(a) Nothing in sections 53-278a to 53-278f, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit the publication of an advertisement of, or the operation of, or participation in, a state lottery, pari-mutuel betting at race tracks licensed by the state, off-track betting conducted by the state or a licensee authorized to operate the off-track betting system, authorized games at a casino gaming facility, online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering, and fantasy contests as authorized by sections 12-852 to 12-865, inclusive, a promotional drawing for a prize or prizes, conducted for advertising purposes by any person, firm or corporation other than a retail grocer or retail grocery chain, wherein members of the general public may participate without making any purchase or otherwise paying or risking credit, money, or any other tangible thing of value or a sweepstakes conducted pursuant to sections 42-295 to 42-301, inclusive.
(b) The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or their agents, may use and possess at any location within the state, solely for the purpose of training individuals in skills required for employment by the tribe or testing a gambling device, any gambling device which the tribes are authorized to utilize on their reservations pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; provided no money or other thing of value shall be paid to any person as a result of the operation of such gambling device in the course of such training or testing at locations outside of the reservation of the tribe. Any person receiving such training or testing such device may use any such device in the course of such training or testing. Whenever either of said tribes intends to use and possess at any location within the state any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, the tribe shall give prior notice of such testing to the Department of Consumer Protection.
(c) Any casino gaming facility, or its agents, may use and possess at any location within the state, solely for the purpose of training individuals in skills required for employment by the casino gaming facility or testing a gambling device, any gambling device which the casino gaming facility may use for conducting authorized games at the casino gaming facility, provided no money or other thing of value shall be paid to any person as a result of the operation of such gambling device in the course of such training or testing at locations outside of the casino gaming facility. Any person receiving such training or testing such device may use any such device in the course of such training or testing. Whenever a casino gaming facility intends to use and possess at any location within the state any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, the casino gambling facility shall give prior notice of such testing to the Department of Consumer Protection.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 7; P.A. 93-257; 93-435, S. 93, 95; P.A. 01-45; P.A. 10-36, S. 13; P.A. 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 14-217, S. 203; P.A. 17-89, S. 12; P.A. 21-23, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 93-257 added Subsec. (b) permitting training of individuals in skills required for employment by Mashantucket Pequot tribe; P.A. 93-435 changed effective date of P.A. 93-257 from October 1, 1993, to June 4, 1993, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 01-45 amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re Mohegan Tribe and re testing gambling devices; P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (a) to include off-track betting conducted by licensee authorized to operate off-track betting system, effective July 1, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Division of Special Revenue” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re sweepstakes conducted pursuant to Secs. 42-295 to 42-301 and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 17-89 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 53-278g with reference to Sec. 53-278f, and add “authorized games at a casino gaming facility”, and added Subsec. (c) re training of individuals in skills required for employment by casino gaming facility or testing a gambling device, effective June 27, 2017; P.A. 21-23 amended Subsec. (a) to insert provision re online casino gaming, online sports wagering, retail sports wagering and fantasy contests, and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2021.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 946 - Offenses Against Public Policy
Section 53-258a. - Misuse or mutilation of the flag.
Section 53-264. - Maintenance.
Section 53-278a. - Gambling: Definitions.
Section 53-278b. - Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.
Section 53-278d. - Transmission of gambling information.
Section 53-278e. - Gambling premises as nuisance.
Section 53-278f. - Persistent offenders.
Section 53-278g. - Gambling: Excepted activities.
Section 53-280. - Billiard and pool rooms; permits.
Section 53-289. - Ticket scalping.
Section 53-289a. - Disclosure in advertisements of service charge on tickets.
Section 53-289b. - Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.
Section 53-289c. - Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.
Section 53-290. - Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.
Section 53-290a. - Disclosures re promotional drawings.
Section 53-300a. - Sunday real estate contracts valid.
Section 53-301. - Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.
Section 53-302. - Employment of labor on Sunday.
Section 53-302a. - Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales.
Section 53-303. - Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.
Section 53-303a. - Retail sales on certain holidays.
Section 53-303b. - Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.
Section 53-303d. - Injunction.
Section 53-303e. - More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.
Section 53-303f. - Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.
Section 53-305. - Bond on appeal.
Section 53-306. - Failure to comply with terms or make payment.
Section 53-307. - Jurisdiction.
Section 53-308. - Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.
Section 53-311a. - Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.
Section 53-312. - False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.
Section 53-313. - “Bucket shop”; definition.
Section 53-314. - Keeping bucket shop.
Section 53-315. - Keeping bucket shop; accessory.
Section 53-316. - Information to be furnished to customers.
Section 53-317. - Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.
Section 53-318. - Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.
Section 53-319. - Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.
Section 53-320. - Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.
Section 53-321. - Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.
Section 53-322. - Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.
Section 53-324. - Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.
Section 53-325. - Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations.
Section 53-326. - Sterling silver defined. Penalty.
Section 53-327. - Coin silver defined. Penalty.
Section 53-328. - Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles.
Section 53-329. - Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund.
Section 53-330. - Admission to public performances.
Section 53-331. - Use of arsenic in embalming.
Section 53-332. - Burials; proximity to dwelling.
Section 53-333. - Depth of burial.
Section 53-333a. - Depth of burial.
Section 53-334. - Unlawful disinterment.
Section 53-341a. - Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee.
Section 53-341b. - Sale or delivery of body armor restricted.
Section 53-344a. - Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age.
Section 53-345. - Soliciting for philanthropic purposes.
Section 53-345a. - Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age.