1. (a) Each cardroom business licensee must post or provide, at patron gambling entrances or exits, and in conspicuous places in or near gambling areas and any areas where cash or credit are available to patrons, accessible written materials concerning the nature and symptoms of problem gambling and the toll-free telephone number approved by the Office of Problem Gambling (or its successors) that provides information and referral services for problem gamblers, currently “1-800-GAMBLER.”
2. (b) Any website operated by or on behalf of any cardroom business licensee or TPPPS business licensee must contain a responsible gambling message and a link to the Office of Problem Gambling (or its successors) that provides information and referral services for problem gamblers, currently “http://www.problemgambling.ca.gov.”

3. (c) Advertising material produced by or on behalf of any cardroom business licensee or TPPPS business licensee must contain a responsible gambling message and must refer to the telephone number listed in subsection (a) above or the website listed in subsection (b) above, or both. This provision applies to any advertisement that will be distributed by television, radio, outdoor display, flyer, mail or digitally. This provision does not apply to:

   1. (1) Any digital material with limited characters or space that provides a link to a website that complies with subsection (b).
   2. (2) Any promotional item in which size or space limitations do not allow the responsible gambling message to be legibly displayed, such as: pens, key chains, hats, drinking glasses, coffee mugs, etc.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 19811, 19840, 19841(o) and 19920, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 19801 and 19920, Business and Professions Code; and Sections 4369.2 and 4369.4, Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New section filed 1-30-2007; operative 3-5-2007 (Register 2007, No. 5).

2. Editorial correction of Note (Register 2013, No. 16).

3. Amendment filed 3-23-2016; operative 7-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 13).

4. Amendment filed 12-12-2020; operative 1-1-2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b) (Register 2020, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.