Bill: Draft Gambling Regulation Act

[Scassany]

A
BILL
To

Regulate Gambling within the Commonwealth​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Gambling Regulation Act.'

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Scassany.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative vvirtue_ and Senator Anthony_Org.

2 - Reasons
(1) To amend the Commercial Standards Act
(2) To repeal the Government Lottery Act
(3) Gambling is a largely unregulated field that should have some limitations placed upon it
(4) With the guidance from staff regading gambling, we should update our laws to match

3 - Regulations
(1) Section 9 of the Commercial Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
"9 - Gaming
(1) Gaming institutions are required to display the odds of gaming machines and activities in a visible area adjacent to the machine/activity.
(2) Any form of gambling may not be advertised in the in-game advertisement channel.
(3) Gambling may only be permitted in the following circumstances:
(a) Games of chance played within the Commonwealth; or
(b) Games of chance or skill, where the outcome is partially or wholly decided by the actions of one or more citizens of the Commonwealth, for Redmont Dollars, plots, or other in-game goods or services; or
(c) Betting over events that occur within the Commonwealth; or
(d) The creation, sale, and purchase of 'Mystery Boxes'
(i) 'Mystery Boxes' must be contained within a Shulker Box"

4 - Repeals
(1) The Government Lottery Act shall be repealed.