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Ohio Rev Code § 3772.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.112 | Surety Bond.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|Before a license is issued to a casino operator, the casino operator shall post, and thereafter shall maintain, a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars payable to the state, conditioned on the casino operator complying with Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this chapter. The bond shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in this state, and shall be approved by the commission. The total aggregate liability of the surety on the bond is limited to the amount specified in the bond. The surety shall not cancel the bond unless the surety has given the commission, in the event of nonpayment of premium, ten days' notice of the intention to cancel, and in the event of any other cause, thirty days' notice of the intention to cancel. If the bond is to be canceled, and if the casino operator fails to post and maintain a new surety bond in the specified amount on or before the day of cancellation, the casino operator's license is void.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.12 | Gaming-Related Vendor License.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) A person may apply for a gaming-related vendor license. All applications shall be made under oath. (B) A person who holds a gaming-related vendor's license is authorized to sell or lease, and to contract to sell or lease, equipment and supplies to any licensee involved in the ownership or management of a casino facility.(C) Gambling supplies and equipment shall not be distributed unless supplies and equipment conform to standards adopted in rules adopted by the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.121 | Qualifications for Gaming-Related Vendor License.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) The commission may issue a gaming-related vendor's license under this chapter to an applicant who has: (1) Applied for the gaming-related vendor's license;(2) Paid a nonrefundable license fee as described in section 3772.17 of the Revised Code, which shall cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks;(3) Submitted two sets of the applicant's fingerprints; and(4) Been determined by the commission as eligible for a gaming-related vendor's license.(B) A gaming-related vendor shall furnish to the commission a list of all equipment, devices, and supplies offered for sale or lease in connection with casino games authorized under this chapter.(C) A gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, or supplies that are used by a person in an unauthorized casino gaming operation shall be forfeited to the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.131 | Casino Gaming Employee License.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) All casino gaming employees are required to have a casino gaming employee license. "Casino gaming employee" means the following and their supervisors: (1) Individuals involved in operating a casino gaming pit, including dealers, shills, clerks, hosts, and junket representatives;(2) Individuals involved in handling money, including cashiers, change persons, count teams, and coin wrappers;(3) Individuals involved in operating casino games;(4) Individuals involved in operating and maintaining slot machines, including mechanics, floor persons, and change and payoff persons;(5) Individuals involved in security, including guards and game observers;(6) Individuals with duties similar to those described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section or other persons as the commission determines. "Casino gaming employee" does not include an individual whose duties are related solely to nongaming activities such as entertainment, hotel operation, maintenance, or preparing or serving food and beverages.(B) The commission may issue a casino gaming employee license to an applicant after it has determined that the applicant is eligible for a license under rules adopted by the commission and paid any applicable fee. All applications shall be made under oath.(C) To be eligible for a casino gaming employee license, an applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age.(D) Each application for a casino gaming employee license shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain all information required by the commission. The applicant shall set forth in the application if the applicant has been issued prior gambling-related licenses; if the applicant has been licensed in any other state under any other name, and, if so, the name under which the license was issued and the applicant's age at the time the license was issued; any criminal conviction the applicant has had; and if a permit or license issued to the applicant in any other state has been suspended, restricted, or revoked, and, if so, the cause and the duration of each action.(E) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on a form provided by the commission, two sets of the applicant's fingerprints and a photograph. The commission shall charge each applicant an application fee to cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.15 | Renewal of License.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, the license shall be renewed for three years, as determined by commission rule, after a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and rules authorized by this chapter and after the licensee pays a fee. The commission may assess the license renewal applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to cover the commission's costs associated with the review of the license renewal application. (B) A licensee shall undergo a complete investigation at least every three years, as determined by commission rule, to determine that the licensee remains in compliance with this chapter.(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the commission may investigate a licensee at any time the commission determines it is necessary to ensure that the licensee remains in compliance with this section.(D) The holder of a license shall bear the cost of an investigation, except key employees and casino gaming employees who are employed by a casino operator, in which case the casino operator shall pay the investigation cost.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.17 | Fees.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The upfront license fee to obtain a license as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino facility and shall be paid upon each casino operator's filing of its casino operator license application with the commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission, shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, which is created in the state treasury.(B) New casino operator, management company, and holding company license and renewal license fees shall be set by rule. