Expand the Minnesota Statutes 352F to include the prohibition of gambling advertising in Minnesota

 

To protect minors from being harmed or influenced by gambling. Additionally, this bill aims to denormalize gambling.

 

Repeated exposure to gambling advertising is proven to increase an adolescent's or young adult's engagement with

gambling in the future and develop a problematic gambling behavior later in life, according to NIH, Brooklyn Law, and

National Council on Problem Gambling. Forbidding gambling ads will help prevent gambling addictions in the future,

therefore protecting future generations. By expanding the Minnesota statutes, this bill will fall neatly into section

352F.

 

"Gambling ad" shall be defined as any advertisement designed to promote gambling, besides the places that offer

gambling. 2. "Advertisement" shall be defined as any notice or announcement designed to catch peoples attention about a

particular topic.

 

Funding for this bill will come from the Consumer Protection Law fund, which comes from the Federal Trade Commission.

 

The penalty for any establishment found advertising for gambling or lottery shall be a petty misdemeanor, punishable by

twice the payment that the establishment received for putting up the advertisement. If the establishment put up the

advertisement of their own free will, a fine up $100 a day until the advertisement is taken down will be enacted.

 

One year after the passage of this bill.