1. License to distribute required. A person may not distribute a slot machine in the State unless the person has been issued a license to distribute slot machines by the board.

[PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §5 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. B, §11 (AFF).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1013

  • Applicant: means a person who has submitted an application for a license. 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
  • Distribute: means to sell, lease, license, place or otherwise make available for use in the State or to transport into the State for the purpose of selling, leasing, licensing, placing or otherwise making available for use in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
  • License: means a license issued by the board under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
  • Person: means an individual or a business organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
  • Slot machine: means any mechanical, electrical or electronic device, contrivance or machine or other device, contrivance or machine that is available to play upon insertion of money or a token, credit or similar object or thing of value, the play of which by the element of chance may deliver or entitle the person playing the device, contrivance or machine to receive cash, tokens or credits to be exchanged for cash, merchandise or anything of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the device, contrivance or machine or in any other manner, and includes progressive electronic gaming devices with a payoff that increases as the electronic gaming device is played. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
  • Slot machine distributor: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to distribute slot machines and associated equipment for use in the State. 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
2. Requirements for license. The board may issue a license to distribute slot machines to an applicant that meets the qualifications set out in sections 1016 and 1019.

[PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §5 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. B, §11 (AFF).]

3. Distribution of table games by licensed slot machine distributor. The board may accept an application from and issue a table game distributor license to a person who is licensed as a slot machine distributor under subsection 2.

[PL 2011, c. 585, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2003, c. 687, §A5 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 687, §B11 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 585, §2 (AMD).