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Subchapter I - Lotteries and Gambling Generally
§ 36–601.01. Creation [of the District of Columbia Lottery and Gaming Control Board]; established as an office within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; transfer of powers; definitions - (a) There is hereby created by the District of Columbia,...
§ 36–601.02. Oath requirement - Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office,...
§ 36–601.03. Executive Director and Deputy Director - (a)(1) Pursuant to § 1-204.24a(c), after consultation with the Mayor...
§ 36–601.04. Bonding and fingerprinting - The Chief Financial Officer may require an Office employee to...
§ 36–601.05. Conflict of interest - Neither the Executive Director nor any employee of the Office...
§ 36–601.06. Enforcement; rules and regulations - (a) The Chief Financial Officer shall have the power to...
§ 36–601.07. Reports - The Chief Financial Officer shall make an annual report in...
§ 36–601.08. Power to administer oaths and take testimony; subpoena power - (a)(1) The Chief Financial Officer, the designee of the Chief...
§ 36–601.09. Recordkeeping - The Chief Financial Officer shall maintain full and complete records...
§ 36–601.10. Authority to establish divisions - The Chief Financial Officer shall have the authority to establish...
§ 36–601.11. Budget - (a)(1) The Chief Financial Officer shall submit to the Mayor...
§ 36–601.12. Lottery, Gambling, and Gaming Fund - (a) There is established as an enterprise fund the Lottery,...
§ 36–601.13. Operation of lottery - The Chief Financial Officer shall operate and conduct a lottery...
§ 36–601.14. Operation of daily numbers games - The Office shall operate and conduct a daily numbers game....
§ 36–601.15. Sale of lottery and daily numbers games tickets by licensed agents; unauthorized sale - The Chief Financial Officer may license, as agents to sell...
§ 36–601.16. Sales agents’ special accounts; reports of receipts and transactions - (a) The Chief Financial Officer, in the Chief Financial Officer's...
§ 36–601.17. Depositories - The Chief Financial Officer may authorize compensation to such depositories...
§ 36–601.18. Unclaimed prizes - (a) An unclaimed prize for a winning ticket or share...
§ 36–601.19. Audit - The Auditor of the District of Columbia shall cause to...
§ 36–601.20. Persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes - (a) No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and...
§ 36–601.21. Rules and regulations governing conduct of lottery and daily numbers games - (a) The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt rules and regulations...
§ 36–601.22. Operation of bingo and raffles - The Chief Financial Officer may authorize the operation of bingo...
§ 36–601.22a. Monte Carlo night party - (a) The Chief Financial Officer may authorize the operation of...
§ 36–601.23. Licenses to conduct bingo games, raffles, and Monte Carlo night parties - (a) No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation shall...
§ 36–601.24. Rules and regulations governing conduct of bingo and raffles - The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt rules and regulations governing...
§ 36–601.25. Designation of individual responsible for proper utilization of receipts; financial responsibility bond; license fees - Each person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation conducting bingo...
§ 36–601.26. License to supply bingo equipment and supplies - (a) No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation licensed...
§ 36–601.27. Suppliers’ price list; fees; financial responsibility bonds; maintenance of books and records - Each application for a suppliers’ license, or renewal thereof, shall...
§ 36–601.28. Persons ineligible for suppliers’ license - (a) The Chief Financial Officer, in the Chief Financial Officer's...
§ 36–601.29. Prohibited suppliers’ activities - No person shall sell or distribute bingo samples or equipment...
§ 36–601.30. Standards for bingo cards - A standard set of bingo cards shall consist of at...
§ 36–601.31. License suspension or revocation - Any license granted under the provisions of this chapter shall...
§ 36–601.32. Aiding or abetting unauthorized bingo games, raffles, or Monte Carlo night parties; penalties - No person shall aid or abet in the conduct of...
§ 36–601.33. Forged, counterfeit or altered tickets - No person shall: Forge or counterfeit any ticket made for...
§ 36–601.34. Gambling by minor prohibited - No person shall knowingly permit any person under the age...
§ 36–601.35. Payment of prize by or on behalf of minor - If a person entitled to a lottery prize is under...
