Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 2 - LICENSES AND APPLICATIONS › Section 633-2-3 - Application - Slot Machine Distributor

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An applicant
				for a license to act as a Slot Machine Distributor shall apply on forms
				specified by the Board. In addition to any information required by statute,
				application forms may require the applicant to provide the following:
A. The applicant's legal name, form of
				entity, the names, addresses, employer identification or social security
				numbers (if applicable) and dates of birth (if applicable) of its directors,
				officers, partners, owners, and key executives and slot machine operations
				employees.
B. A description of the
				applicant's organizational structure. This will include an organizational chart
				listing key applicants and positions being held for gaming operations along
				with their duties and responsibilities.
C. With respect to any persons named in
				subparagraph (A) that are not individuals, the names, addresses, social
				security numbers, and dates of birth of all individuals who are directors,
				officers, owners, partners, key executives, or slot machine operations
				employees of any such persons.
D.
				The percentages of shares of stock, if any, held by each person named in
				subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (C) above. The Director may, at his or her
				discretion, cause periodic reexamination of the percentage of shares held by
				persons subject to such disclosures under these regulations.
E. The names of all persons principally
				involved in the original creation of the applicant's enterprise.
F. Responses to questions designed to elicit
				information necessary for the Board to evaluate the qualification and
				suitability of the applicant pursuant to 8 M.R.S.A. Chapter 31, Section 1016,
				subsection
				2.
G. Certified copies, including amendments, of
				the applicant's charter, bylaws, articles of incorporation, articles of
				organization, partnership agreement, including the amount and date of each
				capital contribution of any partner to the applicant, trust agreement, and
				other documents that document or explain the legal organization of the
				applicant.
H. Certified copies of
				organizational minutes and/or other corporate records reflecting ownership and
				the election of officers.
I. The
				information required by subparagraph (A) above as to any operator of any
				business conducted by such applicant and any other contractor (which is not a
				publicly traded entity) utilized by such applicant which has received
				compensation from such applicant in excess of $100,000 for gambling-related
				services in any of the three (3) preceding fiscal years together with a copy of
				all agreements between such applicant and such operator or contractor and a
				statement of all compensation paid to such operator or contractor during said
				three-year period.
J. Copies of the
				applicant's audited financial statements for the preceding three (3) fiscal
				years and a copy of internally prepared financial statements for the current
				fiscal year as at the close of the most recent fiscal quarter.
K. If a corporation, biennial reports and SEC
				filings, if any, for past 3 years and meeting minutes from past 12
				months.
L. Copies of the
				applicant's State and Federal tax returns for a period of three (3) fiscal
				years.
M. Copies of the declaration
				pages of all insurance policies insuring the applicant.
N. A copy of the Certificate of Authority to
				do business in the state of Maine, if incorporated outside of Maine.
O. Copies of any Trade Name Registrations
				filed by the applicant.
P. The
				information required by subparagraph (A) above as to the ten (10) largest
				unsecured creditors which are not publicly traded entities or accounting firms
				or legal firms of the applicant who are owed more than $25,000 by the applicant
				for a period in excess of sixty days.
Q. Any and all other information as the
				Director may require to determine the competence, honesty and integrity of the
				applicant as required by 8 M.R.S.A. Chapter 31, Section 1016.
R. The identity of all customers to whom the
				applicant has furnished slot machines or other gambling equipment or technology
				within the three years immediately preceding the date of the
				application.
S. A description of
				the means by which the applicant exercises security and financial control over
				the activities of service technicians in order to insure the integrity of slot
				machine distribution.
T. The names
				and addresses of individuals who have been authorized by the applicant to
				engage in dealings with the Board for purposes of representing the interests of
				the applicant.
U. A description of
				the applicant's business and a list of the makes and types of machines to be
				distributed.