Sec. 53-278g. Excepted activities. Training of casino personnel for employment. Testing gambling devices.
Sec. 53-278g. Excepted activities. Training of casino personnel for employment. Testing gambling devices. (a) Nothing in sections 53-278a to 53-278g, 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 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.
(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 Division of Special Revenue.
(P.A. 73-455, S. 7; P.A. 93-257; 93-435, S. 93, 95; P.A. 01-45.)
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.
See footnotes to Sec. 53-278a.