Amendment #827 to H.4100

Amendment #827 to H4100

To raise revenue from internet poker licenses

Mr. Winslow of Norfolk moves to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following sections:-

“Whereas, the deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to provide for job creation in the commonwealth, additional revenue and aid to local communities and essential consumer protections, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

SECTION 1. The first sentence of section 1 of chapter 23K of the General Laws,

as appearing in section 16 of chapter 194 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by

inserting after the words “gaming establishments” the following words:- and

internet card rooms.

SECTION 2. Said chapter 23K is hereby further amended by inserting after section

1 the following section:-

Section 1A. The General Court finds and declares that:

(1) since the advent of the internet and despite the enactment of the federal law

entitled Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (“UIGEA”), 31

U.S.C. §§ 5361-5367 (2006), hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts consumers

have been playing internet poker through websites controlled by illegal off-shore

businesses;

(2) to the detriment of the commonwealth and its residents, these illegal off-shore

businesses take tens of millions of dollars from residents on an annual basis,

without paying any Massachusetts or federal taxes and without being subject to any

oversight that would otherwise protect consumers from the dangers of underage

gambling, compulsive gambling, cheating and swindling and unfair or deceptive

acts or practices;

(3) without regulatory oversight of internet poker, these illegal off-shore businesses

will continue to harm the commonwealth and its residents, and public confidence in

the integrity of legal gaming in the commonwealth will be critically undermined;

(4) a rigorous regulatory and licensing scheme for internet poker will bolster the

purposes of chapter 23K by providing millions of dollars in additional annual

revenue and aid to local communities, creating over a thousand high-paying jobs in

the technology sector, providing essential consumer protections to vulnerable

individuals, promoting local business, enhancing the performance of the state

lottery and aiding law enforcement;

(5) pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5362(10)(B) (2006), this Act establishing limited

internet gaming in the commonwealth constitutes a lawful exemption to the

UIGEA, whereby the commission may authorize gaming licensees to conduct

lawful internet gambling within the borders of the commonwealth;

(6) pursuant to a formal opinion rendered by United States Department of Justice,

Office of Legal Counsel, on December 23, 2011, the conduct authorized by this Act

establishing limited internet gaming in the commonwealth is not proscribed by the

Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1084 (2006), because it does not relate to a “sporting event

or contest;” and

(7) the conduct authorized by the provisions of this Act establishing limited internet

gaming in the commonwealth is not proscribed by any federal statute, including

the following: the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.; the

Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, 28 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; the

Gambling Devices Transportation Act, 15 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.; and the Indian

Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.

SECTION 3. Section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by

inserting the following seventeen paragraphs:-

“Category 3 license”, a license issued by the commission that permits the licensee

to operate an internet card room subject to the regulatory oversight of the

commission under this chapter.

“Domain name”, a name consisting of a sequence of letters, numbers and hyphens

used to identify a website and locate the server hosting that website.

“Internet”, the international system of interoperable packet switched data networks,

including any additional electronic data distribution methods or channels approved

by the commission.

“Internet card room”, the collective proprietary and non-proprietary technology,

including hardware, software, related websites and gaming devices, controlled and

used by a category 3 licensee for the purposes of offering internet poker games to

registered players and facilitating internet gaming thereon.

“Internet gaming”, the placing, receiving or transmitting of a wager on an internet

poker game where the wager is initiated and received or otherwise made within the

borders of the commonwealth or, in the case of another state, within the borders of

that state.

“Internet gaming account” or “account”, a formal electronic ledger managed by an

internet gaming operator for the purpose of recording a registered player’s deposits,

withdrawals, amounts wagered, winnings and other financial activity related to the

operator’s cashless wagering system and the player’s use of the operator’s internet

card room for internet gaming.

“Internet gaming account agreement”, a contractual agreement between a registered

player and an internet gaming operator which governs the terms and conditions of

the player’s internet gaming account and the player’s use of the operator’s internet

card room for internet gaming.

“Internet gaming operator” or “operator”, a category 3 licensee or category 3

license applicant that is engaged or seeks to engage in the business of operating an

internet card room.

