Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 06 - Racing Commission › Rule 006.06.24-002 - Rule 2 - Application for Casino Gaming License and Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION
2.01 These Rules Governing the Application
  For, Issuance, and Renewal of Licenses to Conduct Casino Gaming at a Casino in
  Arkansas are duly adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas Racing Commission
  pursuant to Amendment No. 100 of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas of
  1874, The Arkansas Casino Gaming Amendment of 2018.
SCOPE AND PURPOSE
2.02 These Rules govern the application
  procedures for the issuance and renewal of licenses to conduct casino gaming at
  a casino in Arkansas. These Rules also govern the selection methods to be used
  and the criteria to be considered by the Arkansas Racing Commission in awarding
  licenses to conduct casino gaming at a casino in Arkansas.
DEFINITIONS
2.03
  "Amendment" means the Arkansas Casino Gaming Amendment of 2018.
2.04 "Casino" means a facility where casino
  gaming is conducted as authorized by the Amendment.
2.05 "Casino applicant" means any individual,
  corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity, other than a
  franchise holder, applying for a license to conduct casino gaming at a casino.
  Pursuant to the Amendment, a franchise holder is not a casino applicant and is
  not required to submit an application for a casino license under these
  Rules.
2.06 "Casino gaming" means
  dealing, operating, carrying on, conducting, maintaining, or exposing for play
  any game played with cards, dice, equipment, or any mechanical,
  electromechanical, or electronic device or machine for money, property, checks,
  credit, or any representative value. Casino gaming shall also be defined to
  include accepting wagers on sporting events. "Casino gaming" does not include
  lotteries conducted pursuant to Amendment 87 and/or The Arkansas Scholarship
  Lottery Act, Ark. Code Ann. §
								23-115-101
et
  seq.
2.07 "Casino license"
  means a license issued by the Arkansas Racing Commission to conduct casino
  gaming at a casino.
2.08 "Casino
  licensee" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust,
  or other entity holding a license issued by the Arkansas Racing Commission to
  conduct casino gaming at a casino.
2.09 "Commission" means the Arkansas Racing
  Commission.
2.10 "EGS Law" means the
  Local Option Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing Electronic Games of Skill Act,
  Ark. Code Ann. §
								23-113-101
et seq.,
as
  amended.
2.11 "Franchise holder"
  means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other
  entity holding a franchise to conduct horse racing under the Arkansas Horse
  Racing Law, Ark. Code Ann. §
								23-110-101
et seq.,
or
  greyhound racing under the Arkansas Greyhound Racing Law, Ark. Code Ann. §
								23-111-101
et seq.,
as of December 31, 2017.
2.12 "Disqualifying felony offense" means:
1. A felony offense as determined by the
  applicable state or federal law where the felony offense occurred, and a felony
  offense which the Commission has by Rule or Order determined to be a
  disqualifying felony offense for the issuance of a casino license, employee
  license, or for the owners, shareholders, board members or officers of any
  casino applicant or casino license holder;
2. However, the following offenses shall not
  be considered a disqualifying felony:
(a) An
  offense that has been sealed by a court or for which a pardon has been granted,
  or
(b) An offense whose sentence,
  including any term of probation, incarceration or supervised released, was
  completed ten (10) or more years earlier.
3. "Sealed" means expunge, remove, sequester,
  and treat as confidential the record or records of a felony
  offense.