Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:85 – Employment of unpermitted persons; underage persons
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:85
- Designated gaming area: means that portion of a riverboat in which gaming activities may be conducted. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
- licensee: means any person holding or applying for a gaming license to conduct gaming activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Riverboat: means one of the following:
(a) A vessel that carries a valid Certificate of Inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard with regard to the carriage of passengers on designated rivers or waterways within or contiguous to the boundaries of the state of Louisiana and for the carriage of a minimum of six hundred passengers and crew. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
- Slot machine: means any mechanical, electrical, or other device, contrivance, or machine which, upon insertion of a coin, token, or similar object therein or upon payment of any consideration whatsoever, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, whether by reason of the skill of the operator or application of the element of chance, or both, may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
A. A licensee or permittee shall not employ any person in a capacity for which he is required to be issued a permit, if he has been found unsuitable or denied a permit, or if his permit has expired or has been revoked by any type of gaming division or enforcement authority of any other state or any foreign country, or any political subdivision thereof.
B.(1) A person under the age of twenty-one shall not play, or be allowed to play, any licensed gaming device or slot machine, shall not loiter, or be permitted to loiter in or about the designated gaming area, and shall not be employed as a gaming employee.
(2) The riverboat gaming operator shall withhold all winnings from patrons who are determined to be under the age of twenty-one and shall remit such winnings to the division.
C. Any licensee, employee, or other person who intentionally violates or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this Section may be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
D. In any prosecution or other proceeding for the violation of any of the provisions of this Section, it shall be no defense that the licensee, employee, or other person believed the person to be twenty-one years old or over.
Acts 1991, No. 753, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1014, §1. Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 4:544 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996.