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility and the applicant for a license as a management company or holding company was reviewed for suitability as part of the investigation of the casino operator, only one license fee shall be assessed against both applicants for that casino facility.(C) The fee to obtain an application for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars per application. The application fee for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license may be increased to the extent that the actual review and investigation costs relating to an applicant exceed the application fee set forth in this division. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility, with the exception of actual costs of the review and investigation of the additional applicant, only one application fee shall be required of such applicants for that casino facility. The application fee shall be deposited into the casino control commission fund. The application fee is nonrefundable.(D) The license fees for a gaming-related vendor shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a gaming-related vendor license application.(E) The license fees for a key employee shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a key employee license application. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, such fees shall be paid by the casino operator.(F) The license fees for a casino gaming employee shall be set by rule. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, the fee shall be paid by the casino operator.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.19 | Limitations on Majority Interest Holders.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|No casino operator shall hold a majority ownership interest in more than two casino operator licenses or casino facilities at any one time. No person shall be a management company for casino operators licensed to operate more than two casino facilities in this state at any one time.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.20 | Slot Machines; Minimum and Maximum Wagers.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) A maximum of five thousand slot machines may be operated at a casino facility. Each casino operator for each casino facility shall determine the total number of slot machines in their facility, up to a maximum of five thousand slot machines that may be operated at such casino facility. There shall be no limit on the number of table games allowed at each casino facility. (B) Any slot machine game or table game currently authorized in, and any future slot machine or table game authorized in, the states of Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia may be conducted at casino facilities in this state at the discretion of a licensed casino operator but only after being approved, upon application by a licensed casino operator, by the commission.(C) Minimum and maximum wagers on casino gaming shall be determined by casino operators, subject to the commission's approval.(D) No slot machine shall be set to pay out less than the theoretical payout percentage, which shall be not less than eighty-five per cent, as specifically approved by the commission. The commission shall adopt rules that define the theoretical payout percentage of a slot machine based on the total value of the jackpots expected to be paid by a slot machine divided by the total value of slot machine wagers expected to be made on that slot machine during the same portion of the game cycle. In determining the theoretical payout percentage, the commission may consider market conditions, the payout percentage in other states, the impact on gaming within the market, or any other factor the commission deems relevant. The commission may adjust the payout percentage at any time.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.21 | Purchase or Lease of Equipment and Supplies.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Casino gaming equipment and supplies customarily used in conducting casino gaming shall be purchased or leased only from gaming-related vendors licensed under this chapter. A management company owning casino gaming devices, supplies, and equipment shall be licensed as a gaming-related vendor under this chapter. (B) Annually, a gaming-related vendor shall furnish to the commission a list of all equipment, devices, and supplies offered for sale or lease in connection with casino gaming authorized under this chapter.(C) A gaming-related vendor shall keep books and records for the furnishing of equipment, devices, and supplies to gaming operations separate from books and records of any other business operated by the gaming-related vendor. A gaming-related vendor shall file a quarterly return with the commission listing all sales and leases. A gaming-related vendor shall permanently affix the gaming-related vendor's name to all of the gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, and supplies for casino gaming operations.(D) A gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, or supplies that are used by a person in an unauthorized casino gaming operation shall be forfeited to the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.22 | Cashless Wagering System.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) All casino facility operations shall use a cashless wagering system whereby all wagerers' money is converted to chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or other instruments of value at the request of the wagerer that may only be used for wagering at a casino facility. Wagering shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency. (B) Wagers may be received only from a person present at a casino facility. A wagerer present at a casino facility shall not place or attempt to place a wager on behalf of an individual who is not present at the casino facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.23 | Purchase of Tokens, Chips, or Electronic Cards; Promotional Gaming Credits; Prohibited Licenses.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly|(A) All tokens, chips, or electronic cards that are used to make wagers shall be purchased from the casino operator or management company while at a casino facility that has been approved by the commission. Chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or similar objects may be used while at the casino facility only for the purpose of making wagers on casino games. (B) Casino operators and management companies may provide promotional gaming credits to their patrons. Promotional gaming credits shall be subject to oversight by the commission.(C) Casino operators and management companies shall not do any of the following:(1) Obtain a license to operate a check-cashing business under sections 1315.01 to 1315.30 of the Revised Code;(2) Obtain a license to provide loans under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code;(3) Obtain a license to provide loans under sections 1321.35 to 1321.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.24 | Employees Under Age Twenty-One; Notification of Operating Hours.