Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 06 - Racing Commission › Rule 006.06.19-002 - CGR 2 Casino License Application

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
RULE 2 APPLICATION FOR CASINO GAMING LICENSE AND
				RENEWAL
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.