“Internet gaming operator premises”, a facility approved by the commission

from which a category 3 licensee may conduct business related to operating an

internet card room under this chapter.

“Internet poker game”, any of the percentage card games historically known as

poker played by two or more individuals for money or credit, including, but not

limited to, Texas hold’em, Omaha, stud poker and draw poker, which the

commission has authorized a category 3 licensee to offer, at least in part through

the internet, to registered players.

“Internet protocol address”, a numerical identifier attached to each computer that

communicates with other computers through internet.

“Internet service provider”, a person that provides other persons with access to the

internet.

“Proprietary technology”, any information that is protectable as intellectual

property under state law, federal law or foreign law, including any information that

can be patented or registered under any applicable patent, copyright, trademark or

trade secret laws.

“Registered player” or “player”, an individual who has registered with an internet

gaming operator to engage in internet gaming through the operator’s internet card

room.

“Website”, one or more related web pages.

“Web page”, an internet accessible document that may contain text, video, audio

and images and is hosted on at least one web server.

“Web server”, the hardware and related software that is used to deliver content,

store data and run applications through the internet.

SECTION 4. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming licensee”, in line 179, the following

words:- , excluding a category 3 licensee,.

SECTION 5. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 208, the

following words:- and on an internet card room.

SECTION 6. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 240, the

following words:- and an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 7. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 241, and in

line 243, each time it appears, the following words:- or an internet card room.

SECTION 8. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 249, the

following words:- or an internet card room.

SECTION 9. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 253, the

following words:- or an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 10. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 316, the

following words:- or an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 11. Said section 2 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 317, the

following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 12. Section 4 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming operation”, in line 586, the following words:-

or an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 13. Said section 4 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 621, the

following words:- and internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 14. Said section 4 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 627, the

following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 15. Said section 4 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by striking out, in line 659, the words “internet gaming” and inserting in

place thereof the following words:- interstate internet gambling.

SECTION 16. Said section 4 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further

amended by inserting after the word “commonwealth”, in line 670, the following

words:- and with any state that has expressly authorized lawful internet gaming.

SECTION 17. Clause (11) of subsection (a) of section 5 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 702, the following words:- or for an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 18. Clause (14) of said subsection (a) of said section 5 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment” in line 710, the following words:- and an internet card room.

SECTION 19. Clause (17) of said subsection (a) of said section 5 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 716, the word

“and”.

SECTION 20. Clause (18) of said subsection (a) of said section 5 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 717 and 718, the

words “gaming establishment.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

gaming establishment and in an internet card room; and.

SECTION 21. Said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting

after section 5 the following section:-

Section 5A. (a) In addition to the regulations required by section 5, with regard to

category 3 licenses, the commission shall promulgate regulations for the

implementation, administration and enforcement of this chapter including, without

limitation, regulations that:

(1) prescribe age and location verification requirements reasonably designed to

block access to persons under the age of 21, persons located outside of the

commonwealth and persons whose names appear on a list of excluded persons or

are otherwise prohibited from gambling at a gaming establishment or on an internet

card room under this chapter;

(2) prescribe appropriate data security and geolocation requirements to prevent

unauthorized access to an internet card room by any person whose age and current

physical location has not been verified in accordance with this chapter, including

requirements that internet gaming operators use innovative data encryption

software and geolocation software that identifies a player’s internet protocol

address and precisely determines the country, state and city where a player is

located at all times relevant to determining whether an individual may access areas

of an internet card room that are restricted to registered players;

(3) prescribe requirements that an applicant or the proposed affiliate internet

gaming operator of the applicant shall have a principal place of business and be

domiciled in the commonwealth and in good standing with the secretary of state

and state treasurer;

(4) prescribe requirements that all gaming vendors transacting business with

internet gaming operators shall have a principal place of business and be domiciled

in the commonwealth and in good standing with the secretary of state and state

treasurer;

(5) prescribe the information to be furnished by an applicant to determine whether

an applicant and any affiliate of the applicant and predecessor in interest of an

applicant has accepted a wager related to any form of internet gambling from a

person in the United States after October 13, 2006, the date when the UIGEA was

enacted;

