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PA 22-113—sHB 5253
Public Safety and Security Committee
Government Administration and Elections Committee
AN ACT CONCERNING DI SCLOSURE OF GAMING V OLUNTARY
SELF-EXCLUSION RECOR DS AND ALLOWING SING LE-USE STORED
VALUE INSTRUMENTS TO BE USED TO FUND CER TAIN KENO AND
LOTTERY ACCOUNTS
SUMMARY: This act allows the use of single-use stored value instruments (e.g.,
gift cards or value vouchers) bought from a lottery sales agent to fund a person’s
online gaming account for playing keno or lottery draw games through the state
lottery’s online platforms. Under the act, only cash or debit cards may be used to
purchase these instruments.
The act also generally expands privacy protections for people participating in
voluntary self-exclusion processes from gaming entities. These processes allow
people to choose to limit their gaming account spending or block themselves from
making an account or placing wagers.
Under existing law, the name and personally identifying information of
participants in the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s (CLC’s) voluntary self-
exclusion process are generally exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act. The act extends this exemption to participants in the voluntary
self-exclusion processes that (1) must be established with the gaming services
provided by master wagering licensees (generally CLC and the Mashantucket
Pequot and Mohegan tribes) and their associated licensed online gaming operators,
online gaming service providers, and sports wagering retailers and (2) must be
regulated by the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). (Under existing
regulations, the department must create and maintain a voluntary self-exclusion list,
and online gaming operators and sports wagering retailers must submit certain
requests for voluntary self-exclusion to DCP (Conn. Agencies Reg. § 12-865-23).)
However, under existing law, CLC may disclose the name and any relevant
records, other than participation in its exclusion process, of a person who (1) claims
a winning online lottery ticket, (2) claims or is paid a winning online or retail sports
wager, or (3) is paid a fantasy contest prize. The act expands this exception to allow
CLC to disclose when someone wins any lottery ticket. The act creates an additional
exception to allow DCP and CLC to disclose the self-exclusion participants’
information to the above gaming entities as necessary to achieve the purposes of
the exclusion processes.
Lastly, the act makes conforming changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
BACKGROUND
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Definitions
By law, an “online gaming operator” is a person or business entity that operates
an electronic wagering platform and contracts directly with a master wagering
licensee to provide (1) one or more Internet games or (2) retail sports wagering
(CGS § 12-850(22)).
An “online gaming service provider” is a person or business entity, other than
an online gaming operator, that provides goods or services to, or otherwise transacts
business related to, Internet games or retail sports wagering with a master wagering
licensee or a licensed online gaming operator, online gaming service provider, or
sports wagering retailer (CGS § 12-850(23)).
A “sports wagering retailer” is a person or business entity that contracts with
CLC to facilitate retail sports wagering operated by CLC through an electronic
wagering platform at up to 15 facilities in the state (CGS § 12-850(30)).