Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 28 - ADVANCE DEPOSIT WAGERING › Section 633-28-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context indicates otherwise.
"Abandoned advance deposit wagering account" An advance
				  deposit wagering account where there has been no activity by the account holder
				  for three (3) years.
"Account" An account for advance deposit wagering with a
				  specific identifiable record of credits, debits, deposits, wagers, and
				  withdrawals established by an account holder and managed by the advance deposit
				  wagering operator.
"Account applicant" A natural person who has submitted an
				  account application to an advance deposit wagering operator.
"Account application" The form or forms approved by the Board
				  for establishment of an account.
"Account holder" A natural person who successfully completed
				  an account application and for whom the advance deposit wagering operator has
				  opened an account.
"Advance deposit wagering" Has the same meaning as set forth
				  in
				  8 M.R.S.A.
				  §1001(1-A)
"Advance deposit wagering facility" The actual location,
				  equipment, and staff of an advance deposit wagering operator involved in the
				  management, servicing and operation of advance deposit wagering.
"Advance deposit wagering licensee" A person that is chosen
				  by competitive bid and licensed by the Board pursuant to Subchapter 7 of 8
				  M.R.S. Chapter 31 to conduct advance deposit wagering.
"Advance deposit wagering operator" Those persons or entities
				  licensed by the Board with the authority to operate as approved by the Board,
				  including, but not limited to, establishing and closing accounts, accepting
				  deposits and wagers, issuing a receipt or other confirmation to the account
				  holder evidencing such deposits and wagers, and transferring credits and debits
				  to and from accounts.
"Board" Maine State Gambling Control Board created by
				  8 M.R.S. §1002, or its
				  designee.
"Confidential information" Confidential information
				  includes:
a. The amount of money credited to, debited from, withdrawn
				  from, or present in any particular account holder's account;
b. The amount of money wagered by a particular account holder
				  on any race or series of races;
c. The account number and secure personal identification code
				  of a particular account holder;
d. The identities of particular entries on which the account
				  holder is wagering or has wagered; and
e. Unless otherwise authorized by the account holder, the
				  name, address, Social Security number in whole or in part and other information
				  obtained in the opening of an account or otherwise in the possession of the
				  advance deposit wagering operator that would identify the account holder to
				  anyone other than the Board.
"Corporation" A business structure allowed by state statute
				  that is recognized as a separate legal entity distinct from its members.
"Credits" All positive inflow of money to an account.
"Debits" All negative outflow of money from an
				  account.
"Deposit" A payment of money by cash, check, money order,
				  credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer made by an account holder
				  to the account holder's account.
"Limited Liability Company" A business structure allowed by
				  state statute and, having one or more members and a limited liability company
				  agreement.
"Natural person" Any person at least eighteen (18) years of
				  age, but does not include a custodian, beneficiary, joint trust corporation or
				  other organization, including any corporation, partnership, limited liability
				  company, trust, or estate.
"Net commission" Has the same meaning as set forth in
				  8 M.R.S.A.
				  §1001(29-C)
"Partnership" A relationship between individuals for the
				  achievement of a specific goal.
"Person" means an individual or a business
				  organization.
"Principal residence address" That place where the natural
				  person submitting an account application has established a fixed and principal
				  home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to
				  return.
"Proper identification" A form of personal identification
				  accepted in the normal course of business to establish that the natural person
				  making a transaction is the account holder.
"Secure personal identification code" An alpha-numeric
				  character code chosen by an account holder as a means by which the advance
				  deposit wagering operator may verify a wager or account transaction as
				  authorized by the account holder.
"Withdrawal" A payment of money from an account by the
				  advance deposit wagering operator to the account holder when payment is
				  requested by the account holder.
"Withdrawal slip" A form provided by the advance deposit
				  wagering operator for use by an account holder in withdrawing funds from an
				  account.