Montana Code Annotated
Part 6. Video Gaming Machine Control Law
23-5-611. Machine permit qualifications -- limitations

23-5-611. Machine permit qualifications -- limitations. (1) (a) A person who has been granted an operator's license under 23-5-177 and who holds an appropriate license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises as provided in 23-5-119 may be granted a permit for the placement of video gambling machines on the person's premises.
(b) If video keno or bingo gambling machines were legally operated on a premises on January 15, 1989, and the premises were not on that date licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises or operated for the principal purpose of gaming and there is an operator's license for the premises under 23-5-177, a permit for the same number of multigame gambling machines as were operated on the premises on that date may be granted to the person who held the permit for that number of machines on those premises on that date.
(c) A person who legally operated an establishment on January 15, 1989, for the principal purpose of gaming and has been granted an operator's license under 23-5-177 may be granted a permit for the placement of bingo, poker, keno, video line, or multigame video gambling machines on the person's premises.
(2) An applicant for a permit shall disclose on the application form to the department any information required by the department consistent with the provisions of 23-5-176.
(3) A licensee may not have on the premises or make available for play on the premises more than 20 machines of any combination.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 720, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 211, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 647, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 465, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 319, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 121, L. 2011.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling

Chapter 5. Gambling

Part 6. Video Gaming Machine Control Law

23-5-601. Repealed

23-5-602. Definitions

23-5-603. Video gambling machines -- possession -- play -- restriction

23-5-604. Player rewards system -- privacy of player -- penalty

23-5-605. Repealed

23-5-606. Repealed

23-5-607. Expected payback -- verification

23-5-608. Limitation on amount of money played and value of prizes -- payment of credits in cash -- ticket voucher expiration -- rules

23-5-609. Repealed

23-5-610. Video gambling machine gross income tax -- records -- distribution -- quarterly statement and payment

23-5-611. Machine permit qualifications -- limitations

23-5-612. Machine permits -- fees

23-5-613. Violations

23-5-614. Sale of video gambling machines

23-5-615. Repealed

23-5-616. Removal of machine from public access

23-5-617. Repealed

23-5-618. Repealed

23-5-619. reserved

23-5-620. Video gambling machines -- hours of play

23-5-621. Rules

23-5-622. Tampering with video gambling machine -- penalty

23-5-623. and 23-5-624 reserved

23-5-625. Video gambling machine manufacturer -- license -- fees -- restrictions

23-5-626. Repealed

23-5-627. Repealed

23-5-628. Inspection of premises, records, and devices

23-5-629. Permit for premises within 150 feet of another premises

23-5-630. reserved

23-5-631. Examination and approval of new video gambling machines and associated equipment -- fee

23-5-632. through 23-5-634 reserved

23-5-635. Repealed

23-5-636. Repealed

23-5-637. Approved automated accounting and reporting systems

23-5-638. Repealed

23-5-639. through 23-5-645 reserved

23-5-646. Terminated