Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part III - Gaming Control Board › Chapter 47 - Landbased Casino Gaming › Section III-4735 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action against the Casino Operator, Casino Manager or Affiliates

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				board and division deems any activity on the part of the casino operator,
				casino manager or affiliates, and their agents or employees, as well as all
				permittees, that is inimical to the public health, safety, morals, good order
				and general welfare of the people of the state of Louisiana, or that would
				reflect or tend to reflect negatively upon the state of Louisiana or the gaming
				industry, to be an unsuitable method of operation and shall constitute grounds
				for disciplinary action by the board in accordance with the Act and rules.
				Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following acts or
				omissions may be determined to be unsuitable methods of operation:
1. failing to disclose, misstating or
				otherwise misleading the board or division with respect to any material fact
				contained in an application;
2.
				committing, attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any acts or omissions
				prohibited by the Act or rules;
3.
				failing to maintain suitability as provided in the act and rules;
4. failure to exercise discretion and sound
				judgment to prevent incidents which might reflect on the repute of the state of
				Louisiana and the Act as a detriment to the development of the gaming
				industry;
5. knowingly permitting
				persons who are visibly intoxicated to participate in gaming
				activity;
6. complimentary service
				of intoxicating beverages in the casino area to persons visibly
				intoxicated;
7. failure to conduct
				advertising and public relations activities in accordance with decency,
				dignity, good taste, honesty and inoffensiveness;
8. knowingly catering to, assisting,
				employing or associating with, either socially, or in business affairs, persons
				of notorious or unsavory reputation or persons who have extensive police
				records, or persons who have defied congressional investigative committees or
				other officially constituted bodies acting on behalf of the United States, or
				any state, or persons who are associated with or supportive of subversive
				movements;
9. the employing either
				directly or through a contract, or any other means, of any firm or individual
				in any capacity where the repute of the state of Louisiana or the gaming
				industry is liable to be damaged because of the unsuitability of the firm or
				individual or because of the unethical methods of operation of the firm or
				individual;
10. employing in a
				position for which the individual could be required to be a permitted employee
				or key management or key gaming employee pursuant to these rules, any person
				who has been denied a permit or approval on the grounds of unsuitability or has
				failed or refused to apply for a permit as an employee, key management or key
				gaming employee as requested by the board;
11. employing any person who has been found
				guilty of cheating or using a cheating device in connection with any game,
				whether as a permittee or player;
12. employing any person whose conduct
				resulted in the revocation or suspension of his permit unless such permit was
				reinstated or otherwise reissued;
13. failure to comply with, or make provision
				for compliance with, all applicable federal, state and local laws and
				regulations including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
				payment of all fees and taxes and compliance with all procedures and forms
				prescribed by the secretary of the Department of Revenue. The board, in the
				exercise of its sound discretion, can make its own determination of whether or
				not the person has failed to comply with the aforementioned, but such
				determination shall make use of the established precedents in interpreting
				language of the applicable statutes;
14. possessing or permitting to remain in or
				upon the premises of the official gaming establishment any cards, dice, or
				mechanical device which is not in compliance with, or was obtained in a manner
				that was not in compliance with the Act or rules;
15. conducting, carrying on, operating or
				dealing with any cheating device on the premises;
16. failure to conduct gaming operations in
				accordance with the proper standards of custom, decorum and decency, or permit
				any type of conduct in the official gaming establishment which reflects or
				tends to reflect negatively on the repute of the state of Louisiana;
17. failure to have an employee of the casino
				operator or casino manager on the premises to supervise any game;
18. issuing credit to a patron to enable the
				patron to satisfy a debt owed to another person;
19. denying any board member or
				representative or division agent, upon proper and lawful demand, access to, any
				portion or aspect of the official gaming establishment;
20. failing to comply with any provision of
				these regulations or the casino operator's approved internal controls systems,
				approved rules of games, or any other order or approval;
21. failing to take all reasonable steps
				necessary to prevent persons under the age of 21, unless otherwise permitted
				under applicable law, to:
a. play or be
				allowed to play any game or gaming device at the casino;
b. loiter or be permitted to loiter in or
				about any room, premises, or designated area where any game or gaming device is
				located, operated or conducted at the casino;
c. serve or be served, consume or be allowed
				to consume any alcoholic beverage at the casino;
22. failing to draft and implement policies
				and procedures designed to satisfy the requirements of Paragraph 21 of this
				Subsection.