New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL › Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING ACTIVITY UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT › Section 15.1.10.20 - ADDITIONAL PAYOUTS; PROMOTIONS: PERSONAL PROPERTY AWARDS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Additional payouts and personal property
				awards shall be conducted in a manner that promotes responsible gaming. All
				advertising (any printed, television, newspapers, posters, direct mail, etc.,
				excluding radio) shall include an appropriate responsible gaming message and
				toll free telephone number for compulsive gambling assistance.
B. The gaming operator licensee shall notify
				the board in writing at least 10 business days before the beginning date of the
				proposed additional payouts or personal property award. The written notice
				shall include a description of the proposed additional payouts (e.g., double
				jackpots for all dollar gaming machines), the proposed effective dates for the
				additional payouts the times and conditions necessary for additional payouts to
				occur, the license numbers of the gaming machines offering the additional
				payouts, and the dollar value of the additional payouts. The rules or any
				special conditions of how the additional payout or personal property award
				shall be conducted shall be clearly described in the notification. The same
				information shall be clearly posted on the gaming premises in a clearly visible
				location during the effective dates of the additional payout program.
C. Advertising media for additional payouts
				and personal property awards shall not offer free or discounted food or
				beverages as an enticement to game. The use of the casino logo in display
				advertising shall not constitute an enticement to game when the advertising
				depicts the casino restaurant(s) or bar(s) or grill(s) or vendor(s).
D. The value of additional payouts of any
				amount and personal property awards with a value of five hundred dollars
				($500.00) or more shall be deductible from gaming machine revenue provided the
				gaming operator licensee complies with all applicable requirements of this part
				and all other board rules. The cost of advertising, promotional materials,
				reimbursements to patrons, and promotions shall not be deductible from gaming
				machine revenue. The gaming licensee shall prepare and remit deduction
				information no later than the 3rd day of the
				following month to the NMGCB in a manner specified by the board.
E. A licensee shall take reasonable steps to
				remove advertising media for expired additional payouts and personal property
				awards within 24 hours of the expiration of the additional payout or personal
				property award.
F. The board's
				receipt of notice of a proposed additional payout or personal property award
				does not constitute endorsement of the proposed additional payout or personal
				property award or a guarantee by the board that any additional payouts will be
				made or that the personal property will be awarded.
G. The licensee shall notify the board
				immediately in writing if there is any change in the beginning and ending dates
				of the additional payout or personal property award or if there are any changes
				or modifications as to how the additional payout or personal property award
				shall be conducted.
H. Nothing in
				this rule permits the award of an additional payout, cash, or non-cash prize
				the value of which exceeds jackpot limits established by the act or these
				rules.
I. Promotions shall be
				conducted in a manner that promotes responsible gaming. All advertising media
				shall include an appropriate responsible gaming message and toll free telephone
				number for compulsive gambling assistance.
J. Rules of the promotion shall be made
				available to any person requesting them. Any flyer, poster or other
				advertisement for the promotion shall identify the location where the rules of
				the promotion are available.
K.
				Advertising media for promotions shall not offer free or discounted food or
				beverages as an enticement to game. The use of the casino logo in display
				advertising shall not constitute an enticement to game when the advertising
				depicts the casino restaurant(s) or bar(s) or grill(s) or vendor(s).
L. A licensee shall take reasonable steps to
				remove advertising media for expired promotions within twenty 24 hours of the
				expiration of the promotion.
M. The
				cost of advertising, promotional materials, reimbursements to patrons, and
				promotions may not be deducted from gaming machine revenue.
N. The board may direct the gaming operator
				licensee to cancel, modify or discontinue the promotion if the board determines
				the promotion is contrary to law or otherwise contrary to the public health,
				safety, morals, or general welfare.