N.H. Rev. Stat. § 287-D:1 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 287-D / Section 1
287-D:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Applicant" means an individual applying for a license under this chapter. II. "Bona fide member" means a person who has held full and regular membership in the charitable organization for a period of not less than 60 days immediately prior to the games of chance in which such person intends to participate. To qualify as a bona fide member of a charitable organization, a person shall: (a) Satisfy all criteria for membership in the charitable organization. (b) Pay all lawful fees or dues required by the charitable organization. (c) Not have become a member solely for the purpose of operating games of chance. III. "Games of chance" means any game involving gambling as defined by RSA 647:2, II, or any lottery prohibited by RSA 647:1, but shall not include any game involving the use of a slot machine or any other device in the nature of a slot machine, 50/50 raffles as defined in RSA 287-A:1, III, or ice-out contests as defined in RSA 287-D:1, VI. IV. (a) "Charitable organization" means any bona fide religious, charitable, civic, veterans', or fraternal or church organization, including police and firemen's organizations and houses of worship which shall have been registered with the secretary of state for at least one year, and in existence and organized under the laws of this state for at least one year in a town or city in this state. To be eligible for licensure under this chapter, a charitable organization shall do all of the following: (1) Document that the organization has tax exempt status under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) or is covered under a group ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service under the authority of those sections. (2) Establish that the religious, civic, fraternal, veterans, or charitable purposes for which it was organized, other than charitable gambling, are furthered through activities conducted in the town or city in which the charitable organization is organized. (3) Document registration with the secretary of state for at least one year and, if required under RSA 7:19-32-a, with the director of charitable trusts. (4) Maintain a current list of bona fide members. (b) A charitable organization shall not include auxiliary units, committees, or other entities organized under the auspices of a charitable organization eligible for licensure under this chapter, when such auxiliary unit, committee, or other entity is organized for the primary purpose of conducting games of chance. V. "Commission" means the lottery commission established under RSA 284:6-a. VI. "Ice-out contest" means a contest conducted by a charitable organization whereby a marker is placed on a frozen lake and the person most closely estimating the day and time the marker falls through the ice wins 1/2 the contest proceeds collected by the charitable organization. VII. "Game operator" means a game operator employer, primary game operator or a secondary game operator. VIII. "Game operator employer" means a business entity or individual who employs, supervises, and controls game operators and who is hired by a charitable organization to operate games of chance on its behalf. The owner of 10 percent or more of the entity, partner, managing member, or chief executive of a business entity who serves as a game operator employer must be listed as a part of the game operator license application. IX. "Gaming equipment" means a collective reference to table game devices and their associated equipment. X. "Primary game operator" means any person other than a bona fide member of the charitable organization, involved in conducting, managing, supervising, directing, or running games of chance; including, but not limited to, gambling operation managers and assistant managers, managers and supervisors of security employees, pit bosses, shift bosses, credit executive, and cashier operations supervisors. XI. "Secondary game operator" means any person other than a bona fide member of the charitable organization, involved in dealing, running a roulette wheel, handling chips, or providing accounting services or security functions; including any person with job functions or responsibilities that require the person to watch over, protect, handle, use, maintain, or otherwise hold responsibility over gaming cash, revenue, supplies or devices. This includes individuals in the back office and anyone that has access to gaming systems, chips, tokens, or playing cards, or who has the ability to access or make changes to the gaming operations accounting system, player tracking system, gaming system records, or cash and accounting records. XII. "High-Stakes tournament" means a tournament of a game of chance in which the required buy-in for participation in the tournament is $2,500 or greater. XIII. "video lottery terminal" or "VLT" means any device which, upon payment of bills, coins or vouchers, is available to play or operate and may entitle the patron to receive cash, vouchers, or electronic credits redeemable for cash. The results, including options available to the patron, are randomly determined by the device. A device may use spinning reels or video displays or both. This definition does not include any device that sells lottery tickets, pari-mutuel wagers, nor any device which is operated through, utilizes, or is played on or with assistance from the Internet. XIV. "Wager" means a monetary agreement between 2 or more persons that a sum of money or other valuable thing shall be paid to one of them on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. Wager may be used synonymously with the term "bet." XV. "Wide-area progressive link" means a networked gaming system that connects electronic gaming devices, including VLTs and historic racing machines authorized by RSA 284:22-b, located at multiple licensed gaming establishments to a common progressive jackpot pool, allowing for contributions from each linked machine, regardless of location, to incrementally increase a shared jackpot prize, which can be won by any eligible player participating on any of the linked devices.