Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part III - Gaming Control Board › Chapter 3 - Compulsive and Problem Gambling › Section III-303 - Persons Required to be Excluded

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Pursuant to
				R.S.
				27:27.2, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board
				hereby provides for the establishment of a list of persons who are to be
				excluded or ejected from any room, premises, or designated gaming area of an
				establishment, or from a sports wagering platform, where gaming is conducted
				pursuant to Chapters 4, 5, 7, and 10 of the Louisiana Gaming Control Law,
				R.S.
				27:1 et seq.
B. Definitions. The following words and
				terms, when used in this Section, shall have the following meanings unless the
				context clearly indicates otherwise.
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Board Exclusion List
-a list of names of
				  persons who, pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  27:27.2, are required to be excluded or
				  ejected from casino gaming establishments and sports wagering platforms.
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Casino Gaming Establishment
-any room,
				  premises, or designated gaming area of any establishment where gaming is
				  conducted pursuant to Chapters 4, 5, 7, and 10 of the Louisiana Gaming Control
				  Law and all sports wagering platforms pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Louisiana
				  Gaming Control Law.
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C. Criteria for Exclusion
1. The board exclusion list may include any
				person who meets any of the following criteria:
a. a career or professional offender whose
				presence on or in a casino gaming establishment would be adverse to the
				interests of the state of Louisiana or to authorized gaming therein;
b. an associate of a career or professional
				offender whose association is such that his or her presence on or in a casino
				gaming establishment would be adverse to the interests of the state of
				Louisiana or to authorized gaming therein;
c. a person who has been convicted of a
				gaming or gambling crime or a crime related to the integrity of gaming
				operations;
d. a person who has
				performed any act or has a notorious or unsavory reputation that would
				adversely affect public confidence and trust in gaming, including, but not
				limited to, being identified with criminal activities in published reports of
				various federal and state legislative and executive bodies that have inquired
				into criminal activities. Such bodies shall include, but not be limited to, the
				following:
i. California Crime
				Commission;
ii. Chicago Crime
				Commission;
iii. McClellan
				Committee (Senate Subcommittee on Investigation);
iv. New York Waterfront Commission;
v. Pennsylvania Crime Commission
				Report;
vi. Senate Permanent
				Subcommittee on Investigations;
vii. State of Colorado Organized Crime Strike
				Force; or
viii. President's
				Commission on Organized Crime;
e. has been named or is currently on any
				valid exclusion list of any other jurisdiction;
f. is a person whose presence on or in a
				casino gaming establishment would be adverse to the state of Louisiana or
				authorized gaming therein, including, but not limited to:
i. cheats;
ii. persons whose gaming privileges, permits,
				licenses, or other approvals have been suspended, revoked or denied;
iii. persons who pose a threat to the safety
				of the patrons or employees of the licensee;
iv. persons with a documented history of
				conduct involving the disruption of the gaming operations in any
				jurisdiction;
v. persons subject to
				an order of a Louisiana court excluding such persons from any casino gaming
				establishments; or
vi. persons with
				pending charges for a gaming or gambling crime or a crime related to the
				integrity of gaming operations;
g. the person's occupation and his current
				home, business, and electronic mail address; and
i. a person's presence may be considered
				"adverse to the interest of the state of Louisiana or to authorized gaming
				therein" if known attributes of such person's character and background:
(a). are incompatible with the maintenance of
				public confidence and trust in the credibility, integrity and stability of
				licensed gaming;
(b). could
				reasonably be expected to impair the public perception of, and confidence in,
				the strict regulation of gaming activities; or
(c). would create or enhance a risk or
				appearance of unsuitable, unfair or illegal practices, methods or activities in
				the conduct of gaming or in the business or financial arrangements incidental
				thereto;
ii. a finding
				that a person's presence is "adverse to the interest of the state of Louisiana
				or to authorized gaming therein" may be based upon, but not limited to, the
				following:
(a). the nature and notoriety of
				the attributes of character or background of the person;
(b). the history and nature of the
				involvement of the person with authorized gaming in Louisiana or any other
				jurisdiction, or with any particular licensee or licensees or any related
				company thereof;
(c). the nature
				and frequency of any contacts or associations of the person with any licensee
				or licensees, or with any employees or agents thereof; or
(d). any other factor reasonably related to
				the maintenance of public confidence in the efficacy of the regulatory process
				and the integrity of gaming operations, the gaming industry, and its
				employees;
iii. race,
				color, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex or disability as defined in
				R.S.
				51:2234.(11), shall not be a reason for
				placing the name of any person upon such list.