Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 20 - CHARITABLE GAMING REGULATIONS › Part V - Network Bingo › Article 1 - Network Bingo Providers › Section 11VAC20-20-450 - Network bingo providers: application, qualifications, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew permit, maintenance, and production of records

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Prior
					 to providing network bingo, a network bingo provider shall submit an
					 application on a form prescribed by the department and receive a permit. A $500
					 application fee payable to the Treasurer of Virginia is required. In addition,
					 a network bingo provider must be authorized to conduct business in the
					 Commonwealth of Virginia, which may include registration with the State
					 Corporation Commission, the Department of Taxation, and the Virginia Employment
					 Commission. The actual cost of background investigations for a permit may be
					 billed by the department to an applicant.
B. The department may refuse to issue a
					 permit or may suspend or revoke a permit if an officer, director, partner,
					 employee, agent, or owner:
1. Is operating
					 without a valid license, permit, or certificate as a supplier, manufacturer, or
					 network bingo provider in any state in the United States;
2. Fails or refuses to recall a product as
					 directed by the department;
3.
					 Conducts business with unauthorized entities or is not authorized to conduct
					 business in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
4. Has been convicted of or pleaded nolo
					 contendere to any crime as specified by § 18.2-340.34:2 B of the Code of
					 Virginia; has had any license, permit, certificate, or other authority related
					 to activities defined as charitable gaming in the Commonwealth suspended or
					 revoked in the Commonwealth or in any other jurisdiction; has failed to file or
					 has been delinquent in excess of one year in the filing of any tax returns or
					 the payment of any taxes due the Commonwealth; or has failed to establish a
					 registered office or registered agent in the Commonwealth if so required by
					 § 13.1-634 or 13.1-763 of the Code of Virginia. As this provision relates
					 to employees or agents, it shall only apply to individuals involved in sales to
					 or solicitations of customers in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
5. Fails to notify the department within 20
					 days of the occurrence, knowledge, or receipt of the filing of any
					 administrative or legal action relating to charitable gaming or network bingo
					 involving or concerning the network bingo provider, any officer or director,
					 employees, agent, or owner during the term of its permit;
6. Fails to provide to the department upon
					 request a current Letter for Company Registration on file with the U.S.
					 Department of Justice if required in accordance with the Gambling Devices Act
					 of 1962 (15 USC §§
													1171 through
					 1178) for any device that it
					 distributes in the Commonwealth of Virginia; or
7. Has been engaged in conduct that would
					 compromise the department's objective of maintaining the highest level of
					 integrity in charitable gaming.