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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 25, 2015 11:03 AM |
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| From: | Representative Eddie Day Pashinski |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-sponsor of Electronic Pull-Tabs Legislation |
| MEMORANDUM TO: All Members of the House of Representatives FROM: Representative Eddie Day Pashinski DATE: March 24, 2015 SUBJECT: Co-sponsorship of Legislation – Electronic Pull-Tabs In the near future I intend to introduce legislation amending the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to permit electronic pull-tabs. Since the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act first authorized small games nearly 30 years ago, pull-tabs have been extraordinarily popular among players. A pull-tab is a ticket with perforated strips the player removes revealing concealed numbers or symbols that determine if the ticket is a winner or loser. While the law currently requires them to be made of paper or paper products, a lot has changed in the last three decades. Today, many states have brought small games into the 21st century with electronic pull-tab devices. Distinct from slot machines, these are simply hand-held or upright cabinet-style devices that display a digital version of pull-tab tickets. These devices offer certain advantages in security and accountability while offering clubs and taverns additional options, helping to raise much-needed revenue for the Commonwealth, counties, municipalities, and charitable organizations in addition to the licensed establishments themselves. My legislation is not an expansion of gaming, it is simply an enhancement of gaming that has existed since the beginning, bringing it into the present. Please join me in supporting this legislation helping fraternal organizations, small businesses, and charitable endeavors across Pennsylvania. |
Introduced as HB1457