1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3835 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4037 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Adam J. Scanlon _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to problem gambling. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol1/17/2025 1 of 17 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3835 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4037 By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4037) of Adam J. Scanlon relative to problem gambling. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act relative to problem gambling. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Clause (iii) of subsection (b) of section 24 of chapter 10 of the General 2Laws, as appearing in section 7 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by adding 3the following words:- and allow any player to voluntarily place themself on the list of self- 4excluded persons established by the Massachusetts gaming commission pursuant to subsection 5(f) of section 45 of chapter 23K, on the list of self-excluded persons established by the 6Massachusetts gaming commission pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 13 of 7chapter 23N, and on the list of self-excluded persons established by the attorney general pursuant 8to section 11M3/4 of chapter 12 at the same time and in the same manner in which they can 9voluntarily prohibit or otherwise exclude themself from purchasing a lottery ticket, game or 10share online, over the internet, through the use of a mobile application or through any other 11means. 2 of 17 12 SECTION 2. Said section 24 of said chapter 10, as so appearing, is hereby further 13amended by adding the following 2 subsections:- 14 (i) The commission shall include the standardized disclaimer, established pursuant to 15subsection (z) of section 3 of chapter 23K, in all its advertisements for lottery products. 16 (j) The commission shall ensure that the lottery shall not market to persons on any 17excluded persons list in any form, including but not limited to marketing by mail, by app 18notifications, by digital ads or by ads contracted to display in other companies’ advertisements. 19The commission shall ensure that all technological means available, including but not limited to 20microtargeting via cookies, Internet Protocol addresses and other digital fingerprints, are used to 21prevent its ads from being served to individuals on any excluded persons list, established 22pursuant to this section. The commission shall promulgate regulations for the implementation of 23this subsection. 24 SECTION 3. Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after 25section 11M1/2 the following section:- 26 Section 11M3/4. (a) The attorney general shall establish a list of self-excluded persons 27from fantasy contests, established pursuant to section 11M1/2. A person may request such 28person’s name to be placed on the list of self-excluded persons by filing a statement with the 29attorney general acknowledging that the person is a problem gambler and by agreeing that, 30during any period of voluntary exclusion, the person shall not collect any winnings or recover 31any losses resulting from any fantasy contests, established pursuant to said section 11M1/2. The 32attorney general shall adopt further regulations for the self-excluded persons list including 33procedures for placement, removal and transmittal of such list to persons or entities that offer 3 of 17 34fantasy contests, established pursuant to said section 11M1/2. The attorney general may fine a 35person or entity that offers fantasy contests, established pursuant to said section 11M1/2, if the 36person or entity that offers fantasy contests knowingly or recklessly fails to exclude or eject from 37its premises any person placed on the list of self-excluded persons. 38 (b) Persons or entities that offer fantasy contests, established pursuant to section 11M1/2, 39shall not market to persons on any excluded persons list and shall deny access to 40complimentaries, check cashing privileges, club programs and other similar benefits to persons 41on the self-excluded persons list. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the 42contrary, the self-excluded persons list shall not be open to public inspection. Nothing in this 43section, however, shall prohibit a person or entity that offers fantasy contests, established 44pursuant to said section 11M1/2, from disclosing the identity of persons on the self-excluded 45persons list under this section to affiliated persons or entities that offer fantasy contests in this 46commonwealth or other jurisdictions for the limited purpose of assisting in the proper 47administration of responsible gaming programs operated by affiliated persons or entities that 48offer fantasy contests, established pursuant to said section 11M1/2. 