Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 2 - LICENSING › Chapter 1 - APPLICATIONS › Rule 13-2-1.3 - Licenses And Other Commission Action

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Gaming License.
				A license which authorizes the holder to operate a gaming establishment. A
				gaming license is granted for a period of no longer than three (3) years from
				the date of issue. A gaming license may be granted for a period of less than
				three (3) years within the discretion of the Commission. At the expiration of a
				license, if the Commission is satisfied, after careful review of the licensees
				current report, verified by the affidavit of an officer of the licensee, that
				there has been no substantial change in the information provided in the
				application for the initial license, the Commission may, upon receipt of all
				prescribed fees and cost, continue the license for a period no longer than
				three (3) years. No more than two (2) continuances may be granted for each
				license and any continuance of a license is subject to the Commissions power to
				revoke, suspend, condition or limit as if it were the initial
				license.
(b) Manufacturer's
				License. A license which authorizes the holder to manufacture, assemble, or
				modify any gaming device in the State of Mississippi or for use or play in
				Mississippi. A manufacturers license is granted for a period of no longer than
				three (3) years from the date of issue. A manufacturers license may be granted
				for a period of less than three (3) years within the discretion of the
				Commission. At the expiration of a license, if the Commission is satisfied,
				after careful review of the licensees current report, verified by the affidavit
				of an officer of the licensee, that there has been no substantial change in the
				information provided in the application for the initial license, the Commission
				may, upon receipt of all prescribed fees and cost, continue the license for a
				period no longer than three (3) years. No more than two (2) continuances may be
				granted for each license and any continuance of a license is subject to the
				Commissions power to revoke, suspend, condition or limit as if it were the
				initial license.
(c) Distributor's
				License. A license which authorizes the holder to lend, lease, sell, give, or
				distribute in any other manner any gaming device in the State of Mississippi or
				outside the State of Mississippi for use or play in Mississippi. A distributors
				license is granted for a period of no longer than three (3) years from the date
				of issue. A distributors license may be granted for a period of less than three
				(3) years within the discretion of the Commission. At the expiration of a
				license, if the Commission is satisfied, after careful review of the licensees
				current report, verified by the affidavit of an officer of the licensee, that
				there has been no substantial change in the information provided in the
				application for the initial license, the Commission may, upon receipt of all
				prescribed fees and cost, continue the license for a period no longer than
				three (3) years. No more than two (2) continuances may be granted for each
				license and any continuance of a license is subject to the Commissions power to
				revoke, suspend, condition or limit as if it were the initial
				license.
(d) Registration. A
				commission action which authorizes an entity to be a holding company with
				respect to another entity which holds or applies for a state gaming
				license.
(e) Other Licenses Or
				Findings Of Suitability. The Act and these regulations require or permit the
				Commission to require that certain persons directly and actively involved in
				the administration or supervision of the gaming activities of gaming licensees
				be found suitable to hold a gaming license so long as that involvement
				continues.
1. The following persons shall
				apply for a finding of suitability and must be found suitable by the Commission
				in order to be involved with a licensee:
i.
				each person who serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of any
				corporation, public or private, licensed or registered by the Commission;
				and
ii. each person who has a vote
				on any issue before the Board of Directors of any corporation, public or
				private, licensed or registered by the Commission and who is also an employee
				of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries.