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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5253
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF GAMING VOLUNTARY
SELF-EXCLUSION RECORDS AND ALLOWING SINGLE -USE
STORED VALUE INSTRUMENTS TO BE USED TO FUND CERTAIN
KENO AND LOTTERY ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-863 of the 2022 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective from passage): 3
(a) (1) An individual may only place a sports wager through retail 4
sports wagering or online sports wagering outside of the reservations of 5
the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 6
Connecticut or place a wager through online casino gaming conducted 7
outside of such reservations, if the wagering is authorized pursuant to 8
sections 12-852 to 12-854, inclusive, and the individual (A) has attained 9
the age of twenty-one, and (B) is physically present in the state when 10
placing the wager, and, in the case of retail sports wagering, is 11
physically present at a retail sports wagering facility in this state. 12
(2) An individual may only participate in a fantasy contest outside of 13
the reservations of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan 14
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut if the contest is authorized pursuant to 15
section 12-852 or 12-853, as amended by this act, and the individual has 16 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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attained the age of eighteen. 17
(b) Any electronic wagering platform used to (1) conduct online 18
sports wagering or online casino gaming, (2) conduct keno through the 19
Internet web site, an online service or a mobile application of the 20
Connecticut Lottery Corporation, (3) conduct retail sports wagering, (4) 21
sell lottery draw game tickets through the Internet web site, online 22
service or mobile application of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, or 23
(5) conduct fantasy contests, shall be developed to: 24
(A) Verify that an individual (i) with an account for online sports 25
wagering, online casino gaming or retail sports wagering is twenty-one 26
years of age or older and is physically present in the state when placing 27
a wager or, in the case of retail sports wagering, is physically present at 28
a retail sports wagering facility, (ii) with an account to participate in 29
keno or to purchase lottery draw game tickets is eighteen years of age 30
or older and is physically present in the state when participating or 31
purchasing such tickets, or (iii) with an account for fantasy contests is 32
eighteen years of age or older; 33
(B) Provide a mechanism to prevent the unauthorized use of a 34
wagering account; and 35
(C) Maintain the security of wagering, participation or purchasing 36
data and other confidential information. 37
(c) A master wagering licensee and a licensed online gaming 38
operator, online gaming service provider and sports wagering retailer 39
shall each, where applicable based on the services provided: 40
(1) Prohibit an individual from establishing more than one account 41
on each electronic wagering platform operated by the licensee; 42
(2) Limit a person to the use of only one debit card or only one credit 43
card for an account, and place a monetary limit on the use of a credit 44
card over a period of time, provided single-use stored value 45
instruments, including, but not limited to, a gift card or a lottery 46 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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terminal printed value voucher, may be used pursuant to subdivision 47
(3) of subsection (d) of section 12-853, as amended by this act; 48
(3) Allow a person to limit the amount of money that may be 49
deposited into an account, and spent per day through an account; 50
(4) Provide that any money in an online account belongs solely to the 51
owner of the account and may be withdrawn by the owner; 52
(5) Establish a voluntary self-exclusion process to allow a person to 53
(A) exclude himself or herself from establishing an account, (B) exclude 54
himself or herself from placing wagers through an account, or (C) limit 55
the amount such person may spend using such an account; 56
(6) Provide responsible gambling and problem gambling information 57
to participants; and 58
(7) Conspicuously display on each applicable Internet web site or 59
mobile application: 60
(A) A link to a description of the provisions of this subsection; 61
(B) A link to responsible gambling information; 62
(C) A toll-free telephone number an individual may use to obtain 63
information about problem gambling; 64
(D) A link to information about the voluntary self-exclusion process 65
described in subdivision (5) of this subsection; 66
(E) A clear display or periodic pop-up message of the amount of time 67
an individual has spent on the operator's Internet web site or mobile 68
application; 69
(F) A means to initiate a break in play to discourage excessive play; 70
and 71
(G) A clear display of the amount of money available to the 72 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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individual in his or her account. 73
(d) At least every five years, each master wagering licensee shall be 74
subject to an independent review of operations conducted pursuant to 75
such license for responsible play, as assessed by industry standards and 76
performed by a third party approved by the department, which review 77
shall be paid for by the licensee. 78
(e) No advertisement of online casino gaming, online sports wagering 79
or retail sports wagering may: (1) Depict an individual under twenty-80
one years of age, unless such individual is a professional athlete or a 81
collegiate athlete who, if permitted by applicable law, is able to profit 82
from the use of his or her name and likeness; or (2) be aimed exclusively 83
or primarily at individuals under twenty-one years of age. 84
(f) The name and any personally identifying information of a person 85