(6) prescribe the information to be furnished by an applicant to determine whether

an applicant and any affiliate and institutional investor of an applicant has ever

contemptuously defied or refused to submit to or comply with the jurisdictional,

investigative or enforcement authority of any judicial, executive or legislative body

of any state or of the United States when such body was adjudicating, investigating

or prosecuting alleged illegal conduct relating to gambling or internet gambling;

(7) prescribe player registration requirements, including procedures reasonably

designed to ensure that an internet gaming operator accurately verifies a player’s

identity, date of birth, place of residency, social security number if the player is a

United States resident, eligibility to engage in internet gaming and absence from the

list of excluded persons, and that a player has read and assented to an operator’s

internet gaming account agreement and consents to the jurisdiction of the

commonwealth to resolve all disputes arising out of internet gaming;

(8) prescribe requirements related to a registered player’s internet gaming account,

including requirements for recording the date and time of all account activity and

ensuring that all adjustments made by an operator to a player’s account are

consistent with the player’s internet gaming activity, as well as requirements that a

registered player has only one account, individuals are unable to create accounts

under fictitious names, a player is physically located in the commonwealth while

logged into his or her account, an operator only accepts account deposits in the

form of debits from a debit or credit card, personal checks, cashier’s checks, wire

transfers, money orders or other forms of payment approved by the commission, a

player is prevented from transferring funds into the account of any other player,

operators accurately credit a player’s winnings to the player’s account and are

prevented from extending credit or otherwise transferring funds into player

accounts where those funds are derived from any person besides the operator;

(9) prescribe requirements delineating the types of permissible charges by

internet gaming operators to registered players engaging in internet poker games,

including the amounts of per-hand charges, the amounts of tournament charges and

precise charge information that shall be conspicuously posted and continuously

updated on each player’s computer screen throughout each authorized game and

tournament;

(10) prescribe standards reasonably designed to protect the privacy and security of

registered players who engage in internet gaming, including requirements that

credit card, password and all other data transmitted between a player and an internet

gaming operator is encrypted using technology tested and approved by the

commission and that access to internet gaming account information by gaming

employees and gaming service employees is strictly controlled and recorded;

(11) prescribe technical standards to guide the commission’s approval of proposed

software, hardware and other gaming devices that internet gaming operators may

use to conduct internet gaming, including mechanical, electrical, security and

reliability standards, and requirements to ensure that no software, hardware or other

gaming devices shall be used to conduct internet gaming prior to being tested and

approved by the commission or tested and certified by an independent testing

laboratory authorized by the commission;

(12) prescribe requirements reasonably designed to ensure that the internet poker

games offered by an internet gaming operator are legal, fair and played exclusively

by live individuals, that wagering and internet poker game rules are conspicuously

made available to all registered players and that the software that powers the

internet poker games uses a sophisticated random number generator, which shall be

tested and approved by the commission to ensure that each electronic hand

of cards is unpredictable and entirely random;

(13) prescribe standards reasonably designed to ensure that an internet gaming

operator maintains a system of internal controls to protect the security and integrity

of all financial transactions, wagers and internet poker games occurring on the

applicant’s proposed internet card room, including requirements that an internet

gaming operator make all data related to its software, credit card transactions,

distribution of funds, transactions with gaming vendors, registered player wagering

histories and internal controls related to player fraud and cheating and swindling

available to an independent auditor approved by the commission;

(14) prescribe requirements reasonably designed to enable an internet gaming

operator to detect and prevent transactions that may be associated with money

laundering, fraud and other criminal activities in violation of Massachusetts and

federal law;

(15) prescribe administrative, accounting and auditing procedures reasonably

designed to determine an internet gaming operator’s license fee and gross gaming

revenue payment liability and maintain the commission’s control over the

operator’s internal financial affairs;

(16) prescribe standards reasonably designed to ensure that an all gaming devices,

facilities and internet gaming operator premises related to an internet card room are

located, arranged and maintained in a manner promoting appropriate security

related to internet gaming, including requirements that an operator maintain a

closed circuit visual monitoring system and institute protocols for restricting access

in accordance with directives issued by the commission;