49 (c) A person who is prohibited from participating in fantasy contests, established 50pursuant to section 11M1/2, shall not collect any winnings or recover losses arising as a result of 51prohibited fantasy contest winnings obtained by a person who is prohibited from fantasy 52contests, and such winnings shall be deposited into the Public Health Trust Fund, established 53pursuant to section 58 of chapter 23K. 54 (d) The attorney general shall further allow an individual to voluntarily place themself on 55the list of self-excluded persons established by the Massachusetts gaming commission pursuant 4 of 17 56to subsection (f) of section 45 of chapter 23K, and to opt into the system created by the state 57lottery commission for any individual to voluntarily prohibit or otherwise exclude themself from 58purchasing a lottery ticket, game or share online, over the internet, through the use of a mobile 59application or through any other means, established pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (b) of 60section 24 of chapter 10, at the same time and in the same manner in which they request to be 61added to the list of self-excluded list of persons, established pursuant to this section. 62 (e) The attorney general shall establish regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, and 63procedures to implement this section. 64 (f) The Massachusetts gaming commission, established pursuant to section 3 of chapter 6523K, and the state lottery commission, established pursuant to section 24 of chapter 10, shall 66consider and develop recommendations pursuant to joining a national registry or program for 67voluntary self-exclusion. 68 (g) Persons or entities that offer fantasy contests, established pursuant to section 11M1/2, 69shall not engage in marketing or advertising that: (i) occurs via traditional television broadcast or 70streaming platform during a broadcast of either a professional sport or athletic event, defined 71pursuant to section 3 of chapter 23N, or a sports event or sporting event, defined pursuant to said 72section 3 of said chapter 23N; (ii) markets to persons on any excluded persons list, established 73pursuant to this section, in any form, including but not limited to marketing by mail, by app 74notifications, by digital ads or by ads contracted to display in other companies’ advertisements; 75provided, that a person or entity that offers fantasy contests, established pursuant to section 7611M1/2, shall use all technological means available, including but not limited to microtargeting 77via cookies, Internet Protocol addresses and other digital fingerprints, to prevent their ads from 5 of 17 78being served to individuals on any excluded persons list, established pursuant to this section; 79provided further, that the attorney general shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, 80including penalties for noncompliance, for the implementation of this section; (iii) is deemed by 81the attorney general to appeal to a person less than 21 years of age; or (iv) occurs via means of 82television, radio, internet, billboard or print publication unless at least 85 per cent of the audience 83is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older, as determined by reliable, up-to-date 84audience composition data. The penalty for an infraction of this subsection shall be determined 85by the attorney general, pursuant to its power to promulgate regulations for the implementation, 86administration and enforcement of this chapter, in accordance with what the commission deems 87necessary to achieve compliance with this subsection. 88 (h) Persons or entities that offer fantasy contests, established pursuant to section 11M1/2, 89shall include the standardized disclaimer, established pursuant to subsection (z) of section 3 of 90chapter 23K, in all advertising and marketing for all such fantasy contests. 91 SECTION 4. Section 3 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 92Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- 93 (z) The commission, in consultation with the department of public health’s office of 94problem gambling services, the state lottery commission, established pursuant to section 23 of 95chapter 10 and the attorney general, shall establish a single standardized disclaimer that: (i) 96warns of the risks of gambling, sports betting and playing the lottery; (ii) contains a single phone 97number for the MA Gambling Helpline; and (iii) provides means to locate other resources made 98available by the state to help with problem gambling and gambling addiction. The commission 6 of 17 99shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, to require its licensees and its licensees’ 100contractors to use the standardized disclaimer in all advertising. 101 SECTION 5. Said chapter 23K is hereby amended by striking out section 29 and 102inserting in place thereof the following section:- 103 Section 29. (a) A gaming establishment offering a cashless wagering system shall allow 104individuals to monitor and impose betting limits and loss limits on their cashless wagering. The 105gaming establishment shall allow individuals to set betting limits and loss limits on their cashless 106wagering including, but not limited to, per bet limits, hourly limits, daily limits, weekly limits 107and monthly limits. An individual may lower limits and increase limits; provided, however, that 108the individual shall not increase betting limits more than once in a 24-hour period. 