P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 77
(a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be admitted to any gambling room.
(b) It shall be illegal for any holder of a gambling license or his/her agents or employees to advertise or offer any gambling room to the public in any other way, except when the publicity is directed to the foreign tourists and not to the residents of Puerto Rico. Provided, however, That an advertisement directed to the foreign tourists shall not be illegal should it incidentally reach the residents of Puerto Rico.
(c) The type of advertisements permitted by §§ 71—79 and 85—89 of this title include, but is not limited to the following:
(1) Advertisements or promotions to be distributed or placed in:
(A) Airplanes that have landed in Puerto Rico;
(B) cruise ships sailing the territorial waters of Puerto Rico;
(C) areas restricted for passengers in an airport, and
(D) tourist piers;
(2) advertisements or promotions of gambling rooms published in magazines whose distribution in Puerto Rico is directed mainly to foreign tourists, even though said magazines may also be available to the residents of Puerto Rico;
(3) advertisements or promotions in the movies, television, radio, newspapers and magazines which are published, recorded or filmed to promote foreign tourism, regardless of whether these may be incidentally shown or distributed in Puerto Rico, and
(4) advertisements or promotions of the gambling rooms on the hotel premises.
(d) Under no circumstance shall it be understood that the above list limits any other type of advertisement or promotion, provided said advertisement or promotion complies with the public policy of promoting foreign tourism.
(e) None of the above shall be interpreted as to prevent that the name of a hotel includes the word “casino” or any other word implying that said hotel has a gambling room.
(f) The Tourism Company is hereby authorized to determine through regulations, the requirements that must be met by the advertisements of a gambling room pursuant to the provisions of this section.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 221, p. 750, § 8; June 26, 1997, No. 24, § 10.