The bill would bar operators from offering microbets, which it defines as live wagers on the outcome of a single play during a game, and from running VIP or loyalty programs that assign hosts to players or reward increased play, deposits or losses. It would ban the use of credit cards, directly or indirectly, to fund wagers.<\/p>\n
Operators could accept no more than two deposits a day and would need an affordability check before accepting more than $5,000 in deposits over 180 days. Players would have to set daily and monthly loss limits, and the bill sets loss caps that are lower for players ages 21 to 25. The bill also sets a default time limit of two hours in a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n
The measure would also restrict advertising aimed at minors and young adults, ban sign-up and deposit bonuses, bar the use of artificial intelligence to target promotions based on players’ losses or risk of problem gambling, and prohibit autoplay features. It would fund prevention, treatment and research through an assessment of 0.75% on online gaming and sports betting revenue, overseen by the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople should be free to enjoy an occasional bet,\u201d Khan said. \u201cBut the gambling industry shouldn\u2019t be allowed to exploit addiction for profit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flick, who sits on the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust, compared online gambling to substance addiction at the caucus launch. “The drug of choice now just sits right in your pocket,” he said, PennLive reported<\/a>. Sen. Joe Picozzi, R-Philadelphia, said the caucus is looking for guardrails, not to end gambling.<\/p>\n The state bill comes as Congress also scrutinizes VIP programs. RG reported this week that federal lawmakers asked six sportsbooks and prediction markets about VIP revenue and perks<\/a>. Pennsylvania lawmakers have also proposed HB 2801, a bill that would ban dual-currency Social Gaming platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more on the state’s legal market, see RG’s guide to Pennsylvania sportsbooks<\/a> and its rundown of sports betting apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bill would bar operators from offering microbets, which it defines as live wagers on the outcome of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-313264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}