California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 3 - Conditions of Operation for Tppps Businesses › Article 3 - Tppps Contracts › Section 12270 - Tppps Contract Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All
				  TPPPS contracts will be subject to, and superseded by, any changes in the
				  requirements of regulations adopted under Business and Professions Code section
				  19984
				  that conflict with or supplement provisions of the TPPPS contract.
(b) Each TPPPS contract will specifically
				  require all of the following to be separately set forth at the beginning of the
				  contract in the following order:
(1) The
				  names of the parties to the contract.
(2) The effective dates of the TPPPS
				  contract; expiration date must be the last day of the month.
(3) The specific name of the Bureau-approved
				  gaming activities for which proposition player services may be
				  provided.
(4) The maximum and
				  minimum number of gaming tables available to the proposition player provider
				  service.
(5) That no more than one
				  authorized player from each TPPPS business licensee may simultaneously play at
				  a table.
(6) The hours of operation
				  that proposition player services will be provided.
(7) A detailed description of the location,
				  applicable security measures, and purpose of any currency, chips, or other
				  wagering instruments that will be stored, maintained, or kept within the
				  gambling establishment by or on behalf of the TPPPS business
				  licensee.
(8) That proposition
				  player services must be provided in the gambling establishment only in
				  compliance with laws and regulations pertaining to controlled
				  gambling.
(9) That proposition
				  player services may be provided only by authorized players with current
				  licensing under Chapter 2.
(10)
				  That the TPPPS business licensee must provide the cardroom business licensee
				  with a copy of its TPPPS certificate, and that the cardroom business licensee
				  must maintain the TPPPS certificate on file, together with a copy of the TPPPS
				  contract applying to that establishment.
(11) That an authorized player may not
				  provide proposition player services in a gambling establishment where he or she
				  holds a cardroom owner type license, or is operating with a cardroom employee
				  type license.
(12) That collection
				  fees charged by the cardroom business licensee for participation in any
				  controlled game must be the same as those charged to other participants
				  assuming the player dealer position during the play of the game.
(13) Any agreement between the TPPPS business
				  licensee and the cardroom business licensee for TPPPS business licensees or
				  TPPPS supervisors licensees to inspect or receive a copy of surveillance
				  recordings of tables at which proposition player services are provided under
				  the TPPPS contract during the times the services are provided, as necessary for
				  business purposes.
(14) A full
				  disclosure of any financial arrangements entered into during the term of the
				  TPPPS contract for any purpose between the cardroom business licensee and any
				  licensee covered by the TPPPS contract. If there is no financial consideration
				  that passes under the TPPPS contract, a statement to that effect must be
				  included.
(15) That any legal
				  dispute between the TPPPS business licensee and the cardroom business licensee,
				  including any exclusion of a licensed TPPPS category licensee covered by the
				  contract with the cardroom business licensee must be reported in writing within
				  ten calendar days by the TPPPS business licensee and the cardroom business
				  licensee to both the Commission and the Bureau.
(16) That the TPPPS business licensee and the
				  cardroom business licensee must report in writing within ten calendar days to
				  both the Commission and the Bureau the identity of any temporary TPPPS category
				  licensee whose activities are covered by the TPPPS contract and who is arrested
				  in the gambling establishment by a peace officer, who is removed from the
				  gambling establishment by a peace officer or the cardroom business licensee, or
				  who is involved in a patron dispute regarding his or her activities in the
				  gambling establishment that is the subject of a report to a peace officer and
				  that results in removal of one or more individuals.
(17) That any cheating reported to the
				  cardroom business licensee by a TPPPS category licensee must be reported in
				  writing within five days of the incident by the TPPPS business licensee and the
				  cardroom business licensee to the Commission and Bureau.
(18) That the criteria for granting any
				  rebates by authorized players to patrons be fully disclosed in the TPPPS
				  contract; and that neither the cardroom business licensee nor any cardroom
				  employee type licensee may have any role in rebates. If there are no criteria
				  for granting rebates, a statement to that effect must be included.
(19) That any tipping arrangements must be
				  specified in the TPPPS contract and that percentage tips may not be given. If
				  there are no tipping arrangements, a statement to that effect must be
				  included.
(20) That the TPPPS
				  business licensee may reimburse the cardroom business licensee in specified
				  amounts for equipment such as surveillance cameras and monitors, or cards,
				  shuffling machines, and dice. Neither the TPPPS business licensee nor its
				  cardroom employee type licensees may purchase, lease, or control such
				  equipment. If there is no arrangement to reimburse the cardroom business
				  licensee for equipment, a statement to that effect must be included.
(21) That the contract is a complete
				  expression of all agreements and financial arrangements between the parties;
				  that any addition to or modification of the contract, including any
				  supplementary written or oral agreements, must be approved in advance by the
				  Bureau pursuant to Section
				  12276 before the addition or
				  modification takes effect.