109 (b) The gaming establishment shall issue to each patron who has been issued a rewards 110card or who participates in a cashless wagering system by the gaming establishment a monthly 111statement, mailed to the patron at the patron's physical mailing address, which shall include the 112patron's total bets, wins and losses; provided, however, that a patron shall be given the 113opportunity to decline receiving a monthly statement at the time the rewards card is issued or 114during initial participation in a cashless wagering system; provided further, that a patron may 115later opt out of receiving monthly statements by providing a written request to cease monthly 116statements to the gaming establishment. 117 (c) The gaming establishment shall issue to each patron who has been issued a rewards 118card or who participates in a cashless wagering system by the gaming establishment an electronic 119daily statement, sent to their email address collected when the rewards card was issued or when 120the player was enrolled in cashless wagering system, and sent to their smartphone via 7 of 17 121notification from the gaming establishment’s app if downloaded by the patron, with the default 122setting of the app set to allow this notification; this electronic statement shall include the patron's 123total bets, wins and losses; provided however, that a patron shall be given the opportunity to 124decline to receive the electronic daily statement by email or turn off the notification at the time 125the rewards card is issued or during initial participation in a cashless wagering system; provided 126further, that a patron may later opt out of receiving the electronic weekly statement by email 127through use of a link to unsubscribe from the statement in the email, and that a patron may also 128later turn off the daily statement notification from the gaming establishment’s app. 129 (d) A gaming licensee who has implemented such a program or system shall annually 130report to the commission the amount of money spent and lost by patrons who have been issued a 131rewards card or who participated in a cashless wagering system, aggregated by zip code. Activity 132under this section shall be monitored by the commission. Individuals on the list of excluded 133persons shall not be permitted to participate in a cashless wagering system. 134 (e) A gaming establishment shall ask each patron who has been issued a rewards card or 135who participates in a cashless wagering system by the gaming establishment at the time they are 136issued the rewards card or enrolled in the cashless wagering system to set a spending limit for a 137daily, weekly or monthly basis and enroll in a play management program approved by the 138commission, including but not limited to Play-My-Way, or to opt-out of such a play management 139program. 140 (f) A gaming establishment shall issue to each patron who has been issued a rewards card 141or who participates in a cashless wagering system by the gaming establishment a hard, paper 142copy of a brochure that contains all information and resources made available by the state and 8 of 17 143the commission to help with problem gambling, including but not limited to Gamesense, 144PlayMyWay, and Voluntary Self-Exclusion. 145 SECTION 6. Subsection (f) of section 45 of said chapter 23K, as appearing in the 2022 146Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following 3 147sentences:- The commission shall allow any individual to opt into the system created by the state 148lottery commission for any individual to voluntarily prohibit or otherwise exclude themself from 149purchasing a lottery ticket, game or share online, over the internet, through the use of a mobile 150application or through any other means, established pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (b) of 151section 24 of chapter 10, at the same time and in the same manner in which they request to be 152added to the list of self-excluded list of persons, established pursuant to this section. The 153commission shall further allow any individual to place themself on the list of self-excluded 154persons established by the attorney general pursuant to section 11M3/4 of chapter 12 at the same 155time and in the same manner in which they request to be added to the list of self-excluded list of 156persons, established pursuant to this section. The commission shall provide for an online method 157and a phone method, in addition to any other method it finds reasonable and necessary, for 158persons to place themselves on the list of self-excluded persons. 159 SECTION 7. Said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further 160amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- 161 (g) Gaming establishments shall not market to persons on any excluded persons list, 162established pursuant to this section, in any form, including but not limited to marketing by mail, 163by app notifications, by digital ads or by ads contracted to display in other companies’ 164advertisements. Gaming establishments shall use all technological means available, including 9 of 17 165but not limited to microtargeting via cookies, Internet Protocol addresses and other digital 166fingerprints, to prevent their ads from being served to individuals on any excluded persons list, 167established pursuant to this section. Gaming establishments shall deny access to 168complimentaries, check cashing privileges, club programs and other similar benefits to persons 169on the self-excluded persons list. The Massachusetts gaming commission shall promulgate 170regulations, pursuant to chapter 30A, including penalties for noncompliance, for the 171implementation of this section. 