2007 Minnesota Statutes

325E.42 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES; GAMBLING ADVERTISING AND
MARKETING CLAIMS.
    Subdivision 1. Regulation. All advertising or marketing materials relating to the conduct of
any form of legal gambling in Minnesota, including informational or promotional materials, must:
(1) be sufficiently clear to prevent deception; and
(2) not overstate expressly, or by implication, the attributes or benefits of participating in
legal gambling.
    Subd. 2. Attorney general's actions. The attorney general may bring an action against any
person violating this section in accordance with section 8.31, except that no private action is
permitted to redress or correct a violation of this section.
    Subd. 3. Advertising media excluded. This section applies to actions of the owner, publisher,
agent, or employee of newspapers, magazines, other printed matter, or radio or television stations
or other advertising media used for the publication or dissemination of an advertisement or
marketing materials, only if the owner, publisher, agent, or employee has been personally served
with a certified copy of a court order or consent judgment or agreement prohibiting the publication
of particular gambling advertising or marketing materials and thereafter publishes such materials.
History: 1994 c 633 art 8 s 2