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 15.1.10.9 - UNSUITABLE METHODS OF OPERATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Any activity by any licensee or its agents or employees that
				  is contrary to the health, safety, morals, or welfare of the public, shall be
				  deemed an unsuitable method of operation. Without limitation, the following
				  shall be determined to be unsuitable methods of operation:
A. failing to exercise discretion and sound
				judgment in the operation of the activity authorized under the
				license;
B. permitting persons who
				are obviously intoxicated to participate in gaming;
C. serving or allowing possession of
				alcoholic beverages by any person on the licensed premises of a racetrack
				gaming operator licensee;
D.
				directly or indirectly assisting, employing, or associating with persons or
				businesses of disreputable character that may adversely affect the general
				credibility, security, integrity, honesty, fairness or reputation of the
				proposed activity;
E. employing as
				a key executive any person who has been denied a gaming license, work permit,
				finding of suitability in any jurisdiction, or who has failed or refused to
				apply for such permit or finding, or who has failed or refused to apply for
				renewal or recertification;
F.
				failing to comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations
				governing the operations of a gaming establishment, including without
				limitation the payment of all fees and taxes;
G. possessing or permitting the operation of
				any unlicensed gaming machine, gaming device, or other unauthorized device on
				the gaming establishment;
H
				conducting, operating, or dealing with any cheating game or device on the
				gaming establishment, knowingly or unknowingly, that alters or tends to alter
				the normal random selection of criteria that determine the results of the
				game;
I. except as otherwise
				provided in this rule, selling, transferring or otherwise assigning interest in
				the license or revenues from the license;
J. denying the board or its agents or other
				authorized persons access to a gaming establishment or records, wherever
				located, as authorized by the act and rules adopted by the board;
K. a nonprofit operator licensee knowingly or
				unknowingly permitting persons other than members or auxiliary members to
				participate in gaming on the licensed premises;
L. employment of, association with, or
				participation in any enterprise or business with a documented or identifiable
				organized crime group or recognized organized crime figure;
M. misrepresentation of any material fact or
				information to the board;
N.
				engaging in, furthering, or profiting from any illegal activity or practice or
				any violation of the act or this title;
O. obstructing or impeding the activities of
				the board or its employees or agents;
P. facilitating, participating in, or
				allowing the issuance of any loans or extending credit to a patron for gaming
				purposes;
Q. conducting or
				permitting the conduct, knowingly or unknowingly, of any gaming activity other
				than that allowed pursuant to the license;
R. cashing or permitting the cashing of
				governmental assistance checks, including welfare checks, social security
				checks, and child support payments;
S. failing to follow, or to ensure that
				employees follow, the minimum internal controls established by regulation or
				failure to notify the board of any changes to the minimum internal controls;
T. failing to require employees to
				wear work permits or key executive identification as required in this
				title;
U. employment of,
				contracting with, associating with, or participating in any enterprise or
				business that has failed to obtain a license as required by the act;
V. failing to adhere to the compulsive
				gambling guidelines or plan;
W.
				failing to comply with any subpoena or other order of the board;
X. except on the basis of a properly invoked
				privilege against self-incrimination, failing or refusing to testify in any
				proceeding before the board or before an administrative hearing officer
				appointed by the board;
Y.
				permitting a person under the age of twenty one years to enter onto the gaming
				premises;
Z. otherwise failing to
				conduct gaming operations in accordance with the act or this title.