172 SECTION 8. Said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further 173amended by adding the following subsection:- 174 (l) Gaming establishments shall check identification for all individuals seeking entrance 175to the gaming floor of the gaming establishment for the purpose of excluding those individuals 176pursuant to the exclusion and self-exclusion provisions of this section. 177 SECTION 9. Section 58 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 178adding the following sentence:- Annually, the department of public health shall submit to the 179speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the joint committee on public health and the 180joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies a report on its treatment 181programs funded by the fund, including but not limited to: (i) the treatment programs funded by 182the fund and the amounts they receive; (ii) the number of individuals served by each treatment 183program funded by the fund, including whether they are new clients or continuing clients in the 184programs; (iii) demographic information of those served by treatment programs funded by the 185fund, including but not limited to the variables of sex, age, race, ethnicity, income, education and 10 of 17 186geography; and (iv) the outcomes obtained for individuals enrolled in treatment programs funded 187by the fund. 188 SECTION 10. Said chapter 23K is hereby further amended by striking out section 61 and 189inserting in place thereof the following section:- 190 Section 61. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a 191separate fund to be known as the Community Mitigation Fund. The fund shall consist of monies 192transferred under section 59 and all other monies credited or transferred to the fund from any 193other fund or source. 194 (b) The commission shall administer the fund and, without further appropriation, shall 195expend monies in the fund to assist the host community and surrounding communities including, 196but not limited to, communities that are directly adjacent to a host community and other 197communities that have been designated surrounding communities by the commission or 198licensees, in offsetting costs related to the construction and operation of a gaming establishment 199including, but not limited to, water and sewer districts in the vicinity of a gaming establishment, 200local and regional education, transportation, infrastructure, housing, environmental and public 201safety agencies, including the office of the county district attorney, police, fire and emergency 202services. The commission may, at its discretion, distribute funds to a governmental entity or 203district other than a single municipality in order to implement a mitigation measure that affects 204more than 1 municipality; provided, however, that such entity or district shall submit a written 205request for funding in the same manner as a municipality would be required to submit such a 206request under subsection (c). 11 of 17 207 (c) Parties requesting appropriations from the fund shall submit a written request for 208funding to the commission by a date established by the commission. The commission may hold a 209public hearing in the region of a gaming establishment to provide parties with the opportunity to 210provide further information about their request for funds and shall distribute funds to requesting 211parties based on the determination of the commission. The commission may promulgate 212regulations for the implementation of this section including establishing eligibility criteria and 213purposes for which funds may be distributed. The commission may assess a fee for the 214administration of this section. 215 SECTION 11. Said chapter 23K is hereby amended by adding the following section:- 216 Section 72. (a) A licensee under chapter 23K or chapter 23N shall not engage in 217advertising, marketing or branding, or enter into contracts to create brand sponsorships or 218celebrity endorsements, that are deemed by the commission to appeal to a person less than 21 219years of age. A licensee under chapter 23K or chapter 23N shall not engage in advertising, 220marketing and branding by means of television, radio, internet, billboard or print publication 221unless at least 85 per cent of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older, 222as determined by reliable, up-to-date audience composition data. The penalty for an infraction of 223this subsection shall be determined by the commission, pursuant to its power to promulgate 224regulations for the implementation, administration and enforcement of this chapter, in 225accordance with what the commission deems necessary to achieve compliance with this 226subsection. 227 (b) The commission shall establish an excise tax of 5 per cent on any income generated 228by an individual celebrity through a contract with a licensee under chapter 23K or chapter 23N to 12 of 17 229participate in advertising, marketing, branding, brand sponsorships or celebrity endorsements. 230The revenue from this subsection shall be deposited into the Public Health Trust Fund, 231established pursuant to section 58. 