Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3772 - Casino Control Commission › Chapter 3772-1 - General Provisions › Section 3772-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as
			 provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, the words and terms defined in section
			 3772.01
			 of the Revised Code are used in the rules adopted thereunder as defined in that
			 section.
(B) The following words
			 and terms, when used in agency 3772 of the Administrative Code
			 with respect to casino gaming,
			  have the following meanings, unless
			 the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)
			 "Application" means the total written materials, including the instructions,
			 forms, and other documents issued by the commission, comprising the applicant's
			 request for a license.
(2) "Casino
			 operator" means "casino operator" and "management company" as those terms are
			 defined in section
			 3772.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(3)
			 "Chairperson" means the chairperson of the commission.
(4) "Conduct" means to back, promote,
			 organize, manage, carry on, sponsor, or prepare for the operation of casino
			 gaming at a casino facility.
(5)
			 "Control" means the power and ability to exercise authority over, or to direct
			 the management and policies of, another person.
(6) "Indirect interest" means any interest in
			 any other person that is deemed to be held by the holder, not through the
			 holder's actual holdings in the person, but through the holder's holdings in
			 any other person.
(7) "Individual"
			 means any natural person.
(8)
			 "Internal control system" means the administrative and accounting controls
			 designed and utilized by a casino operator  for the purpose of exercising control over the
			 casino.
(9) "License" means the
			 complete and approved written document issued by the commission that indicates
			 that an applicant has been chosen for licensure and has met all of the
			 requirements set forth in Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code and the rules
			 adopted thereunder.
(10) "Licensee"
			 means any person who is licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3772. of the
			 Revised Code.
(11)
									"Participate in conducting" means:
(a)
										To have a part in
			 or a share of the backing, promoting, offering, organizing, managing, carrying
			 on, sponsoring, or preparing the operation of casino gaming, including leasing
			 an interest in a casino facility to a casino operator; or
(b)
										To manufacture,
			 distribute, sell, lease, or otherwise supply or provide casino gaming
			 equipment, goods, or services.
(12) "Provisional
			 license" means a written document issued by the commission that indicates that
			 an applicant for a key employee or a casino
			 gaming employee license has been chosen for temporary licensure in accordance
			 with the requirements and conditions set forth in Chapter 3772. of the Revised
			 Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(13) "Provisional
			 license period" means any of the following, whichever is the shortest length of
			 time:
(a) The period of time between the
			 issuance of a provisional license and the issuance of a license or the issuance
			 of a notice of intent to deny a license;
(b) Three months from the date of issuance if
			 the commission does not renew the provisional license; or
(c) Six months from the date of issuance if
			 the commission, at its discretion, renews the provisional license.
(14) "Publicly traded
			 company" means a corporation or other legal entity, except a natural person,
			 that:
(a) Has one or more classes of security
			 registered pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (
			 15 U.S.C.
			 781 ), or has executed a registration rights
			 statement for registration at a future date; or
(b) Is required to file reports under section
			 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (
			 15 U.S.C.
			 78o(d) ); or
(c) Has one or more classes of securities
			 traded in any open market in any foreign jurisdiction or regulated pursuant to
			 a statute of any foreign jurisdiction that the commission determines to be
			 substantially similar to either or both of the aforementioned federal
			 statutes.
(15) "Wager" means a
			 sum of money or thing of value risked in a casino game at a casino
			 facility.