(17) prescribe enforcement powers by which the commission may commence an in

rem deactivation of the domain names associated with an internet gaming

operator’s internet card room where the commission determines that the operator

has engaged in unlawful internet gambling or has otherwise offered or conducted

internet poker games in violation of this chapter;

(18) prescribe rules that shall effectively immunize internet service providers from

criminal and civil liability for hosting an internet card room operating in violation

of this chapter or federal law or a website otherwise engaging in unlawful internet

gambling, unless the internet service provider has actual knowledge that the internet

card room or website in question is currently violating this chapter, federal law or is

otherwise engaging in unlawful internet gambling;

(19) prescribe requirements appropriately limiting the types of agreements that

internet gaming operators may enter into with third parties for marketing or

advertising purposes, including requirements prohibiting internet gaming operators

from displaying the trademark, service mark, business or brand name, business

information or any information directly or indirectly acquired or derived from or

supplied by or any person that has accepted a wager related to any form of internet

gambling from persons in the United States after October 13, 2006.

(20) prescribe factors to be considered by the commission in determining whether

an applicant has demonstrated sufficient history of internet gaming competence,

experience, technological expertise, technological quality, financial integrity and

regulatory compliance to justify the award of a category 3 license;

SECTION 22. Subsection (f) of section 6 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 752

and 753, the following words:- and an internet card room.

SECTION 23. Said subsection (f) of said section 6 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 761, the following words:- and an internet card room and an internet gaming

operator.

SECTION 24. Subsection (a) of section 8 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word and figure “category 2”, in line 761, the

following words:- and category 3.

SECTION 25. Clause (6) of subsection (a) of section 9 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 814, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 26. Clause (7) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “facilities”, in

line 816, the following words:- or internet card room and internet gaming operator

premises.

SECTION 27. Clause (8) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 818, the following words:- or an internet card room.

SECTION 28. Clause (12) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 836, the following words:- or by the internet gaming

operator.

SECTION 29. Clause (13) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment’s”, in line 839, the following words:- or internet card room’s.

SECTION 30. Said clause (13) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said

chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the

words “gaming establishment”, in line 846, the following words:- or internet card

room.

SECTION 31. Clause (16) of said subsection (a) of said section 9 of said chapter

23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 856, the following words:- and, with regard to the proposed

internet card room, the type and number of internet poker games to be conducted.

SECTION 32. Said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting

after section 11 the following section:-

Section 11A. (a) The commission shall not set a minimum capital investment for a

category 3 license; provided, however, that a category 3 licensee’s internet gaming

operator premises and gaming equipment, including but not limited to, computers,

servers, monitoring rooms, hubs and storage systems, shall be located in the

commonwealth, unless the commission permits otherwise.

(b) The commission shall determine the minimum licensing fee for a category 3

licensee, which shall not be less than $10,000,000 to be paid within 30 days after

the award of the license; provided, however, that this licensing fee shall be credited

against the category 3 licensee’s daily gross gaming revenue payment liability for

the first two years of operation. Once the license fee credit is exhausted, the

commission shall direct the category 3 licensee to commence monthly gross

gaming revenue payments to the commonwealth in accordance with this chapter.

days after the award of the category 3 license shall be subject to suspension or

revocation of the gaming license by the commission and shall, after being found by

the commission after a hearing to have acted in bad faith in delaying

commencement of internet gaming operations, be assessed a fine of no less than

$25,000,000.

SECTION 33. Subsection (a) of section 14 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word “establishment”, in line 986, the

following words:- or an internet card room.

SECTION 34. Subsection (e) of said section 14 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in lines 1019 and 1020, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 35. Section 15 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 1045, 1046 and 1064,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 36. Said section 15 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby

amended further by inserting after the word “that”, in line 1088, the following

words:- , except in the case of a category 3 license applicant,.

SECTION 37. Said section 15 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby

amended further by inserting after the word “license”, in line 1095, the following

words:- , unless the applicant is applying for a category 3 license.

