2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 4 - AMUSEMENTS › Chapter 3 - Fantasy Contests › Section 326 - Prohibitions

§ 326. Prohibitions.
(a) General rule.--
No licensed operator may:
(1) accept an entry fee from or permit a natural person under 18 years of age to become a participant in a fantasy contest;
(2) offer a fantasy contest based, in whole or in part, on collegiate or high school athletic events or players;
(3) permit a participant to enter a fantasy contest prior to establishing a fantasy contest account, unless the licensed operator is also a licensed gaming entity and the participant enters a fantasy contest through a fantasy contest terminal located within the licensed gaming entity's licensed facility;
(4) establish a fantasy contest account for a person who is not an individual;
(5) alter rules established for a fantasy contest after a participant has entered the fantasy contest;
(6) issue credit to a participant to establish or fund a fantasy contest account;
(7) knowingly market to a participant during the time period in which the participant has self-excluded from the licensed operator's fantasy contests;
(8) knowingly permit a participant to enter the licensed operator's fantasy contests during the time period in which the participant has self-excluded from the licensed operators' fantasy contests;
(8.1) knowingly allow a self-excluded person to keep a prize or award.
(9) knowingly accept a deposit in excess of a limit established by a participant for the specific time period established by the participant;
(10) share confidential information that could affect fantasy contest play with third parties until the information is made publicly available;
(11) knowingly permit a principal, an employee of a licensed operator or a relative living in the same household of an employee or principal of a licensed operator to become a participant in a fantasy contest offered by any licensed operator in which a licensed operator offers a prize or award;
(12) offer a fantasy contest where:
(i) the value of all prizes or awards offered to winning participants is not established and made known to participants in advance of the fantasy contest;
(ii) the value of the prize or award is determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants;
(iii) the winning outcome does not reflect the relative knowledge and skill of participants;
(iv) the winning outcome is based on the score, point spread or performance of a single actual team or combination of teams or solely on a single performance of an individual athlete or player in a single actual event; or
(v) the winning outcome is not based on statistical results accumulated from fully completed athletic sports contests or events, except that participants may be credited for statistical results accumulated in a suspended or shortened sports event which has been partially completed on account of weather or other natural or unforeseen event;
(13) fail to remit taxes or assessments to the department in accordance with sections 331 (relating to fantasy contest tax), 332 (relating to licensed operator deposits) and 333 (relating to responsibility and authority of department);
(14) knowingly allow a participant to use a script during a fantasy contest;
(15) except as permitted under section 342 (relating to licensed gaming entities), offer or make available in this Commonwealth a fantasy contest terminal; and
(16) perform any other action prohibited by the board.
(b) Deposit.--
The licensed operator shall forward the amount of the prize or award under subsection (a)(8.1) to the board which shall transfer the amount to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund.