
(3) Pari-mutuel betting on horse racing, as authorized
by the act of December 17, 1981 (P.L.435, No.135), known as
the Race Horse Industry Reform Act.
(4) Small games of chance, as authorized by the act of
December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local
Option Small Games of Chance Act.
(5) Any gaming activity authorized as of July 5, 2004,
by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II (relating to gaming).
(c) New gambling or gaming.--No new forms of gambling or
gaming shall be authorized except:
(1) by a vote of no less than two-thirds of all the
members elected to each chamber of the General Assembly; or
(2) upon approval of the electors in a public referendum
as follows:
(i) the referendum question shall appear on a
primary election ballot pursuant to a concurrent
resolution of the General Assembly and shall utilize
clear language that is readily understandable by a
layperson;
(ii) the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall draft a
nonlegal interpretive statement which shall accompany the
referendum question in accordance with section 201.1 of
the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
Pennsylvania Election Code;
(iii) adoption of the referendum shall authorize
enactment of legislation expanding gambling or gaming to
the extent stated in the language of the referendum; and
(iv) notwithstanding any other provision of this
act, subsequent expansion of new gambling or gaming
authorized pursuant to the provisions of this subsection
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