SECTION 38. Section 16 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsection:-

license under this chapter, if the applicant, an affiliate of the applicant, an

institutional investor of the applicant, a person directly or indirectly holding a

financial interest in the applicant or any affiliate of the applicant, a predecessor in

interest of the applicant, a key gaming employee of the applicant, a third party who

has previously contracted with the applicant for advertising or marketing purposes

or any person who has purchased any assets related to an internet gambling

operator: (i) has accepted a wager related to any form of internet gambling from a

person in the United States after October 13, 2006; or (ii) has ever contemptuously

defied or refused to submit to or comply with the jurisdictional, investigative or

enforcement authority of any judicial, executive or legislative body of any state or

of the United States when such body was adjudicating, investigating or prosecuting

alleged illegal conduct relating to any form of gambling or internet gambling.

SECTION 39. Section 18 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “following objectives”, in line 1232, the following

words:- , insofar as they are relevant to the applicant’s license category.

SECTION 40. Said section 18 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby

amended further by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 1281,

the following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 41. Said section 18 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby

amended further by inserting after the words “slot machines”, in line 1286, the

following words:- and gaming devices, including hardware and software,.

SECTION 42. Said section 18 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby

amended further by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 1287,the following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 43. Subsection (b) of section 19 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word “that”, in line 1331, the following

words:- , except for a category 3 license,.

SECTION 44. Said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting

after section 20 the following section:-

Section 20A. (a) The commission may issue not more than 3 category 3 licenses;

provided, however, that a category 3 license shall only be issued to an applicant

who is qualified under the criteria set forth in this chapter as determined by the

commission. If the commission is not convinced that there are applicants that have

both met the eligibility criteria and provided convincing evidence that the applicant

will provide value to the commonwealth, no category 3 licenses shall be awarded.

(b) A category 3 license issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be transferrable or

assignable without the approval of the commission; provided, however, that for 3

years after the initial issuance of a category 3 license, the commission shall only

approve such a transfer if: (i) the licensee experiences a change in ownership; or (ii)

the licensee fails to maintain suitability or other circumstances which the

commission may consider, which, in the opinion of a majority of the members of

the commission, impacts a licensee’s ability to successfully operate an internet

gaming card room.

period of 10 years. The commission shall establish procedures for the renewal of a

category 3 license, including renewal fee, and submit to the clerks of the senate and

house of representatives any legislative recommendations that may be necessary to

implement those procedures, not less than 180 days before the expiration of the first

category 3 license granted pursuant to this chapter.

SECTION 45. Subsection (a) of section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word “made”, in line 1405, the following

words:- , except in the case of a category 3 licensee,.

SECTION 46. Said subsection (a) of said section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 1413, the following words:- or internet card room or internet

gaming operator premises.

SECTION 47. Said subsection (a) of said section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in lines 1435, 1436 and 1441, the following words:- or internet

gaming operator premises.

SECTION 48. Said subsection (a) of said section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming area”, in

line 1450, the following words:- or on all web pages of an internet card room.

SECTION 49. Said subsection (a) of said section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 1469, the following words:- or internet gaming operator.

SECTION 50. Subsection (d) of said section 21 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming licensee”, in

line 1516, the following words:- , except for a category 3 licensee,.

SECTION 51. Subsection (a) of section 23 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word and figure “category 2”, in line 1534,

the following words and figure:- and category 3.

SECTION 52. Subsection (c) of said section 23 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “establishment”, in line

1553, the following words:- or an internet card room.

SECTION 53. Said subsection (c) of said section 23 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 1565, the following words:- and an internet card room.

SECTION 54. Subsection (a) of section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word “gaming”, in line 1586, the following

words:- or internet gaming.

SECTION 55. Said subsection (a) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in lines 1592 and 1593, the following words:- or internet operator

premises.

SECTION 56. Subsection (b) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in lines 1597 and 1598, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 57. Subsection (e) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “dealer”, in line 1637, the

following words:- at a gaming establishment.

SECTION 58. Subsection (h) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “wager”, in line 1644, the

following words:- in an internet card room.

SECTION 59. Said subsection (h) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the word “gaming”, in line

1648, the following words:- or internet gaming.

SECTION 60. Subsection (i) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word and figure “category 2”,

in line 1651, the following words:- or category 3.

