section 501(d) of the Public Health Service Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 290aa(d)) is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

4 (24); 

5 (2) by striking the period at the end of para6 graph (25) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(26) establish and implement programs for 

9 prevention and treatment of gambling addiction.’’. 

10 (b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

11 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may es12 tablish a Gambling Addiction Research Advisory 

13 Committee (in this paragraph referred to as the 

14 ‘‘Committee’’) within the National Institutes of 

15 Health to coordinate research conducted or sup16 ported by the Department of Health and Human 

17 Services on gambling addiction. 

18 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall in19 clude representatives of the National Institute on 

20 Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental 

21 Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

22 Alcoholism, the Indian Health Service, the Sub23 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis24 tration, and the Centers for Disease Control and 

25 Prevention. 


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1 (3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Committee shall 

2 prepare and submit to the Secretary an annual re3 port on the research described in paragraph (1). 

4 (c) SURVEILLANCE OF GAMBLING ADDICTION.—Title 

5 III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by insert6 ing after section 317T of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–22) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 317U. SURVEILLANCE OF GAMBLING ADDICTION. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

10 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre11 vention and in coordination with other appropriate agen12 cies, shall, as appropriate— 

13 ‘‘(1) enhance and expand infrastructure and ac14 tivities to track the epidemiology of gambling addic15 tion; and 

16 ‘‘(2) incorporate information obtained through 

17 such infrastructure and activities into an integrated 

18 surveillance system, which may consist of or include 

19 a registry, to be known as the National Gambling 

20 Addiction Surveillance System. 

21 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall ensure that 

22 the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if 

23 established, is designed in a manner that facilitates fur24 ther research on gambling addiction. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Subject to subsection (d), the 

2 Secretary shall ensure that information and analysis in the 

3 National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if es4 tablished, are available, as appropriate, to the public, in5 cluding researchers. 

6 ‘‘(d) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall ensure that in7 formation and analysis in the National Gambling Addic8 tion Surveillance System, if established, are made avail9 able only to the extent permitted by applicable Federal 

10 and State law, and in a manner that protects personal 

11 privacy, to the extent required by applicable Federal and 

12 State privacy law, at a minimum. 

13 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

14 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro15 priated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

16 2022.’’. 

17 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) AMATEUR SPORTS ORGANIZATION.—The 

20 term ‘‘amateur sports organization’’ means— 

21 (A) a person or governmental entity that 

22 sponsors, organizes, schedules, or conducts a 

23 competitive game in which one or more amateur 

24 athletes participate; or 


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1 (B) a league or association of persons or 

2 governmental entities described in subpara3 graph (A). 

4 (2) BET OR WAGER.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘bet or 

6 wager’’ means the staking or risking by any 

7 person of something of value, including virtual 

8 currency and actual or virtual items that can be 

9 sold or otherwise exchanged for cash at the 

10 gaming facility or elsewhere, upon the outcome 

11 of a contest of others, a sporting event, a game 

12 subject to chance, or a game in which the out13 comes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of 

14 the participants, upon an agreement or under15 standing that the person or another person will 

16 receive something of value in the event of a cer17 tain outcome. 

18 (B) INCLUSIONS.—Such term includes the 

19 following: 

20 (i) The purchase of a chance or op21 portunity to win a lottery or other prize. 

22 (ii) Any lottery, sweepstakes, or other 

23 betting, gambling, or wagering scheme 

24 based, directly or indirectly (through the 

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1 wise), on one or more competitive games in 

2 which amateur or professional athletes par3 ticipate, or are intended to participate, or 

4 on one or more performances of such ath5 letes in such games. 

6 (iii) Any instructions or information 

7 pertaining to the establishment or move8 ment of funds by the bettor or customer 

9 in, to, or from an account with the busi10 ness of betting or wagering. 

11 (iv) Participation in any fantasy or 

12 simulation sports or e-sports game or con13 test, including those in which (if the game 

14 or contest involves a team or teams) no 

15 fantasy or simulation sports team is based 

16 on the current membership of an actual 

17 team that is a member of an amateur 

18 sports organization or professional sports 

19 organization and including those that meet 

20 any of the following conditions: 

21 (I) All prizes and awards offered 

22 to winning participants are estab23 lished and made known to the partici24 pants in advance of the game or con25 test and their value is not determined 


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1 by the number of participants or the 

2 amount of any fees paid by those par3 ticipants. 

4 (II) All winning outcomes reflect 

5 the relative knowledge and skill of the 

6 participants and are determined pre7 dominantly by accumulated statistical 

8 results of the performance of individ9 uals (athletes in the case of sports 

10 events) in multiple real-world sporting 

11 or other events. 

12 (III) No winning outcome is 

13 based— 

14 (aa) on the score, point15 spread, or any performance or 

16 performances of any single real17 world team or any combination of 

18 such teams; or 

19 (bb) solely on any single per20 formance of an individual athlete 

21 in any single real-world sporting 

22 or other event. 

23 (C) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in24 clude the following: 


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1 (i) Any activity governed by the secu2 rities laws (as defined in section 3(a) of 

3 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

4 U.S.C. 78c(a))) for the purchase or sale of 

5 securities (as defined in such section). 

