SEC. 2. DIRECTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO PROHIBIT 
THE USE OF GAMBLING DEVICES ON DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF USE OF GAMBLING DEVICES.— 
Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 2683 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2683a. Prohibition of use of gambling devices 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prohibit the use of gambling devices on property under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, except as 
provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
FOR CHARITABLE EVENTS
AND 
STATE LOTTERIES.— 
‘‘(1) CHARITABLE EVENTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow for a 
waiver of subsection (a) for a limited number of 
temporary events involving gambling devices for 
which the proceeds are donated to an organization 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) STATE LOTTERIES.—Subsection (a) does 
not apply to the sale of State-sponsored lottery tick-
ets on property under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of Defense if such property is located in a 
State where such sale is legal. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘gambling device’ includes— 
‘‘(A) any so-called ‘slot machine’ or any 
other machine or mechanical device an essential 
part of which is a drum or reel with insignia 
thereon, and— 
‘‘(i) which when operated may deliver, 
as the result of the application of an ele-
ment of chance, any money or property, or 
‘‘(ii) by the operation of which a per-
son may become entitled to receive, as the 
result of the application of an element of 
chance, any money or property; 
‘‘(B) any other machine or mechanical de-
vice (including electronic gambling devices, 
video gambling devices, roulette wheels, and 
similar devices) designed and manufactured pri-
marily for use in connection with gambling, 
and— 
‘‘(i) which when operated may deliver, 
as the result of the application of an ele-
ment of chance, any money or property, or 
‘‘(ii) by the operation of which a per-
son may become entitled to receive, as the 
result of the application of an element of 
chance, any money or property; or 
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‘‘(C) any subassembly or essential part in-
tended to be used in connection with any such 
machine or mechanical device, but which is not 
attached to any such machine or mechanical de-
vice as a constituent part. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘property under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of Defense’ includes com-
missaries, all facilities operated by the Army and Air 
Force Exchange Service, the Navy Exchange Service 
Command, the Navy Resale and Services Support 
Office, Marine Corps exchanges, and ships’ stores.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 2683 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2683a. Prohibition of the use of gambling devices.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition in section 
2683a(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall take effect not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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