HB 1636

                                                   PRINTER'S NO.   1986
                 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                     HOUSE BILL
                     No. 1636
                                             Session of
                                               2025
 INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI AND GREEN,
    JUNE 23, 2025
 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JUNE 23, 2025
                                  AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in sports wagering, further providing for
3    definitions.
4    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6    Section 1.    The definition of "sporting event" in section
7 13C01 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
8 amended and the section is amended by adding a definition to
9 read:
10 § 13C01.   Definitions.
11    The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
12 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13 context clearly indicates otherwise:
14    "E-Sports event."      An organized competition involving video
15 games in which players compete against each other, individually
16 or as teams, and the dominant element in determining the results
17 is the relative skill of the players.
18    * * *
1    "Sporting event."     A professional or collegiate sports or
2 athletic event [or], a motor race event[.], an e-Sports event or
3 any other competition or event of any kind approved for sports
4 wagering by the board.
5    * * *
6    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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