who is participating or who has participated in the voluntary self-86
exclusion process established pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection 87
(c) of this section shall not be deemed public records, as defined in 88
section 1-200, and shall not be available to the public under the 89
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-90
200, except: 91
(1) The Department of Consumer Protection or Connecticut Lottery 92
Corporation may disclose the name and personally identifying 93
information of such person to a master wagering licensee, licensed 94
online gaming operator, licensed online gaming service provider or 95
licensed sports wagering retailer as necessary to achieve the purposes 96
of subdivision (5) of subsection (c) of this section; and 97
(2) The Connecticut Lottery Corporation may disclose the name and 98
any relevant records of such person, other than records regarding such 99
person's participation in the voluntary self-exclusion process, if such 100
person claims a winning lottery ticket or if such person claims or is paid 101
a winning wager from online sports wagering or retail sports wagering 102
or is paid a prize from a fantasy contest. 103 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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Sec. 2. Section 12-810 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 104
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 105
passage): 106
(a) The Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, shall 107
apply to all actions, meetings and records of the corporation, except (1) 108
where otherwise limited by subsection (c) of this section as to new 109
lottery games and serial numbers of unclaimed lottery tickets, (2) with 110
respect to financial, credit and proprietary information submitted by 111
any person to the corporation in connection with any proposal to 112
provide goods, services or professional advice to the corporation as 113
provided in section 12-815, (3) with respect to any personally 114
identifying, financial, credit or wagering information associated with 115
any person's account for Internet games, as defined in section 12-850, 116
and (4) where otherwise limited by [subsection (d) of this section as to 117
information submitted by any person to the corporation regarding such 118
person's participation in the voluntary self-exclusion process 119
established pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (c) of section 12-120
863] subsection (f) of section 12-863, as amended by this act. 121
(b) The records of proceedings as provided in subsection (a) of section 122
12-805 shall be subject to disclosure pursuant to the provisions of 123
subsection (a) of section 1-210. 124
(c) Any new lottery game and the procedures for such game, until the 125
game is publicly announced by the corporation, and any serial number 126
of an unclaimed lottery ticket shall not be deemed public records, as 127
defined in section 1-200, and shall not be available to the public under 128
the provisions of section 1-210. The president shall submit a fiscal note 129
prepared by the corporation with respect to the procedures for a new 130
lottery game to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 131
having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue, bonding and 132
public safety after approval of such game by the board. 133
[(d) The name and any personally identifying information of a person 134
who is participating or who has participated in the corporation's 135 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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voluntary self-exclusion process shall not be deemed public records, as 136
defined in section 1-200, and shall not be available to the public under 137
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 138
1-200, except that the president may disclose the name and any relevant 139
records of such person, other than records regarding such person's 140
participation in the voluntary self-exclusion process, if such person 141
claims a winning lottery ticket from the purchase of a ticket for a lottery 142
draw game through the corporation's Internet web site, online service 143
or mobile application or if such person claims or is paid a winning 144
wager from online sports wagering or retail sports wagering or is paid 145
a prize from a fantasy contest.] 146
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 12-853 of the 2022 supplement to the 147
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 148
thereof (Effective from passage): 149
(d) After the corporation commences the sale of lottery tickets for 150
lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, online 151
service or mobile application pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, 152
the corporation: (1) May implement initiatives to promote the purchase 153
of lottery tickets through lottery sales agents; (2) may implement 154
initiatives to promote both the purchase of tickets for lottery draw 155
games through the corporation's Internet web site, online service or 156
mobile application and the purchase of lottery tickets through lottery 157
sales agents; (3) may allow a person to use a single-use stored value 158
instrument, including, but not limited to, a gift card or a lottery terminal 159
printed value voucher, purchased through a lottery sales agent to fund 160
the person's account to participate in keno through, or purchase tickets 161
for lottery draw games through, the corporation's Internet web site, 162
online service or mobile application; and [(3)] (4) shall conduct a public 163
awareness campaign to educate the public regarding responsible 164
gambling and to inform the public of the programs available for the 165
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of compulsive gamblers in the 166
state. 167 Substitute Bill No. 5253
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 12-863
Sec. 2 from passage 12-810
Sec. 3 from passage 12-853(d)
PS Joint Favorable Subst.