6 (ii) Any transaction conducted on or 

7 subject to the rules of a registered entity 

8 or exempt board of trade under the Com9 modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). 

10 (iii) Any over-the-counter derivative 

11 instrument. 

12 (iv) Any other transaction that— 

13 (I) is excluded or exempt from 

14 regulation under the Commodity Ex15 change Act; or 

16 (II) is exempt from State gaming 

17 or bucket shop laws under section 

18 12(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act 

19 (7 U.S.C. 16(e)) or section 28(a) of 

20 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

21 (15 U.S.C. 78bb(a)). 

22 (v) Any contract of indemnity or 

23 guarantee. 

24 (vi) Any contract for insurance. 


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1 (vii) Any deposit or other transaction 

2 with an insured depository institution. 

3 (viii) Participation in any game or 

4 contest in which participants do not stake 

5 or risk anything of value other than— 

6 (I) personal efforts of the partici7 pants in playing the game or contest 

8 or obtaining access to the internet; or 

9 (II) points or credits that the 

10 sponsor of the game or contest pro11 vides to participants free of charge 

12 that can be used or redeemed only for 

13 participation in games or contests of14 fered by the sponsor and that cannot 

15 be sold or otherwise exchanged for 

16 cash at the gaming facility or else17 where. 

18 (3) BUSINESS OF BETTING OR WAGERING.— 

19 The term ‘‘business of betting or wagering’’ does not 

20 include the activities of a person who is— 

21 (A) a financial transaction provider, to the 

22 extent such person is acting as such a provider, 

23 except with respect to an activity described in 

24 paragraph (10)(C)(ii); or 


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1 (B) a provider of an interactive computer 

2 service or telecommunications service, to the ex3 tent such person is acting as such a provider, 

4 except with respect to an activity described in 

5 paragraph (10)(C)(ii). 

6 (4) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

7 means the Federal Trade Commission. 

8 (5) CREDIT; CREDITOR; AND CARD ISSUER.— 

9 The terms ‘‘credit’’, ‘‘creditor’’, and ‘‘card issuer’’ 

10 have the meanings given the terms in section 103 of 

11 the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602). 

12 (6) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER.—The term 

13 ‘‘electronic fund transfer’’— 

14 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec15 tion 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 

16 (15 U.S.C. 1693a), except that the term in17 cludes transfers that would otherwise be ex18 cluded under section 903(7)(E) of that Act; and 

19 (B) includes any fund transfer covered by 

20 Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, as 

21 in effect in any State. 

22 (7) E-SPORTS.—The term ‘‘e-sports’’ means a 

23 multiplayer video game played competitively for 

24 spectators. 


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1 (8) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi2 nancial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 

3 in section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 

4 (15 U.S.C. 1693a), except that such term does not 

5 include a casino, sports book, or other business at or 

6 through which a bet or wager may be placed or re7 ceived. 

8 (9) FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROVIDER.—The 

9 term ‘‘financial transaction provider’’ means a cred10 itor, card issuer, financial institution, operator of a 

11 terminal at which an electronic fund transfer may be 

12 initiated, money transmitting business, or inter13 national, national, regional, or local payment net14 work utilized to effect a credit transaction, electronic 

15 fund transfer, stored value product transaction, or 

16 money transmitting service, or a participant in such 

17 network, or other participant in a system utilized by 

18 an entity described in this paragraph that could be 

19 utilized in connection with, or to facilitate, any 

20 transaction described in paragraph (10)(A)(iii). 

21 (10) GAMING ACTIVITY.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘gaming ac23 tivity’’ means— 

24 (i) placing, receiving, or otherwise 

25 transmitting a bet or wager; 


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1 (ii) transmitting— 

2 (I) information assisting in the 

3 placing of a bet or wager; or 

4 (II) a wire communication which 

5 entitles the recipient to receive money 

6 or credit— 

7 (aa) as a result of a bet or 

8 wager; or 

9 (bb) for information assist10 ing in the placing of a bet or 

11 wager; 

12 (iii) the knowing acceptance, by any 

13 person engaged in the business of betting 

14 or wagering, in connection with the plac15 ing, receiving, or otherwise transmitting of 

16 a bet or wager by another person, of credit 

17 or payment of any type; or 

18 (iv) sponsoring, operating, advertising, 

19 or promoting (or, in the case of a govern20 mental entity, sponsoring, operating, ad21 vertising, promoting, licensing, or author22 izing by law or compact) a lottery, sweep23 stakes, or other betting, gambling, or wa24 gering scheme based, directly or indirectly 

25 (through the use of geographical references 


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1 or otherwise), on one or more competitive 

2 games in which amateur or professional 

3 athletes participate, or are intended to par4 ticipate, or on one or more performances of 

5 such athletes in such games. 

6 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in7 clude any activity or transaction described in 

8 paragraph (2)(C) or, in the case of a contract 

9 or other instrument described in such para10 graph, any activity or transaction relating to 

11 such contract or other instrument. 

