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Committee backs bill to bar certain interactive games, sponsor clarifies penalties
Summary
The committee adopted amendments to HB 295 to prohibit operation or promotion of specified interactive games tied to illegal markets, add a knowing-violation standard and route fines to the problem-gambling fund; one sponsor expressed remaining concerns and several members recorded opposition.
The House Ways and Means Committee on March 18 adopted committee amendments to House Bill 295, a departmental bill that seeks to prohibit the operation, conduct or promotion of certain interactive games linked to illegal markets and to require specific disclosures in gaming license applications.
Delegate Patterson, the sponsor, told the committee the amendment narrows the bill’s scope, specifies a knowing-violation standard for penalties and…
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