An Act to Create a Universal Exclusion List for All Forms of Gambling in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 2080
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: MALON
Amends: 8 MRSA §1001, 8 MRSA §1003, 8 MRSA §1006, 8 MRSA §1104, 8 MRSA §1203, 8 MRSA §1213

Legislative Document
No. 2080
H.P. 1339
House of Representatives, December 22, 2023
An Act to Create a Universal Exclusion List for All Forms of 
Gambling in the State
Submitted by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 203.
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 20, 2023.  Referred to the Committee on 
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MALON of Biddeford.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  8 MRSA §1001, sub-§13-B is enacted to read:
13-B.  Fantasy contest.  "Fantasy contest" has the same meaning as in section 1101, 
subsection 4.
Sec. 2.  8 MRSA §1001, sub-§42-A is enacted to read:
42-A.  Sports wagering.  "Sports wagering" has the same meaning as in section 1202, 
subsection 14.
Sec. 3.  8 MRSA §1003, sub-§3, ¶I, as amended by PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. VV, §3, is 
further amended to read:
I.  Establishment of a universal list of persons who have been or are requested to be 
excluded or removed from any slot machine facility or, casino, advance deposit 
wagering, fantasy contest or sports wagering in this State including those persons who 
voluntarily request that their names be included on the universal list of excluded 
persons and those persons who voluntarily requested that their names be included on a 
list of persons to be excluded or removed that existed before the establishment of the 
universal list.  These rules must:
(1)  Define the standards for exclusion and removal and include standards 
regarding persons who are career or professional offenders, as defined by rules of 
the board, whose presence in a slot machine facility or casino or participation in 
advance deposit wagering, a fantasy contest or sports wagering would, in the 
opinion of the board, be inimical to the interest of the State; and
(2)  Provide that, before making a payout of winnings in an amount equal to or 
greater than the amount for which the licensee is required to file a Form W-2G or 
substantially equivalent form with the United States Internal Revenue Service, the 
licensee, after any interception of winnings required by law to pay child support 
debt or other obligations, shall intercept money or anything of value that an 
excluded person is seeking to redeem as a result of wagers made by the person after 
that person has been excluded.  The rules must offer the excluded person the right 
to an administrative hearing with reasonable notice to contest the interception of 
winnings.  Winnings intercepted must be remitted by the licensee to the board or 
its designee for deposit in an Other Special Revenue Funds account within the 
Office of Behavioral Health within the Department of Health and Human Services 
to address gambling addiction;
Sec. 4.  8 MRSA §1006, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 212, §12, is amended to 
read:
8.  Voluntary exclusion.  Notwithstanding Title 1, section 401, records and 
information obtained or developed by the board as part of establishing and administering 
the list of persons who voluntarily request exclusion from any slot machine facility or, 
casino, advance deposit wagering, fantasy contest or sports wagering under section 1003, 
subsection 3, paragraph I are confidential except that information may be released with the 
written consent of the person requesting voluntary exclusion and as is necessary to inform 
the slot machine facility or, casino, advance deposit wagering, fantasy contest or sports 
wagering licensee and enforce the voluntary exclusion.  Statistical data and general 
information that do not allow for a person on the voluntary exclusion list to be personally 
identified are not confidential.
Sec. 5.  8 MRSA §1104, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 303, §2, is amended 
to read:
J.  Allow individuals to restrict themselves from entering fantasy contests upon request 
pursuant to section 1003, subsection 3, paragraph I and provide reasonable steps to 
prevent the individuals from entering fantasy contests offered by the fantasy contest 
operator;
Sec. 6.  8 MRSA §1203, sub-§2, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6, is 
amended to read:
K.  Establishment of a list of persons who are not authorized to place a wager on a 
sports event, including but not limited to those persons who voluntarily request that 
their names be included on the list of unauthorized persons.  Provisions allowing 
individuals to restrict themselves from sports wagering upon request by placing 
themselves on the universal list pursuant to section 1003, subsection 3, paragraph I.  
The rules adopted under this paragraph must define the standards for involuntary 
placement on the universal list and for removal from the list;
Sec. 7.  8 MRSA §1213, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6, is amended 
to read:
5.  Unauthorized persons.  A person on a the universal list established by rule by the 
director under section 1203 1003, subsection 2 3, paragraph K I of persons who are not 
authorized to make restricted from making wagers on sports events;
SUMMARY
This bill allows individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from a slot machine 
facility, casino, advance deposit wagering, a fantasy contest or sports wagering collectively 
or separately and also allows the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Unit and 
licensees to work with a universal list and not a list for each separate area of regulation.  
The bill also includes provisions for the inclusion on the universal list of individuals who 
are involuntarily excluded from a slot machine facility, casino, advance deposit wagering, 
a fantasy contest or sports wagering.