Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 349.30 to 349.39, unless a different meaning is indicated by the context, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2. Gambling device. "Gambling device" has the meaning given it in section 609.75, subdivision 4.
Subd. 3. Person. "Person" means an individual, a copartnership, an association, a corporation, or any other entity or organization.
Subd. 4. Municipality. "Municipality" means any county, city, or town.
Subd. 5. License. "License" includes permits of every kind, nature and description issued pursuant to any statute or ordinance for the carrying on of any business, trade, vocation, commercial enterprise or undertaking.
Subd. 6. Licensee. "Licensee" means any person to whom a license of any kind is issued, but does not include a common carrier transporting, or a public warehouse operator storing, any gambling device for hire, or a manufacturer or distributor of such devices keeping the same only for the purpose of sale or distribution to others or repairing of same.
Subd. 7. Licensed business. "Licensed business" means any business, trade, vocation, commercial enterprise, or undertaking for which a license is issued.
Subd. 8. Licensed premises. "Licensed premises" means the place or building, or the room in a building, designated in the license as the place where the licensed business is to be carried on, and all land adjacent thereto and used in connection with and in the operation of a licensed business, and all adjacent or contiguous rooms or buildings operated or used in connection with the buildings where the licensed business is carried on. If no place is described in any license, then "licensed premises" means the building or place where the licensed business is carried on under such license.
Subd. 9. Issuing authority. "Issuing authority" and "authority issuing the license" mean and include the officer, board, bureau, department, commission, or agency of the state, or of any of its municipalities, by whom any license is issued and include the councils and governing bodies of all municipalities.
1947 c 586 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1981 c 204 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 38
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 349 — Lawful Gambling And Gambling Devices
Section 349.13 — Lawful Gambling.
Section 349.15 — Use Of Gross Profits.
Section 349.151 — Gambling Control Board.
Section 349.153 — Conflict Of Interest.
Section 349.154 — Expenditures; Standards.
Section 349.155 — Licenses; License Actions.
Section 349.16 — Organization Licenses.
Section 349.161 — Distributor Licenses.
Section 349.162 — Equipment Registered.
Section 349.163 — Licensing Of Manufacturers.
Section 349.1635 — Linked Bingo Game Provider License.
Section 349.1641 — Licenses; Summary Suspension.
Section 349.165 — Premises Permits.
Section 349.166 — Exclusions; Exemptions.
Section 349.167 — Gambling Managers.
Section 349.168 — Gambling Employees.
Section 349.169 — Filing Of Inventory And Discounts.
Section 349.17 — Conduct Of Bingo.
Section 349.1711 — Conduct Of Tipboards.
Section 349.172 — Pull-tabs; Information Required To Be Posted.
Section 349.1721 — Conduct Of Pull-tabs.
Section 349.173 — Conduct Of Raffles.
Section 349.18 — Premises Used For Gambling.
Section 349.181 — Restrictions On Who May Participate In Lawful Gambling.
Section 349.19 — Accounts, Records, And Reports.
Section 349.191 — Sales On Credit.
Section 349.211 — Prize Limits.
Section 349.2113 — Prize Payout Limit.
Section 349.2123 — Certified Physical Inventory.
Section 349.2124 — Sales To Indian Tribes.
Section 349.2125 — Contraband.
Section 349.2127 — Prohibitions.
Section 349.213 — Local Authority.
Section 349.23 — Validity Of Prior Agreements.
Section 349.31 — Gambling Device; Possession Of.
Section 349.32 — Issuing Authority To Suspend Or Revoke.
Section 349.33 — Peace Officers To Observe And Inspect Premises.
Section 349.34 — Proceedings Before Issuing Authority; Order To Show Cause.
Section 349.35 — Revocation Of License.
Section 349.36 — Duties Of County Attorney Or Attorney General.