232 SECTION 12. Section 4 of chapter 23N of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 233Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 22, the word “and”. 234 SECTION 13. Said section 4 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, is hereby further 235amended by inserting, in line 24, after the word “law” the following words:- ; and (F) advertising 236via traditional television broadcast or streaming platform during such a broadcast of either a 237professional sport or athletic event, defined pursuant to section 3, or a sports event or sporting 238event, defined pursuant to section 3. 239 SECTION 14. Subsection (d) of said section 4 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, is 240hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:- 241 (4) (i) Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, a 242sports wagering operator shall supply the commission with customer tracking data collected or 243generated by loyalty programs, player tracking software, player card systems, online gambling 244transactions or any other information system. Not later than December 31, 2025, the commission 245shall contract with an experienced nonprofit research entity to develop an anonymizing system 246that automatically removes from the data: (A) personally identifying information, including 247player name, street address, bank or credit information and the last 4 digits of a player’s ZIP+4 248code, in compliance with section 2 of chapter 93H; and (B) game identifying information, 249including game name and device manufacturing company, in protection of corporate intellectual 250property. The data shall retain information on player characteristics including, but not limited to, 13 of 17 251gender, age and region of residence, player behavior including, but not limited to, frequency of 252play, length of play, speed of play, denomination of play, amounts wagered and, if applicable, 253number of lines or hands played and characteristics of games played including, but not limited 254to, reel configuration, return-to-player or RTP, volatility index and denomination. The 255commission shall convey the anonymized data to a research facility, which shall make the data 256available to qualified researchers for the purposes of: (1) conducting analyses that improve 257understanding of how gambling addiction develops and progresses; (2) developing evidence- 258based harm minimization strategies; and (3) developing evidence-based systems to monitor, 259detect and intervene in high-risk gambling. The commission shall request reports on research 260analyses of the behavioral data, which could provide informed recommendation to the general 261court relative to more effective regulation of gambling operations. The commission may directly 262initiate studies assessing the effectiveness of any specific measures, programs or interventions 263that the commonwealth has implemented in gaming operations and which might be illuminated 264through the behavioral data in question. 265 (ii) The commission shall make a concerted, good faith effort to implement such 266evidence-based harm minimization strategies and evidence-based systems to monitor, detect and 267intervene in high-risk gambling, and to act on the recommendations made in reports and studies 268produced pursuant to this section. The commission shall also deliver all such reports, studies and 269recommendations to the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies. 270 SECTION 15. Section 6 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 271striking out subsection (i) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- 14 of 17 272 (i) Applications for operator licenses are public records under section 10 of chapter 66; 273provided, however, that trade secrets, competitively sensitive information or other proprietary 274information provided to the commission under this chapter, the disclosure of which would place 275the applicant or licensee at a competitive disadvantage or would be detrimental to the applicant 276or licensee if it were made public, may be withheld from disclosure under said section 10 of said 277chapter 66 at the commission's discretion. 278 SECTION 16. Section 12 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 279adding the following 2 subsections:- 280 (h) (1) A sports wagering operator or qualified gaming entity shall allow individuals to 281monitor and impose betting limits and loss limits on their wagers. The operator or qualified 282gaming entity shall allow individuals to set betting limits on their sports wagers including, but 283not limited to, per bet limits, hourly limits, daily limits, weekly limits and monthly limits. An 284individual may lower limits and increase limits; provided, however, that the individual shall not 285increase betting limits more than once in a 24-hour period. The operator or qualified gaming 286entity shall ask individuals at the time that they first register and create an account on the 287platform for the purpose of making wagers to set a spending limit and a loss limit for a daily, 288weekly or monthly basis and enroll in a play management program approved by the commission, 289including but not limited to Play-My-Way, or to opt out of such a play management program. 