Video Lottery Facility

[esqappellate]

ISO person(s) who 1. Has a MD carry permit and 2. Likes to go to casinos and video Lottery Facilities in Md and 3. Wants to sue over SB1 and 4. Is a MSI member or would become one. Please PM me.

 

[welder516]

I love casinos in all parts of the country. Have been to Perryville and Arundel Mills

 

[Boondock Saint]

I think I'm the resident action guy here, judging by the silence in the poker/sports betting threads I started.

PM sent.

 

[Allen65]

Are convenience stores (including gas stations) that have Keno video monitors considered "video lottery facilities"? If so, just about everyone here has standing for that issue.

 

[esqappellate]

Are convenience stores (including gas stations) that have Keno video monitors considered "video lottery facilities"? If so, just about everyone here has standing for that issue.

Here is the definition. Basically, it has to be both a video terminal and a gaming table.
aa) “Video lottery facility” means:
(1) a facility at which players play video lottery terminals and table games under this subtitle; and
(2) a casino for the purposes of the federal Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 and its related regulations.

A gaming table is:
w-2) “Table games” means:
(1) roulette, baccarat, blackjack, craps, big six wheel, minibaccarat, poker, pai gow poker, and sic bo, or any variation and
composites of such games; and
(2) gaming tournaments in which players compete against one another in one or more of the games authorized under item
(1) of this subsection.

A "video terminal" is:
(dd)(1) “Video lottery terminal” means any machine or other device that, on insertion of a bill, coin, token, voucher, ticket,
coupon, or similar item, or on payment of any consideration:
(i) is available to play or simulate the play of any game of chance in which the results, including the options available to
the player, are randomly determined by the machine or other device; and
(ii) by the element of chance, may deliver or entitle the player who operates the machine or device to receive cash,
premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value, whether the payout is made automatically from the device or in
any other manner.
(2) “Video lottery terminal” includes a machine or device:
(i) that does not directly dispense money, tokens, or anything of value to winning players; and
(ii) described under paragraph (1) of this subsection that uses an electronic credit system making the deposit of bills, coins,
or tokens unnecessary.
(3) “Video lottery terminal” does not include an authorized slot machine operated by an eligible organization under Title 12,
Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article.

 

[FrankZ]

Here is the definition. Basically, it has to be both a video terminal and a gaming table.
aa) “Video lottery facility” means:
(1) a facility at which players play video lottery terminals and table games under this subtitle; and
(2) a casino for the purposes of the federal Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 and its related regulations.

A gaming table is:
w-2) “Table games” means:
(1) roulette, baccarat, blackjack, craps, big six wheel, minibaccarat, poker, pai gow poker, and sic bo, or any variation and
composites of such games; and
(2) gaming tournaments in which players compete against one another in one or more of the games authorized under item
(1) of this subsection.

A "video terminal" is:
(dd)(1) “Video lottery terminal” means any machine or other device that, on insertion of a bill, coin, token, voucher, ticket,
coupon, or similar item, or on payment of any consideration:
(i) is available to play or simulate the play of any game of chance in which the results, including the options available to
the player, are randomly determined by the machine or other device; and
(ii) by the element of chance, may deliver or entitle the player who operates the machine or device to receive cash,
premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value, whether the payout is made automatically from the device or in
any other manner.
(2) “Video lottery terminal” includes a machine or device:
(i) that does not directly dispense money, tokens, or anything of value to winning players; and
(ii) described under paragraph (1) of this subsection that uses an electronic credit system making the deposit of bills, coins,
or tokens unnecessary.
(3) “Video lottery terminal” does not include an authorized slot machine operated by an eligible organization under Title 12,
Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article.

I'm sure they will try to close the "gaming table loophole" next time.