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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Establishment licensee limitations.--An establishment licensee may offer video gaming terminals for play within its premises, subject to the following:
(1) No more than five video gaming terminals may be placed on the premises of the establishment licensee.
(2) Redemption tickets shall only be exchanged for cash through a redemption terminal or reinserted into another video gaming terminal in the same video gaming area or as otherwise authorized by the board in the event of a failure or malfunction in a redemption terminal, and at least one redemption terminal shall be located in the video gaming area.
(3) Video gaming terminals located on the premises of the establishment licensee shall be placed and operated by a terminal operator licensee pursuant to a terminal placement agreement.
(4) No video gaming area may be located in an area that is not properly segregated from minors.
(5) The entrance to the video gaming area shall be secure and easily seen and observed by at least one employee of the establishment licensee.
(6) The video gaming area shall at all times be monitored by an employee of the establishment licensee, either directly or through live monitoring of video surveillance. The employee must be at least 18 years of age and have completed the mandatory training program required in section 3706 (relating to compulsive and problem gambling).
(7) No establishment licensee may provide an incentive.
(8) No minor shall be permitted to play a video gaming terminal or enter the video gaming area.
(9) No visibly intoxicated person shall be permitted to play a video gaming terminal.
(10) No establishment licensee may extend credit or accept a credit card or debit card for play of a video gaming terminal.
(11) No establishment licensee may make structural alterations or significant renovations to a video gaming area unless the establishment licensee has notified the terminal operator licensee and obtained prior approval from the board.
(12) No establishment licensee may move a video gaming terminal or redemption terminal after installation by a terminal operator licensee.
(b) Terminal operator licensee limitations.--A terminal operator licensee may place and operate video gaming terminals on the premises of an establishment licensee, subject to the following:
(1) No more than five video gaming terminals may be placed on the premises of the establishment licensee.
(2) Redemption tickets shall only be exchanged for cash through a redemption terminal located within the same video gaming area or reinserted into another video gaming terminal located in the same video gaming area as the video gaming terminal.
(3) Video gaming terminals located on the premises of the establishment licensee shall be placed and operated pursuant to a terminal placement agreement.
(4) No terminal operator licensee may provide an incentive.
(5) No terminal operator licensee may extend credit or accept a credit card or debit card for play of a video gaming terminal.
(6) No terminal operator licensee may give or offer to give, directly or indirectly, any type of inducement to a truck stop establishment to secure or maintain a terminal placement agreement.
(7) No terminal operator licensee may give an establishment licensee a percentage of gross terminal revenue other than 15% of the gross terminal revenue of the video gaming terminals operating in the establishment licensee's premises.
(8) A terminal operator licensee shall only operate, install or otherwise make available for public use a video gaming terminal or redemption terminal that has been obtained from a manufacturer licensee or supplier licensee.
(9) No terminal operator licensee may make structural alterations or significant renovations to a video gaming area unless the terminal operator licensee has notified the establishment licensee and obtained prior approval from the board.
(10) No terminal operator licensee may move a video gaming terminal or redemption terminal after installation unless prior approval is obtained from the board.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 4 Pa.C.S.A. Amusements § 3702. Video gaming limitations - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-4-pacsa-amusements/pa-csa-sect-4-3702/
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