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Section 1 - Findings and Declaration - Section 1. The General Court finds and declares that: (1)...
Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words...
Section 3 - Massachusetts Gaming Commission; Duty, Qualification, Term and Compensation of Commissioners; Executive Director; Employees - Section 3. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts gaming commission...
Section 4 - Powers of the Commission - Section 4. The commission shall have all powers necessary or...
Section 5 - Regulations for the Implementation, Administration and Enforcement of Chapter - Section 5. (a) The commission shall promulgate regulations for the...
Section 6 - Investigations and Enforcement Bureau - Section 6. (a) There shall be within the commission an...
Section 7 - Administration and Enforcement of Chapters 128a and 128c; Grant of Simulcasting License to Gaming Establishment - [ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. For...
Section 8 - Requests for Applications for Category 1 and Category 2 Licenses - Section 8. (a) The commission shall issue a request for...
Section 9 - Application for Gaming Licenses - Section 9. (a) The commission shall prescribe the form of...
Section 10 - Minimum Capital Investment for Category 1 License; Penalty for Failure to Timely Begin Gaming Operations; Determination of Date for Opening for Business; Licensing and Renewal Fees; Continuing Assessment of Capitalization of Licensee - Section 10. (a) The commission shall set the minimum capital...
Section 11 - Minimum Capital Investment for Category 2 License; Licensing Fee; Continuing Assessment of Capitalization of Licensee - Section 11. (a) The commission shall set the minimum capital...
Section 12 - Investigation Into Suitability of Applicant for Gaming License - Section 12. (a) Upon receipt of an application for a...
Section 13 - Establishment of Qualification for Licensure by Clear and Convincing Evidence; Duty to Cooperate in Inquiry or Investigation; Willful Provision of False or Misleading Information - Section 13. (a) An applicant for a gaming license, and...
Section 14 - Licensure of Party Having Financial Interest in a Gaming Establishment or the Business of the Gaming Licensee or Applicant or Who Is a Close Associate of a Gaming Licensee or Applicant - Section 14. (a) The commission shall require anyone with a...
Section 15 - Criteria for Eligibility to Receive Gaming License - Section 15. No applicant shall be eligible to receive a...
Section 16 - Grounds for Denial of Application for License or Registration - Section 16. (a) The commission shall deny an application for...
Section 17 - Determination and Designation of Surrounding Communities and Impacted Live Entertainment Venues of Proposed Gaming Establishment; Public Hearing; Action by the Commission on the Application - Section 17. (a) After a review of the entire application...
Section 18 - Objectives to Be Advanced in Determining Granting of License; Statement of Findings - Section 18. In determining whether an applicant shall receive a...
Section 19 - Issuance of Category 1 Licenses - Section 19. (a) The commission may issue not more than...
Section 20 - Issuance of Category 2 License - Section 20. (a) The commission may issue not more than...
Section 21 - Form of Gaming License and Conditions for Licensees - Section 21. (a) The commission shall prescribe the form of...
Section 22 - Disposition of Security Issued by Corporation Holding a Gaming License Subject to Commission Approval; Reporting of Change of Corporate Officers or Member of Board of Directors - Section 22. The sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition...
Section 23 - Annual Licensee Progress Report; Penalty for Failure to Meet Stated Goals; Revocation or Suspension of License; Transfer of Property Relating to Ongoing Gaming Establishment to Transferee Requiring Licensure; Limitation on Number of Lice... - Section 23. (a) A category 1 and category 2 licensee...
Section 24 - Applicants Holding Live Racing License Under Chapter 128a; Number of Live Racing Days; Annual Purse Agreements - Section 24. (a) An applicant for a gaming license who...
Section 25 - Requirements for the Operation and Conduct of Gaming at a Gaming Establishment - Section 25. (a) No gaming licensee shall conduct gaming without...
Section 26 - Sale and Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages at Gaming Establishments; Gaming Beverage License - Section 26. (a) Notwithstanding chapter 138 or any other general...
Section 27 - Issuance of Credit by Gaming Licensee to Patron of a Gaming Establishment - Section 27. (a) A gaming licensee may issue credit to...
Section 28 - Complimentary Services, Gifts, Cash, or Other Items of Value - Section 28. (a) No gaming licensee shall offer to provide...
Section 29 - Cashless Wagering Systems; Setting and Adjustment of Betting Limits; Monthly Statements; Annual Report to the Commission - Section 29. A gaming establishment offering a cashless wagering system...
Section 30 - Licensing or Registration of Persons Employed by a Gaming Licensee - Section 30. (a) No person shall be employed by a...
Section 31 - Licensing or Registration of Persons Conducting a Business With a Gaming Licensee, and Vendors, Suppliers and Owners of Common Stock of Companies Required to Be Licensed as a Gaming Vendor - Section 31. (a) No person shall conduct a business with...
Section 32 - Registration of Labor Organization Seeking to Represent Employees of Gaming Establishment; Financial Interest of Labor Organization or Its Officers in Gaming Establishment - Section 32. (a) Each labor organization, union or affiliate seeking...
Section 33 - Junkets, Junket Representatives and Junket Enterprises Authorized; Licensing of Junket Representatives as Gaming Employee; Reporting; Prohibited Conduct - Section 33. (a) No junkets may be organized or permitted...
Section 34 - Appointment of Conservator to Manage and Operate Business of Gaming Licensee Upon Revocation, Suspension, or Failure or Refusal of Renewal of License - Section 34. (a) Upon revocation or suspension of a gaming...
