§ 1401a.8. Persons prohibited from engaging in sports wagering activities.
(a) No person under 21 years of age may engage in sports wagering with a sports wagering certificate holder or sports wagering operator.
(b) No collegiate, amateur or professional athlete, referee, official, coach, manager, handler or athletic trainer or employee or contractor of a team or athletic organization who has access to nonpublic or exclusive information concerning an athlete or team may engage in sports wagering on a sporting event or the performance of an individual in a sporting event in which the person or team is participating.
(c) No collegiate, amateur or professional athlete, referee, official, coach, manager, handler, athletic trainer or employee of a team or athletic organization who has access to nonpublic or exclusive information concerning an athlete or team may engage in sports wagering on a sporting event or the performance of an individual in sporting events in the sport or league in which the person is involved.
(d) No person identified in subsections (a)—(c) may collect any winnings or recoup any losses from a sports wagering certificate holder or sports wagering operator as a result of engaging in sports wagering in violation of this section.
(e) Winnings of a person prohibited from engaging in sports wagering under this section shall be confiscated and retained by the sports wagering certificate holder or sports wagering operator and shall properly be accounted for in all necessary reports.
(f) An athletic team or the governing body or league of an athletic team may provide to the Board a list of all persons within the team’s organization as well as all league officials or referees prohibited from engaging in sports wagering under this section, along with the specific type of sporting events from which the person is prohibited from participating in sports wagering activities. The Board shall provide that list of persons identified by the athletic team or governing body or league to sports wagering certificate holders and sports wagering operators to facilitate these prohibitions on sports wagering activities.
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 1408a.3 (relating to internal controls).
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