Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 45 - Missouri Gaming Commission › Chapter 5 - Conduct of Gaming › Section 11 CSR 45-5.053 - Policies

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the term "riverboat"
				  to "excursion gambling boat" for consistency with the statutes and other
				  regulations in 11 CSR 45.
(1)
				A holder of a Class B license shall comply with all federal regulations and
				requirements for the withholding of taxes from winnings and the filing of
				currency transaction reports.
(2)
				It is the policy of the commission to require that all excursion gambling boats
				and gaming conducted on excursion gambling boats be operated in a manner
				suitable to protect the public health, safety, morals, good order, and general
				welfare of Missouri. Responsibility for the employment and maintenance of
				suitable methods of operation rests with the holder of a operator's license and
				willful or persistent use or toleration of methods of operation deemed
				unsuitable will constitute grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including
				license revocation.
(3) The holder
				of a Class A or B license is expressly prohibited from the following
				activities:
(A) Failing to exercise discretion
				and good judgment to prevent incidents which might reflect on the repute of the
				state of Missouri and act as a detriment to the development of the industry,
				including allowing lewd entertainment on a boat;
(B) Permitting persons who are visibly
				intoxicated to participate in gaming activity;
(C) Failing to conduct advertising and public
				relations activities in accordance with decency, dignity, good taste and honest
				and fair representation;
(D)
				Failing to comply with or make provision for compliance with all federal, state
				and local laws and regulations pertaining to the operation of a license,
				including paying license fees, withholding payroll taxes and violating
				alcoholic beverage laws or rules;
(E) Permitting to remain in, or upon any licensed
				premises, any associated gambling equipment (primarily, but not limited to,
				cards or dice), which may have in any manner been marked, tampered with, or
				otherwise placed in a condition or operated in a manner which might affect the
				game and its payouts;
(F)
				Permitting, if the licensee was aware or should have been aware of, any
				cheating whatsoever;
(G)
				Permitting to remain in or upon any licensed premises, any cheating device
				whatsoever; or conducting, carrying on, operating, or dealing any cheating or
				thieving game or device on the premises;
(H) Permitting to remain in or upon any licensed
				premises, if the licensee was aware, or should have been aware of, any gambling
				device which tends to alter the normal random selection of criteria which
				determines the results of the game or deceives the public in any way;
(I) Failing to conduct gaming operations in
				accordance with proper standards of custom, decorum, and decency; or to permit
				any type of conduct on the excursion gambling boat which reflects negatively on
				the repute of the state of Missouri or acts as a detriment to the gaming
				industry;
(J) Denying a
				commissioner or commission agent access to, for inspection purposes, any
				portion or aspect of the excursion gambling boat or attendant shore
				facilities;
(K) Denying a
				commissioner or commission agent information concerning any aspect of the
				excursion gambling boat operation; and
(L) Failing to report to the commission known or
				suspected violations of commission rules and applicable
				law.