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) An employee of a casino facility who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be present in the area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as long as the employee's duties are related solely to nongaming activities. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age may enter a designated area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as established by the commission, to pass to another area where casino gaming is not being conducted, but only if the individual is personally escorted by licensed casino personnel, as approved by the commission, who at all times remain in close proximity to the individual. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age shall not make a wager under this chapter. (B) Casino operators shall notify the commission of the days and hours during which casino gaming will be conducted.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.25 | Activities Not Subject to Chapter.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|The following are not subject to, or limited by, the requirements of this chapter or Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution: (A) Charitable gaming authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code;(B) Charitable bingo authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and as authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code;(C) Lottery games as authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution; and(D) Pari-mutuel wagering authorized by Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.26 | Applicability of Health and Building Codes.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Each of the four casino facilities shall be subject to all applicable state laws and local ordinances related to health and building codes, or any related requirements and provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no local zoning, land use laws, subdivision regulations or similar provisions shall prohibit the development or operation of the four casino facilities, or casino gaming set forth herein, provided that no casino facility shall be located in a district zoned exclusively residential as of January 1, 2009. (B) No municipal corporation or other political subdivision in which a casino facility is located shall be required to provide or improve infrastructure, appropriate property, or otherwise take any affirmative legislative or administrative action to assist development or operation of a casino facility, regardless of the source of funding but if such action is essential to the development or operation of a casino facility, the municipal corporation or other political subdivision may charge the casino operator for any costs incurred for such action.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.27 | Initial Investment.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Each initial licensed casino operator of each of the four casino facilities shall make an initial investment of at least two hundred fifty million dollars for the development of each casino facility. (B) If a casino operator has made an initial investment of at least one hundred twenty-five million dollars at the time a license is issued, the casino operator shall spend the remainder of the minimum two-hundred-fifty-million-dollar total required initial investment within thirty-six months after the issuance of that license.(C) A licensed casino operator may open a casino facility in phases and may have gaming areas in one or more buildings, facilities, rooms, or areas that together constitute a single casino facility within the boundaries of one or more of the properties described in Section 6(C)(9) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and, if located on more than one of those properties, is connected by one or more of the following:(1) Property owned by the casino operator or any of its affiliates;(2) Property leased by the casino operator or any of its affiliates;(3) Access over property under the right of the casino operator or any of its affiliates, whether it be by skyways, walkways, roadways, easements, or rights of way; (4) Nongaming amenities.
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.28 | [Repealed Effective 3/23/2022 by h.b. 29 of the 134th General Assembly] Approval for Debt Transactions.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A licensed casino operator shall not enter into a debt transaction without the approval of the commission. The licensed casino operator shall submit, in writing, a request for approval of a debt transaction that contains at least the following information: (1) The names and addresses of all parties to the debt transaction;(2) The amount of the funds involved;(3) The type of debt transaction;(4) The source of the funds to be obtained;(5) All sources of collateral;(6) The purpose of the debt transaction;(7) The terms of the debt transaction;(8) Any other information deemed necessary by the commission.(B) As used in this section, "debt transaction" means a transaction by a licensed casino operator concerning a casino facility totaling five hundred thousand dollars or more in which a licensed casino operator acquires debt, including bank financing, private debt offerings, and any other transaction that results in the encumbrance of assets.(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a licensed casino operator may enter into one or more debt transactions with affiliated companies provided the aggregate amount of all such debt transactions at any one time does not exceed ten million dollars. When a licensed casino operator intends to enter into such a debt transaction with an affiliated company, the licensed casino operator shall provide immediate notification, in writing, to the commission. The commission is entitled to require prior approval of the debt transaction if the commission provides notice to the licensed casino operator within seven days after receiving the notification. In determining whether to approve such a debt transaction, the commission may require the licensed casino operator to submit the information specified in division (A) of this section. The commission may adopt rules governing its review and approval of such debt transactions. For the purposes of this division, "affiliated companies" means any holding company or institutional investor or any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or any other group of individuals, however organized, which directly or indirectly owns, has the power or right to control, or holds with the power to vote, an ownership interest in a licensed casino operator. Last updated January 20, 2022 at 12:34 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3772.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming|Section 3772.29 | Exempt Shipments.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly|All shipments of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, including slot machines, into this state are exempt from section (2) of "An Act to Prohibit Transportation of Gambling Devices in Interstate and Foreign Commerce," 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171-1177.