Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1841 – Prohibited acts
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1. Schemes prohibited. A license may not be issued under this chapter for the conduct or operation of a machine, a slot machine, roulette or games commonly known as policy or numbers, except that a license may be issued for an electronic video machine. An electronic video machine that constitutes a game of chance is fully governed by this chapter.
[PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1841
- 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. 1831Game of skill: means any game, contest, scheme or device in which a person stakes or risks something of value for the opportunity to win something of value and that is not a game of chance. 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 Roulette: means a game of chance in which players bet on the compartment of a revolving wheel into which a small ball will come to rest. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17 Sec. 1831
2. Prohibited games. The following games are prohibited:
A. A game that uses objects that are constructed, designed or altered to be other than what they appear to be and to respond in a way other than that in which the average player would assume that they would respond, unless that construction, design or alteration is permitted in the rules governing that game and the construction, design or alteration meets the requirements of those rules; [PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
B. A game in which the operator either partially or entirely controls the outcome of the game by the operator’s manner of operating or conducting the game; [PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
C. A game in which the outcome depends upon the word of the operator against the word of the player; and [PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
D. A game of skill that includes any mechanical or physical device that directly or indirectly impedes, impairs or thwarts the skill of the player. [PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3. Glass prohibited. The use of glass is prohibited in games of skill pursuant to Title 38, section 3118.
[PL 2015, c. 166, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2015, c. 166, §1 (AMD).