Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 23 > Chapter 5 > Part 6 - Video Gaming Machine Control Law

• Aggregate gross income: means the sum total of the gross income of all video gambling machines owned by a licensed machine owner. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Associated equipment: means all proprietary devices, machines, or parts used in the manufacture or maintenance of a video gambling machine, including but not limited to integrated circuit chips, printed wired assembly, printed wired boards, printing mechanisms, video display monitors, metering devices, and cabinetry. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Automated accounting and reporting system: means a system that, at a minimum, is used to electronically report video gambling machine accounting data to the state. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Bonus game: means a game other than a bingo, poker, keno, or video line game that is offered as a prize for playing and achieving a defined outcome by playing a bingo, poker, keno, or video line game. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Electronically captured data: means video gambling machine accounting information and records of video gambling machine events, in electronic form, that are automatically recorded and communicated to the department through an approved automated accounting and reporting system. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gross income: means money put into a video gambling machine minus credits paid out in cash. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• 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.
• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• 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}
• Licensed machine owner: means a licensed operator or route operator who owns a video gambling machine for which a permit has been issued by the department. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Multigame: means a combination of at least two or more approved types of games, including bingo, poker, keno, or video line games, within the same video gambling machine cabinet if the video gambling machine cabinet has been approved by the department. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Permitholder: means a licensed operator on whose premises is located one or more video gambling machines for which a permit has been issued by the department. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Player rewards system: means a system that rewards player loyalty, including but not limited to employing player rankings, awarding player points, or other promotions based on player engagement at an individual licensed premises as determined by using video gambling machine data, which may come from an automated accounting and reporting system, and other information gathered at an individual licensed premises. See Montana Code 23-5-602
• Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• 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.
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Video line game: means a video line game as defined by rules of the department and approved by the department. See Montana Code 23-5-602