Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 48 > Subchapter I - State Lottery

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• agency: means any department, agency or instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision of the State, any department, agency or instrumentality of 2 or more states, or 2 or more political subdivisions of the State, or states, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• business: means any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted primarily:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301

• Charitable gaming organization: shall mean an organization, in existence as of January 1, 2013, that is a fraternal or veterans organization with national affiliation or an organization, in existence as of January 1, 2013, whose membership consists primarily of veterans honorably discharged or active duty service members. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Charitable video lottery machine: shall mean a video lottery machine that is under the control of the State Lottery Office and that has been authorized by the Director to be placed at a location operated by a charitable gaming organization. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• comparable replacement dwelling: means any dwelling that is:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Credit slip: shall mean the receipt generated by a video lottery terminal when a player is playing that particular video lottery terminal, or the ticket resulting from a sports lottery game. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Criteria established by the agency: as used in this chapter , shall mean those criteria established and approved pursuant to the relevant provisions of 49 C. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: as used in this subchapter , shall mean the Director of the State Lottery Office. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• displaced person: means : any person who moves from real property, or moves personal property from real property:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301

• dollars: means lawful money of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Employee organization: shall mean any organization that admits or seeks to admit to membership employees of a Delaware video lottery agent and that has as a purpose the representation of such employees in collective bargaining, grievance representation, labor disputes, salaries, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• farm operation: means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of 1 or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gaming area: shall mean a location in a video lottery facility where gaming activity is conducted at video lottery machines or table games. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Gaming employee: shall mean a person employed in the operation of a video lottery facility and determined by the Director to have employment duties and responsibilities involving the security, maintenance, servicing, repair, or operation of video lottery machines and table game equipment, or is employed in a position that allows direct access to the internal workings of video lottery machines or table game equipment. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Gaming excursion: shall mean an arrangement the purpose of which is to induce any person, selected or approved for participation therein on the basis of said person's ability to satisfy a financial qualification obligation related to said person's ability or willingness to gamble or on any other basis related to said person's propensity to gamble, to come to a video lottery facility for the purpose of gaming and pursuant to which, and as consideration for which, any or all of the cost of transportation, food, lodging, and entertainment for said person is directly or indirectly paid by a video lottery agent or employee thereof. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Gross table game revenue: shall mean the total of all table game win or loss and poker revenue, including checks received whether collected or not, received by a video lottery agent from table game operations; provided that if the value of gross table game revenue at any video lottery facility in a given fiscal year is less than zero, any liabilities to winners in such year shall be the responsibility of the video lottery agent. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Internet lottery: shall mean all lottery games in which the player's interaction with the game operated by the Office occurs over the Internet (which, for purposes of this chapter, shall include any public or private computer or terminal network, whether linked electronically, wirelessly, through optical networking technology or other means), including Internet ticket games, the Internet video lottery and Internet table games. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Internet table games: shall mean a lottery game in which the player's interaction with the game operated by the Office occurs over the Internet through a website or network of a video lottery agent, rather than at a table game in a video lottery facility, and in which the game is an Internet variation or compilation of a table game or table games, provided that the game is expressly authorized by rule of the Director. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Internet ticket games: shall mean a lottery game in which the player's interaction with the game operated by the Office occurs over the Internet through a website or network of the Office, and in which the winner is decided by chance through mechanical or electronic means, and which shall include keno but which shall not include the video lottery, table games, and other forms of the Internet lottery. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Internet video lottery: shall mean a lottery game in which the player's interaction with the game operated by the Office occurs over the Internet through a website or network of a video lottery agent, rather than at a video lottery machine in a video lottery facility, and in which the game is an Internet variation of a video lottery game, and which shall not include keno, table games, and other forms of the Internet lottery. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Key employee: shall mean a person employed in the operation of a video lottery facility and determined by the Director to be acting in a supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary decisions with respect to video lottery machine or table game operations, including, without limitation, the chief executive, financial and operation managers, video lottery department managers, cashier and cage supervisors, credit executives, pit bosses or managers, gaming employee shift managers or any other employee so designated by the Director for reasons consistent with the public policies of this subchapter, and shall include any officer or any employee of an employee organization who has direct involvement with or who exercises authority, discretion or influence in the representation of employees of a Delaware video lottery agent in collective bargaining, grievance representation, labor disputes, salaries, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• lottery ticket sales agent: means a person whom the Director has licensed to sell lottery tickets. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Net moneys: shall mean all moneys received from the sale of lottery tickets after first deducting sales agent commissions and payment of prizes under $600. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Office: shall mean the State Lottery Office established by this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: means any individual, family, partnership, corporation or association. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 9301
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Poker revenue: shall mean the total value of rake charged to players at all poker tables. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Qualified child support obligation: shall mean any child support lien in excess of $150 as provided by § 2215 of Title 13. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Qualified video lottery prize: shall mean any video lottery or charitable gaming organization prize paid by cash or check for which a W-2G is issued equal to or in excess of $1,200 (but less any amounts withheld for income taxes). See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Restricted gaming area: shall mean the cashier's cage, the count room, the cage booths and runway areas, the interior of table game pits, the surveillance room and catwalk areas, the video lottery machine repair room and any other area designated by the Director as a restricted gaming area. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Sports lottery: shall mean a lottery in which the winners are determined based on the outcome of any professional or collegiate sporting event, including racing, held within or without the State, but excluding collegiate sporting events that involve a Delaware college or university and amateur or professional sporting events that involve a Delaware team. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Sports lottery agent: means a person whom the Director has licensed to conduct sports lottery games. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Sports lottery machine: shall mean any machine in which bills, coins or tokens are deposited in order to play a sports lottery game. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Sports lottery operations employee: shall mean an individual employee, person or agent of an applicant or licensee who is responsible for the security of sports lottery operations or proceeds. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• State Lottery Fund: shall mean those moneys derived from the sale of state lottery tickets and deposited in the state account of that name and those funds appropriated for the start-up costs of the system. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• system: shall mean the public gaming systems or games established and operated pursuant to this subchapter and including all types of lotteries. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Table game: shall mean any game played in a video lottery facility with cards, dice or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device or machine (excluding keno, video lottery machines, and the Internet lottery) for money, credit or any representative of value, including, but not limited to, baccarat, blackjack, twenty-one, poker, craps, roulette, bingo, wheel of fortune or any variation of these games, whether or not similar in design or operation, provided that the game is expressly authorized by rule of the Director. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Table game equipment: shall mean gaming tables, cards, dice, chips, tiles, shufflers, drop boxes or any other mechanical, electronic or other device, mechanism or equipment or related supplies used or consumed in the operation of any table games. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Table game win or loss: shall mean the value of gaming chips and cash won from patrons at gaming tables less the value of gaming chips and cash won by patrons at gaming tables other than poker tables. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Video lottery: shall mean any lottery conducted in a video lottery facility with a video lottery machine or a network of linked video lottery machines with an aggregate progression prize or prizes (excluding keno, table games, and the Internet lottery). See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Video lottery agent: means a person whom the Director has licensed to conduct table games, video lottery games, sports lottery games, and Internet lottery games and who possesses either a horse racing meet license pursuant to Title 3 or Title 28 of the Delaware Code, a harness racing meet license pursuant to Title 3 of the Delaware Code, or both. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Video lottery facility: shall mean a building containing a gaming area. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Video lottery machine: shall mean any machine in which bills, coins or tokens are deposited in order to play in a game of chance in which the results, including options available to the player, are randomly determined by the machine. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302