§ 36–601.36. Competitive bid contracts - (a) Neither the Chief Financial Officer nor any employee of...
§ 36–601.37. Exemption from District income tax. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 10, 1981, D.C. Law 3-172, § 4, 27...
Subchapter II - Sports Wagering
§ 36–621.01. Authorization of sports wagering - The operation of sports wagering and related activities shall be...
§ 36–621.02. Rules and regulations governing conduct of sports wagering - (a) To ensure fair and honest play in sports wagering...
§ 36–621.03. Public-private cooperation - (a) In recognition that governmental and private sector cooperation is...
§ 36–621.04. Unlawful acts; action by Attorney General - (a)(1) It shall be unlawful for an operator, or other...
§ 36–621.05. Sports wagering license requirements; prohibition - (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section,...
§ 36–621.06. Operator licensure - (a)(1) To offer sports wagering in the District, an individual,...
§ 36–621.07. Duties of an operator - (a) Upon application for an operator license, and annually thereafter,...
§ 36–621.08. Sports wagering management services providers - (a) An operator may enter into a management services contract...
§ 36–621.09. Sports wagering suppliers - (a)(1) An individual, group of individuals, or entity that seeks...
§ 36–621.10. Sports wagering occupational licensee - (a) All persons employed to be engaged in activities related...
§ 36–621.11. District-operated sports wagering; sports waging retailers - (a)(1) The District of Columbia, through the Office, may conduct...
§ 36–621.12. License prohibitions - (a)(1) The Office shall not grant any license pursuant to...
§ 36–621.13. Clean hands requirement - The Office shall require proof of good standing pursuant to...
§ 36–621.14. Penalties - (a) For a violation of this subchapter or a regulation...
§ 36–621.15. Taxation of Sports Wagering - (a) On or before the 20th day of each month,...
§ 36–621.16. Sports Wagering Small Business Development Program - (a) All contracts, including contracts entered into by the Office...
§ 36–621.17. Conflict with federal law - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize noncompliance...
Subchapter III - Game of Skill Machines
§ 36–641.01. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "ABC Board"...
§ 36–641.02. Authorization of game of skill machines - The operation of game of skill machines shall be lawful...
§ 36–641.03. Game of skill machine license requirements; prohibition - (a) No person may carry out a function of a...
§ 36–641.04. License prohibitions; suspensions and revocation of licenses - (a) An applicant convicted of a disqualifying offense shall not...
§ 36–641.05. Conflicts of interest - (a) Before issuing, authorizing the transfer to a new owner...
§ 36–641.06. Manufacturer licensure - (a)(1) A person may not, after March 31, 2021, manufacture...
§ 36–641.07. Distributor licensure - (a) A person may not, after March 31, 2021, engage...
§ 36–641.08. Retailer licensure - (a) A person may not offer or allow for play...
§ 36–641.09. Minimum requirements of game of skill machines - (a)(1) No model or version of a game of skill...
§ 36–641.10. Registration; display of registration sticker, license, and warning sign; locations of game of skill machines - (a) After March 31, 2021, no distributor shall distribute a...
§ 36–641.11. Cash award - (a) A game of skill machine shall not directly dispense...
§ 36–641.12. Game of skill machine use by minors prohibited - (a) A licensee shall not permit a person under the...
§ 36–641.13. Centralized accounting system - (a)(1) Within 365 days after April 27, 2021, the Office...
§ 36–641.14. Insurance - The Office may require by rule, issued pursuant to this...
§ 36–641.15. Penalties - (a) In the event of a violation of this subchapter...
§ 36–641.16. Authority of the Office - (a) The Office may enforce the provisions of this subchapter...
§ 36–641.17. Investigations and inspections - (a) The Office may conduct investigations, searches, seizures, and perform...
§ 36–641.18. Unlawful acts; action by the Attorney General - (a)(1) No manufacturer, distributor, licensed establishment, or employee or agent...
§ 36–641.19. Taxation of game of skill machines - (a) A tax shall be imposed on all persons owning...
§ 36–641.20. Deposit of license fees - All fees collected under §§ 36-641.06 through 36-641.08 shall be...
§ 36–641.21. Rules and regulations governing game of skill machines - (a) The CFO, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5...