Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110
§41311 Gambling Restrictions
Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART A — AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › subpart ii — economic regulation › CHAPTER 413 — FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION › § 41311
Summary
Airlines that fly between countries must not put, carry, run, or let people use gambling machines or apps on their planes (including games on onboard video systems). A gambling device is any machine or app that, by chance, can pay out or award money or property.
Full Legal Text
Title 49, §41311
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(a)In General.—
An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not install, transport, or operate, or permit the use of, any gambling device on board an aircraft in foreign air transportation.
(b)Definition.—
In this section, the term “gambling device” means any machine or mechanical device (including gambling applications on electronic interactive video systems installed on board aircraft for passenger use)—
(1)which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
(2)by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Study of Gambling on Commercial Aircraft Pub. L. 103–305, title II, § 205(b), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1583, provided that the Secretary, not later than 1 year after Aug. 23, 1994, was to complete a study of the aviation safety effects of gambling applications on electronic interactive video systems installed on board aircraft for passenger use and the competitive implications of permitting foreign air carriers only, but not United States air carriers, to install, transport, and operate gambling applications on electronic interactive video systems on board aircraft on flights over international waters, and provided that the Secretary, within 5 days after the completion of the study, would submit a report to Congress on the results of the study.
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Citation
49 U.S.C. § 41311
Title 49, Transportation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110