12 (C) FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROVIDERS

13 AND PROVIDERS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER

14 SERVICE OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.— 

15 (i) GENERALLY EXCLUDED.—Except 

16 as provided in clause (ii), such term does 

17 not include any activity of a person who 

18 is— 

19 (I) a financial transaction pro20 vider, to the extent such person is act21 ing as such a provider; or 

22 (II) a provider of an interactive 

23 computer service or telecommuni24 cations service, to the extent such per25 son is acting as such a provider. 


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1 (ii) OPERATION OF GAMING WEBSITES

2 OR OTHER FACILITIES.—Notwithstanding 

3 clause (i), such term includes an activity of 

4 a financial transaction provider or provider 

5 of an interactive computer service or tele6 communications service to the extent that 

7 such provider has actual knowledge and 

8 control of bets or wagers and— 

9 (I) operates, manages, supervises, 

10 or directs a website or other facility 

11 through which a bet or wager is initi12 ated, received, or otherwise made, 

13 whether transmitted by telephone, 

14 internet, satellite, or other wire or 

15 wireless communication facility, serv16 ice, or medium and whether or not the 

17 transmissions cross State boundaries; 

18 or 

19 (II) owns or controls, or is owned 

20 or controlled by, any person who oper21 ates, manages, supervises, or directs a 

22 website or other facility through which 

23 a bet or wager is initiated, received, 

24 or otherwise made, whether trans25 mitted by telephone, internet, satellite, 


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1 or other wire or wireless communica2 tion facility, service, or medium and 

3 whether or not the transmissions 

4 cross State boundaries. 

5 (11) GAMING FACILITY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘gaming fa7 cility’’ means— 

8 (i) a facility that permits bets or wa9 gers to be placed in a casino, on a river10 boat, at a race track, or in another facility 

11 that hosts gaming activity in one physical 

12 location; or 

13 (ii) a website or other facility through 

14 which a bet or wager is initiated, received, 

15 or otherwise made, whether transmitted by 

16 telephone, internet, satellite, or other wire 

17 or wireless communication facility, service, 

18 or medium and whether or not the trans19 missions cross State boundaries. 

20 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in21 clude any facility to the extent such facility is 

22 engaged in an activity or transaction that is ex23 cluded from the definition of ‘‘gaming activity’’ 

24 by subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (10). 


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1 (12) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘gov2 ernmental entity’’ means a State, a political subdivi3 sion of a State, or an entity or organization, includ4 ing an entity or organization described in section 

5 4(5) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

6 U.S.C. 2703(5)), that has governmental authority 

7 within the territorial boundaries of the United 

8 States, including on lands described in section 4(4) 

9 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(4)). 

10 (13) INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 

11 term ‘‘insured depository institution’’— 

12 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec13 tion 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 

14 (12 U.S.C. 1813(c)); and 

15 (B) includes an insured credit union (as 

16 defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit 

17 Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752)). 

18 (14) INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE.—The 

19 term ‘‘interactive computer service’’ has the meaning 

20 given such term in section 230(f) of the Communica21 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)). 

22 (15) MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESS AND

23 MONEY TRANSMITTING SERVICE.—The terms 

24 ‘‘money transmitting business’’ and ‘‘money trans25 mitting service’’ have the meanings given the terms 


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1 in section 5330(d) of title 31, United States Code 

2 (determined without regard to any regulations pre3 scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury there4 under). 

5 (16) PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATION.— 

6 The term ‘‘professional sports organization’’ 

7 means— 

8 (A) a person or governmental entity that 

9 sponsors, organizes, schedules, or conducts a 

10 competitive game in which one or more profes11 sional athletes participate; or 

12 (B) a league or association of persons or 

13 governmental entities described in subpara14 graph (A). 

15 (17) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

16 means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

17 (18) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

18 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

19 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

20 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

21 (19) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.—The 

22 term ‘‘telecommunications service’’ has the meaning 

23 given such term in section 3 of the Communications 

24 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 


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1 SEC. 7. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. 

2 (a) NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW OR TRIBAL-STATE

3 COMPACTS RELATING TO GAMBLING.—Nothing in this 

4 Act shall be construed as altering, limiting, or extending 

5 any State law or Tribal-State compact prohibiting, permit6 ting, or regulating gambling within the United States. 

7 (b) NO EFFECT ON INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY

8 ACT.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to have any 

9 effect on a gaming activity within the scope of the Indian 

10 Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), any suc11 cessor provision of such Act, or any Tribal-State compact 

12 or authority pursuant to such Act or successor provision. 

13 (c) NO EFFECT ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING BUSINESS

14 ACT.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede 

15 or otherwise limit section 1955 of title 18, United States 

16 Code (commonly referred to as the Illegal Gambling Busi17 ness Act). 

18 (d) NO EFFECT ON INTERSTATE HORSE RACING

19 ACT.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede 

20 or otherwise limit the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 

21 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.). 

22 SEC. 8. REPEAL. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 178 of title 28, United 

24 States Code (commonly referred to as the Professional and 

25 Amateur Sports Protection Act) is repealed. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 

2 for part VI of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

3 by striking the item relating to chapter 178. 

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