Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1834 – Fees
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1. Original application fee.
[PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1834
- Card game: means a game of chance conducted using one or more decks of cards, such as poker, blackjack or cribbage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831
- Distributor: means a person, firm, corporation, association or organization, other than an Internet raffle operator, that sells, markets or otherwise distributes sealed tickets, gambling apparatus or any other implements of gambling that may be used in the conduct of a game of chance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831
- Electronic video machine: means a machine, however operated, that has a video screen featuring an electronically simulated game and delivers or entitles the person playing or operating it to receive the privilege of playing the electronic video machine without charge, but does not deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the electronic video machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tickets or something of value other than the privilege of playing the electronic video machine without charge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831
- Game of chance: means a game, contest, scheme or device in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831Internet raffle: means a raffle in which a person purchases a raffle chance or ticket through, and a winner or winning chances are determined by, a digital platform that involves, at least in part, the use of the Internet. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831 Internet raffle operator: means a person, firm, corporation, association or organization licensed under section 1837?B, subsection 2 to conduct an Internet raffle using an Internet raffle system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831 Machine: means any machine, including electronic devices, however operated, the internal mechanism or components of which when set in motion or activated and by the application of the element of chance may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tickets or something of value as defined in subsection 17. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Raffle: means a game of chance in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831unit: means the bureau within the Department of Public Safety under Title 25, section 2902, subsection 12 or an authorized representative of the Gambling Control Unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Operation of games of chance. Except for electronic video games as provided in this section, the fee for a license or registration to operate a game of chance is $15 for each week computed on a Monday to Sunday basis or for a portion of a week, $60 for a calendar month or $700 for a calendar year.
The Gambling Control Unit may issue any combination of weekly or monthly licenses for the operation of games of chance. Registration to conduct any authorized game of chance may be issued for a period of up to 12 months on one application.
[PL 2019, c. 129, §2 (AMD).]
3. Operation of electronic video machines. The fee for a game of chance license to operate an electronic video machine in accordance with section 1832, subsection 8 is $15 for each week computed on a Monday to Sunday basis or for a portion of a week. The fee for a license issued for a calendar month is $60.
The Gambling Control Unit may issue any combination of weekly or monthly licenses for the operation of electronic video machines. A license or combination of licenses to operate an authorized electronic video machine may be issued for a period of up to 12 months.
[PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (AMD).]
4. Games of cards. The fee for a license issued to an organization to operate a game of cards, when the organization charges no more than a $10 daily entry fee for participation in the games of cards and when no money or valuable thing other than the $10 daily entry fee is gambled by any person in connection with the game of cards, is $30 for each calendar year or portion of a calendar year. For card games that are played by placing the maximum bet of $5 per hand or per deal, inclusive of any raises made during the hand or deal, the license fee for a calendar month is $60 and the fee for licenses issued for a calendar year is $700.
[PL 2019, c. 117, §1 (AMD).]
4-A. Once-annual game night. The fee for a registration to conduct a game night under section 1832, subsection 2?B is $100.
[PL 2023, c. 391, §7 (NEW).]
5. Distributors. The fee for a license issued to a distributor is $625 for each calendar year or portion of a calendar year.
[PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
5-A. Internet raffle operator. The fee for an Internet raffle operator license is $500 for each calendar year or portion of a calendar year.
[PL 2021, c. 136, §6 (NEW).]
6. Printers.
[PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (RP).]
7. Application. A license to operate any authorized card game may be issued for a period of up to 12 months on one application. Authority to conduct a game of chance, a raffle or charitable cribbage tournament games pursuant to section 1836, subsection 4?B may be granted for a period of up to 12 months on one registration.
[PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (AMD).]
All fees required by this section must accompany a registration or an application for any license issued by authority of this chapter. [PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (AMD).]
Fees submitted as license or registration fees must be refunded if the license is not issued or the registration is not accepted. Rebates may not be given for any unused license or registration or portion of an unused license or registration. If any license is suspended or revoked as provided by this chapter, fees paid for that license or registration may not be refunded. [PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. C, §2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. C, §4 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 218, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. KKKKK, §16 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 117, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 129, §2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 136, §6 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 391, §7 (AMD).