Section 35 - Order of Bureau to Cease and Desist Activities Which Violate Chapter, Regulation or Any Law Related to Gaming; Penalty for Noncompliance; Action for Injunction; Temporary Order of Suspension - Section 35. (a) The bureau may issue orders requiring persons...
Section 36 - Assessment of Civil Administrative Penalties for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Chapter or Any Regulation or Order of the Commission - Section 36. (a) The bureau may assess a civil administrative...
Section 37 - Unlawful Conduct or Operation of Game or Gaming Device in Violation of Chapter; Employing of Unlicensed or Unregistered Individuals; Working Without Required License or Registration; Placing of Game or Gaming Device Into Play or Receipt... - Section 37. (a) Whoever conducts or operates, or permits to...
Section 38 - Resisting, Preventing, Impeding, etc., Performance of Duties of Agent or Employee of the Bureau, Commission or Division; Penalty - Section 38. Whoever willfully resists, prevents, impedes, interferes with or...
Section 39 - Cheating and Swindling; Penalty - Section 39. (a) Whoever, during a game in a gaming...
Section 40 - Possession of Cheating and Swindling Device or Game; Penalty - Section 40. (a) Whoever possesses a cheating and swindling device...
Section 41 - Manufacture, Distribution, Sale or Service of Gaming Device for Purpose of Defrauding, Cheating or Stealing; Penalty - Section 41. Whoever manufactures, distributes, sells or services a gaming...
Section 42 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Device, Game or Gaming Device Possessed, Used, Manufactured, etc., in Violation of Chapter - Section 42. Any device, game or gaming device possessed, used,...
Section 43 - Playing, Placing of Wagers or Collecting Winnings From Game in a Gaming Establishment by or on Behalf of Person Under 21 Years of Age; Penalties - Section 43. (a) Whoever, being under 21 years old, plays,...
Section 44 - Deposit of Penalties Collected Under Chapter - Section 44. All penalties collected under this chapter shall be...
Section 45 - Regulation and Procedure for the Exclusion and Self-Exclusion of Persons From Gaming Establishments - Section 45. (a) The commission, by regulation, shall provide for...
Section 46 - Contributions of Money or Value by Applicant, etc., for Gaming License to Municipal, County or State Office Holder, Candidates for Public Office or Groups Organized in Support of Such Candidates - Section 46. No applicant for a gaming license, nor any...
Section 47 - Disclosure of Political Contributions by Applicant for a Gaming License to Municipality or Municipal Employee of Host Community of Applicant's Proposed Gaming Establishment - Section 47. All political contributions or contributions in kind made...
Section 48 - Applicability of Other Laws to Gaming Licensees - Section 48. A gaming licensee shall be subject to chapters...
Section 49 - Applicability of Others Laws to Gaming Establishments; Exclusion of Gaming Establishment and Businesses Located Within Gaming Establishments From and From Eligibility for Certain Credits or Deductions Listed in Chapters 62 or 63 - Section 49. (a) A gaming establishment, including any business located...
Section 51 - Disbursement by Gaming Licensee of Cash or Prize to Iv–d Agency or Department of Revenue in Satisfaction of Winner's Past-Due Child Support or Past-Due Tax Liability to Commonwealth - Section 51. (a) Prior to disbursement of cash or a...
Section 52 - Notice to Department of Transitional Assistance and Iv–d Agency of All Persons Awarded Cash Winnings or Prize in Excess of $600 - Section 52. Gaming licensees shall, on a monthly basis, transmit...
Section 53 - Retention and Disposition of Unclaimed Cash and Prizes - Section 53. Unclaimed cash and prizes shall be retained by...
Section 54 - Disposition of Cash or Prizes of a Person Under 21 Years of Age - Section 54. If the person entitled to the cash or...
Section 55 - Daily Tax and Assessment Payable by Category 1 and Category 2 Licensees - Section 55. (a) A category 1 licensee shall pay a...
Section 56 - Fees and Annual Assessment of Costs Not Otherwise Covered by Fees or Other Sources of Funding - Section 56. (a) In addition to any other tax or...
Section 57 - Massachusetts Gaming Control Fund - Section 57. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 58 - Public Health Trust Fund - Section 58. There is hereby established and set up on...
Section 59 - Gaming Revenue Fund - Section 59. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 60 - Race Horse Development Fund - Section 60. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 61 - Community Mitigation Fund - Section 61. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 62 - Transportation Infrastructure and Development Fund - Section 62. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 63 - Gaming Local Aid Fund - Section 63. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 64 - Education Fund - Section 64. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 65 - Audit of Gaming Licensees - Section 65. The commission shall audit as often as the...
Section 66 - Utilization of Qualified Independent Testing Laboratory for Testing of Slot Machines and Other Gaming Equipment - Section 66. Unless the commission otherwise determines it to be...
Section 67 - Evaluation and Recommendation as to Best Interests of Commonwealth to Enter Into Negotiation With Indian Tribes of the Commonwealth for the Purpose of Establishing Class Iii Gaming on Tribal Land - Section 67. The commission shall continue to evaluate the status...
Section 68 - Gaming Policy Advisory Committee - Section 68. (a) There shall be a gaming policy advisory...
Section 69 - Reporting on Gaming Revenues, Prize Disbursements, Expenses and Matters Requiring Immediate Changes in the Laws - Section 69. The commission shall report monthly to the governor,...
Section 70 - Annual Reporting of Activities Including Review of Implementation and Enforcement of Chapter and Establishment of Governance Structure - Section 70. The commission shall annually submit a complete and...
Section 71 - Development of Annual Research Agenda in Furtherance of Understanding the Social and Economic Effects of Expanding Gaming in the Commonwealth - Section 71. The commission, with the advice of the gaming...