SECTION 61. Said subsection (i) of said section 25 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 1653, the following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 62. Subsection (a) of section 27 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “auditing purposes.”, in line 1707, the

following words:- A category 3 licensee shall not issue credit to a registered player.

SECTION 63. Section 29 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 1774, 1775, 1779,

1781 and 1786, the following words:- or internet gaming operator.

SECTION 64. Subsection (c) of section 30 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 1805

and 1807, the following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 65. Subsection (e) of said section 30 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 1819, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 66. Subsection (f) of said section 30 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 1825, the following words:- or internet gaming operator.

SECTION 67. Subsection (a) of section 34 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 1981,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 68. Subsection (d) of said section 34 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment.”,

in line 1997, the following words:- This subsection shall not apply to internet card

rooms and internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 69. Subsection (e) of section 35 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2030,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 70. Section 36 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 2046 and 2057, the

following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 71. Section 37 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 2139 and 2150, the

following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 72. Section 39 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 2170, 2171 and 2197,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 73. Subsection (b) of section 40 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 2208

and 2211, the following words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 74. Section 41 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2215, the following

words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 75. Section 43 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in lines 2226, 2230 and 2237,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 76. Subsection (a) of section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2243,

the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 77. Subsection (c) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “establishment”, in lines

2256 and 2257, the following words:- or internet gaming operator.

SECTION 78. Said subsection (c) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the word “premises”, in line

2257, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 79. Subsection (f) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishments”, in lines 2278 and 2285, the following words:- and internet card

rooms.

SECTION 80. Said subsection (f) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the word “gaming

establishment”, in line 2282, the following words:- or in an internet card room.

SECTION 81. Said subsection (f) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the word “establishment”,

in each instance in line 2286, the following words:- or an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 82. Said subsection (f) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the word “premises”, in line

2287, the following words:- or internet card room.

SECTION 83. Subsection (g) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishments”, in line 2288, the following words:- and internet card rooms.

SECTION 84. Subsection (h) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 2293, the following words:- and an internet gaming operator.

SECTION 85. Said subsection (h) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishments”, in lines 2294 and 2295, the following words:- and an internet

gaming operators.

SECTION 86. Subsection (i) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishments”, in line 2305 and 2314, the following words:- and internet card

rooms.

SECTION 87. Subsection (j) of said section 45 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 2316 and 2318, the following words:- and an internet card room.

SECTION 88. Section 47 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2334, the following

words:- or internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 89. Subsection (a) of section 49 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2344,

the following words:- and an internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 90. Said subsection (a) of said section 49 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “gaming

establishments”, in lines 2346, 2347, 2349 and 2350, the following words:- and

internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 91. Subsection (b) of said section 49 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 2352, the following words:- and internet gaming operator premises.

SECTION 92. Subsection (a) of section 55 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “category 1 licensee”, in line 2408, the

following words:- and a category 3 licensee.

SECTION 93. Subsection (c) of section 56 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the word “establishments”, in line 2428, the

following words:- and internet card rooms.

SECTION 94. Said subsection (c) of said section 56 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended further by inserting after the words “gaming

establishment”, in line 2431, the following words:- and at each internet card room.

SECTION 95. Subsection (e) of said section 56 of said chapter 23K, as so

appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “gaming establishment”,

in line 2439, the following words:- and employed by each internet gaming operator.

SECTION 96. Subsection (1) of section 59 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is

hereby amended by inserting after the words “category 2 licensee”, in line 2490, the

following words:- and a category 3 licensee.

SECTION 97. Section 66 of said chapter 23K, as so appearing, is hereby amended

by inserting after the words “slot machines”, in line 2655, the following words:- ,

software, hardware, gaming devices.

SECTION 98. Section 5A of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in

section 27 of chapter 194 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by inserting after

the words “gaming establishment”, in line 2893, the following words:- or an

internet card room.

SECTION 99. Section 93 of chapter 194 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by

inserting after the words “category 2”, in lines 3412 and 3414, the following

words:- or category 3.

SECTION 100. Section 97 of chapter 194 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by

inserting after the words “gaming establishment”, in line 3474, the following

words:- and internet gaming operators.”