Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1021 – Registration of table games
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1. Registration required. A table game may not be operated or distributed pursuant to this chapter unless the table game is registered by the board and the casino operator and the table game distributor are each licensed by the board or the table game is distributed to and operated by an accredited postsecondary institution for the purposes of training and education under section 1011, subsection 1?B.
[PL 2011, c. 585, §9 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1021
- Associated equipment: means any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic component part or machine that is used, or intended for use, in a slot machine or table game and that affects the outcome of the game or that is involved in the handling of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to play a slot machine or table game or the calculation of or distribution of payoffs of the slot machine or table game. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Board: means the Gambling Control Board established under section 1002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Casino: means a facility licensed in accordance with this chapter, where gambling activities occur, including, but not limited to, the operation of slot machines and table games. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Registration: means an approval or board action that authorizes a company to be a holding company of a company that holds or applies for a slot machine operator license, a casino operator license, a slot machine distributor license or a table game distributor license or of other persons required to be licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Table game: means a card game, dice game or other game of chance, including, but not limited to, blackjack, poker, dice, craps, roulette, baccarat, money wheels, wheel of fortune or an electronic table game located in a casino. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
- Table game distributor: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to distribute table games and associated equipment for use in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
2. Requirements for registration. To be registered, a table game:
A. May not have any means of manipulation that affect the random probabilities of winning a game; and [IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW).]
B. Must have, in addition to the requirements of paragraph A, other such characteristics as the board may establish by rule. [IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW).]
[IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW).]
3. Examination of table games. The board shall, in cooperation with the department, examine table games and associated equipment of table game distributors seeking registration as required in this chapter. The board shall require the table game distributor seeking examination and approval of the table game or associated equipment to pay the anticipated cost of the examination before the examination occurs. After the examination occurs, the board shall refund overpayments or charge and collect amounts sufficient to reimburse the board for underpayments of actual cost. The board may contract for the examinations of table games and associated equipment as required by this section.
[IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW).]
4. Unregistered or noncompliant table games subject to confiscation. A table game that is not registered as required by this section or that does not comply with the requirements of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter is contraband and a public nuisance and the table game and the table game’s monetary contents, monetary proceeds and associated equipment are subject to confiscation by any law enforcement officer. Table games and any monetary contents, monetary proceeds and associated equipment confiscated pursuant to this section are subject to forfeiture in accordance with the procedures outlined in Title 17?A, section 959 or 960.
[IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
IB 2009, c. 2, §38 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 585, §9 (AMD).