Pennsylvania § 13B22 - Establishment of interactive gaming accounts.

§ 13B22. Establishment of interactive gaming accounts.

(a) Registration restrictions.--Only a registered player who has first established an interactive gaming account shall be permitted to play an authorized interactive game or place a wager associated with an authorized interactive game. The interactive gaming account shall be in the name of a registered player and may not be in the name of any beneficiary, custodian, joint trust, corporation, partnership or other organization or entity. An eligible passenger is not required to comply with this section in order to play or place a wager associated with an interactive game through the use of a multi-use computing device at a qualified airport.

(b) Establishment of interactive gaming accounts.--

(1) An interactive gaming account may be established in person, provided that the board shall, through regulations, provide procedures for the establishment of interactive gaming accounts over the Internet through the interactive gaming certificate holder's interactive gaming skin or interactive gaming website. Each interactive gaming account shall comply with the internal controls of the interactive gaming certificate holder that, at a minimum, require the following:

(i) The filing and execution of an interactive gaming account application, the form of which has been preapproved by the board.

(ii) Proof of age, identity and physical address of the principal residence of the prospective interactive gaming account holder in a method approved by the board through regulation.

(iii) Electronic mail address and other contact information of the prospective account holder, as the board or interactive gaming certificate holder may require.

(iv) Password or other secured identification provided by the interactive gaming certificate holder to access the interactive gaming account or some other mechanism approved by the board to authenticate the registered player as the holder to the interactive gaming account.

(v) An acknowledgment under penalty of perjury that false or misleading statements made in regard to an application for an interactive gaming account may subject the applicant to civil and criminal penalties.

(2) The interactive gaming certificate holder may accept or reject an application after receipt and review of the application and verification of age, identity and physical address for compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The interactive gaming certificate holder shall have the right, at any time with or without cause, to suspend or close any interactive gaming account at its sole discretion.

(3) The address provided by the applicant in the application for an interactive gaming account shall be deemed the address of record for the purposes of mailing checks, account withdrawals, notices and other materials to the prospective interactive gaming account holder.

(4) An interactive gaming account shall be a noninterest bearing account and shall not be assignable or otherwise transferable.

(c) Password required.--As part of the application process, the interactive gaming certificate holder shall provide the prospective interactive gaming account holder with a password to access the interactive gaming account or shall establish some other method approved by the board to authenticate the registered player as the holder of the interactive gaming account and allow the registered player access to the interactive gaming account.

(d) Grounds for rejection.--Any individual who provides false or misleading information in the application for an interactive gaming account may be subject to rejection of the application or cancellation of the account by the interactive gaming certificate holder.

(e) Suspension of interactive gaming account.--The interactive gaming certificate holder shall have the right to suspend or close any interactive gaming account or declare all or any part of an interactive gaming account closed for wagering at its discretion.

(f) Persons prohibited from establishing or maintaining an interactive gaming account.--The following persons shall not be entitled to establish or maintain an interactive gaming account:

(1) A person under 21 years of age.

(2) A person on the list of persons who are or will be excluded or ejected from or denied access to any licensed facility under section 1514 (relating to regulation requiring exclusion, ejection or denial of access of certain persons), 1515 (relating to repeat offenders excludable from licensed gaming facility) or 1516 (relating to list of persons self excluded from gaming activities).

(3) A gaming employee, key employee or principal employee of a slot machine licensee and any employee or key employee of an interactive gaming operator.

Cross References. Section 13B22 is referred to in sections 13B20, 13B32 of this title.