290 (2) The operator or qualified gaming entity shall issue to each patron who has been issued 291a rewards card or who participates in a cashless wagering system by the gaming establishment a 292monthly statement, mailed to the patron at the patron's physical mailing address, which shall 293include the patron's total bets, wins and losses; provided, however, that a patron shall be given 15 of 17 294the opportunity to decline receiving a monthly statement at the time the rewards card is issued or 295during initial participation in a cashless wagering system; provided further, that a patron may 296later opt out of receiving monthly statements by providing a written request to cease monthly 297statements to the operator or qualified gaming entity. 298 (3) The operator or qualified gaming entity shall issue to each patron who has been issued 299a rewards card or who participates in a cashless wagering system by the operator or qualified 300gaming entity an electronic daily statement, sent to their email address, collected when the 301rewards card was issued or when the player was enrolled in cashless wagering system, and sent 302to their smartphone via notification from the operator’s or qualified gaming entity’s app if 303downloaded by the patron. The operator or qualified gaming entity shall ensure the default 304setting of the app allows notification of the electronic daily statement. The electronic daily 305statement shall include the patron's total bets, wins and losses. The operator or qualified gaming 306entity shall allow a patron the opportunity to: (i) decline to receive the electronic daily statement 307by email or turn off the notification at the time the rewards card is issued or during initial 308participation in a cashless wagering system; (ii) opt out of receiving the electronic daily 309statement by email through use of a link to unsubscribe from the statement in the email; and (iii) 310turn off the daily statement notification from the operator’s or qualified gaming entity’s app. 311 (4) An operator or qualified gaming entity licensed pursuant to this chapter that has 312implemented such a program or system shall annually report to the commission the amount of 313money spent and lost by patrons who have been issued a rewards card or who participated in a 314cashless wagering system, aggregated by zip code. Activity under this section shall be monitored 315by the commission. Individuals on the list of excluded persons shall not be permitted to 316participate in a cashless wagering system. Furthermore, an operator or qualified gaming entity 16 of 17 317shall issue to each patron who has been issued a rewards card or who participates in a cashless 318wagering system by the operator or qualified gaming entity a hard, paper copy of a brochure that 319contains all information and resources made available by the state and the commission to help 320with problem gambling, including but not limited to Gamesense, PlayMyWay, and Voluntary 321Self-Exclusion. 322 (i) A licensee under this chapter shall not exclude any individual from its platform or 323limit the wagers or potential winnings of any individual except when based on: (i) a section of 324this chapter; or (ii) a preexisting term of service of the licensee that is clearly disclosed to the 325individual upon logging into the app of the licensee. 326 SECTION 17. Paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 13 of said chapter 23N, as so 327appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- The 328commission shall provide for an online method and a phone method, in addition to any other 329method it finds reasonable and necessary, for persons to place themselves on the list of self- 330excluded persons. 331 SECTION 18. Said subsection (e) of said section 13 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, 332is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:- 333 (4) A sports wagering operator or qualified gaming entity shall not market to persons on 334any excluded persons list in any form, including but not limited to marketing by mail, by app 335notifications, by digital ads or by ads contracted to display in other companies’ advertisements. 336A sports wagering operator or qualified gaming entity shall use all technological means 337available, including but not limited to microtargeting via cookies, Internet Protocol addresses and 338other digital fingerprints, to prevent their ads from being served to individuals on any excluded 17 of 17 339persons list, established pursuant to this section. The commission shall promulgate regulations, 340pursuant to chapter 30A, including penalties for noncompliance, for the implementation of this 341section. 342 SECTION 19. Section 16 of said chapter 23N, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 343adding the following subsection:- 344 (j) To further effectuate the purposes of this chapter with respect to the investigation and 345enforcement of sports wagering operators and qualified gaming entities, the investigations and 346enforcement bureau in the commission may obtain or provide pertinent information regarding 347applicants or licensees from or to law enforcement entities or gaming authorities or sports 348wagering regulatory authorities and other domestic, federal or foreign jurisdictions, including the 349Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may transmit such information to each other electronically.