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OK SB1357

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2012

Primary Sponsor

Rick Brinkley

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Origin

Senate

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes that electronic sweepstakes machines are legal promotional devices (not gambling devices) when properly configured and operated at a single physical location.

  • Requires that sweepstakes results come from a single finite pool stored on-site, not at remote servers, with a maximum pool size of 1 million entries per location.

  • Mandates that results be drawn at time of purchase before gameplay, with free and paying entries treated equally from the same pool.

  • Specifies that pool must be fully depleted before creating a new one, prizes cannot change based on play level, and paying participants cannot receive additional opportunities unavailable to non-paying participants.

  • Becomes effective November 1, 2012 and does not apply to activities lawfully conducted on Indian lands under approved tribal gaming compacts.

Legislative Description

Amusements and sports; clarifying legal status of electronic sweepstakes machines. Effective date.

Amusements and Sports

Last Action

Pending authorship Representative(s) Quinn

2/24/2012

Committee Referrals

Business and Commerce2/7/2012

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