Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 7 > LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS > Chapter 51 > Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments (§§ 7-51-1401 — 7-51-1407)

• Adjusted gross income: means the total of all money paid to a licensee as bets minus the total amount paid out to winning bettors over a specified period of time, which includes the cash equivalent of any merchandise or thing of value awarded as a prize. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Adult cabaret: means a cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Adult-oriented establishment: includes , but is not limited to:
  (A) "Adult book stores" means any corporation, partnership or business of any kind that has as its principal or predominant stock or trade, books, magazines or other periodicals and that offers, sells, provides or rents for a fee:

  (i) Is available for viewing by patrons on the premises by means of the operation of movie machines or slide projectors. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Bestiality: means sexual activity, actual or simulated, between a human being and an animal. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• bet: means a sum of money that is risked by a bettor on the unknown outcome of one (1) or more sporting events, including, but not limited to, the form of fixed-odds betting, a future bet, live betting, a money line bet, pari-mutuel betting, parlay bet, pools, proposition bet, spread bet, or in any other form or manner as authorized by rule promulgated by the council. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Bettor: means a person who is:
  (A) Twenty-one (21) years of age or older. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Bond: means a bond held in escrow for the purpose of maintaining adequate reserves to account for losses suffered by a licensee and owed to bettors. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Collegiate: means belonging to, or involving, a public or private institution of higher education. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Council: means the sports wagering advisory council. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Entertainer: means a person who provides:
  (A) Entertainment within an adult-oriented establishment, regardless of whether a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment and regardless of whether entertainment is provided as an employee, escort as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Family recreation center: means any facility, which is oriented principally toward meeting the athletic or recreational needs of families and whose targeted customer is a minor child, including, but not limited to, the provision of one (1) or more of the following:
  (A) Ice skating. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fixed-odds betting: means bets made at predetermined odds or on the spread where the return to the bettor is unaffected by any later change in odds or the spread. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Future bet: means a wager made on the occurrence of an event in the future relating to a sporting event. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Interactive sports wagering: means placing a wager on a sporting event via the internet, a mobile device, or other telecommunications platform. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• 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}
• License: means a license to accept wagers from bettors on sporting events issued under §. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Licensee: means a person who holds a license issued under §. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Live betting: means a type of wager that is placed after the sporting event being wagered on has commenced and whose odds on events occurring are adjusted in real time. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Masochism: means sexual gratification achieved by a person through, or the association of sexual activity with, submission or subjection to physical pain, suffering, humiliation, torture or death. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Minor: means a person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Money line: means the fixed odds in relation to a dollar amount that a team or person participating in a sporting event will win outright, regardless of the spread. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Pari-mutuel betting: means a type of bet in which all wagers on a particular occurrence are pooled and winnings are paid in accordance with the size of the pool and the number of winners. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Parlay bet: means a single wager that incorporates two (2) or more individual bets for purposes of earning a higher payout if each bet incorporated within the wager wins. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Person: means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, firm, corporation or association. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Proposition bet: means a wager made regarding the occurrence or nonoccurrence during a sporting event of an event that does not directly affect the final outcome of the sporting event. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Sadism: means sexual gratification achieved through, or the association of sexual activity with, the infliction of physical pain, suffering, humiliation, torture or death upon another person or animal. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Sexually-oriented material: means any book, article, magazine, publication or written matter of any kind, drawing, etching, painting, photograph, motion picture film or sound recording that depicts sexual activity, actual or simulated, involving human beings or human beings and animals, that exhibits uncovered human genitals or pubic region in a lewd or lascivious manner, or that exhibits human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely covered. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Specified sexual activities: means activities, services or performances that include the following sexual activities or the exhibition of the following anatomical areas:
  (A) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1401 v2
• Sporting event: means any professional sporting or athletic event, including motorsports and e-sports, any collegiate sporting or athletic event, or any Olympic sporting or athletic event sanctioned by a national or international organization or association. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• Spread: means the predicted scoring differential between two (2) persons or teams engaged in a sporting event. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Vendor: means a contractor, subcontractor, or independent contractor hired, or contracted with, by the council or a licensee for the purpose of facilitating the business of the council or licensee under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 4-49-102
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105