Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5,
March 10, 2024
30-106
Definitions.
The following definitions of terms, in addition to those set
forth in section
44-30-103, C.R.S., shall apply to
all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to article
30 of title
44, of the Colorado Revised
Statutes:
(1) "Agent or Employee of
the Commission" shall include all employees of the Division.
(2) "Association" means two or more persons
united and acting together without a corporate charter.
(3) "Background investigation" means the
inquiry into the personal history, character, reputation, associations,
personal and professional record, criminal history, civil litigation history,
and financial history and activities of an applicant for a license to establish
the suitability of such applicant to become a licensee. Amended
1/14/15
(4) "Building"
means a common structure that is built or constructed or any piece of
constructed work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in
some definite manner.
(5)
[Repealed 1/14/15]
(6) "Chip" means a nonmetal or partly metal
representative of value issued and/or sold by a licensee for use in limited
gaming.
Amended 11/30/2012
(a) Cashable chips are issued and/or sold by
the licensee for gaming and are redeemable for cash.
(b) Non-cashable chips are issued by the
licensee for gaming and are not redeemable for cash.
(7) "Convicted of a Crime" shall include any
ultimate finding of fact in a criminal proceeding that an individual is guilty
of a crime, whether the judgment rests on a verdict of guilty, a plea of
guilty, or of nolo contendere, and irrespective of
whether entry of judgment or imposition of sentence is suspended or deferred by
the court.
(8) "Costs" means sums
of money to be paid to the Commission. Amended
1/14/15
(9) "Credit" means
allowing any person any length of time in which to make payment or otherwise
honor a financial obligation, whether express or implied and includes lending
of cash or cash equivalent.
Amended 11/30/2012, Amended
1/14/15
Credit instruments include markers, promissory notes, IOUs or
similar transactions or instruments constituting a memorandum of debt accepted
for purposes of participating in limited gaming. excluding checks.
Amended 11/30/2012
(a) "Credit" does not include:
(i) Transactions in the ordinary course of
business which are both disclosed to the Division and approved by the
Commission as authorized interests, pursuant to sections
44-30-808,
833, C.R.S, or regulations 30-308,
309, 310, 405, 420;
(ii) Lawful
transactions in the ordinary course of business in which licensees share
resources with each other for business purposes and in which licensees have no
ability to attempt to exert control over the affairs of other licensees;
and
(iii) Pre-paid magnetized strip
cards used in lieu of cash, chips, or tokens.
(10) "Dice" means small cubes, each with a
different number of spots (1-6) on each side, used in games of chance to
generate random numbers.
(11)
"Drop" means the total amount of money, chips, tickets, purchase tickets,
coupons, Mobile ATM Receipts and tokens removed from the drop boxes.
Amended 7/1/13.
(12) "Drop box" means a locked container
permanently marked with the game and a number corresponding to a permanent
number on the table for blackjack, poker, craps, and roulette tables. For
gaming devices or EBTs, a container in a locked portion of the gaming device
used to collect the money and tokens retained by the device that is not used to
make automatic payouts from the device.
(13) "Electronic Chips" means an electronic
facsimile of chip representative of value, redeemable for cash, issued and sold
by a licensee when using electronic betting terminals (EBTs). Eff
03/01/2012
(14)
"Electronic Dice" means an electronic facsimile of small cubes, each with a
different number of spots (1-6) on each side in games of chance to generate
random numbers when using electronic betting terminals. Eff
03/01/2012
(15)
"Electronic betting terminal" or EBT means an electronic betting terminal or
interface used on a table game or with a table game system, that allows a
patron to exchange currency, coins, tickets, purchase tickets, or mobile ATM
receipts for electronic chips, and make wagers utilizing those electronic
chips. Eff 03/01/2012
(16) "Financial institution" means a bank,
savings and loan association, credit union, trust company, or other similar
entity chartered by the United States, a state, or a territory or commonwealth
of the United States.
(17) [Free
play- Repealed eff. 05/15/2014]
(18) "Gaming contract" means an agreement in
which a person does business with or on the premises of an entity licensed
under article
30 of title
44, C.R.S.
(19) "Gaming device" or "gaming equipment"
includes, in addition to the definition set forth in section
44-30-103(13),
C.R.S., any progressive system, slot monitoring or control system, ticket
redemption kiosk, or cashless system, and also includes any "physical or
electronic versions," pursuant to section
44-30-103(13),
(22), C.R.S., to the extent such physical or
electronic versions function in the manner of:
Eff 04/30/2007, Amended
2/14/14
(a) Slot machines;
(b) The games of blackjack, craps, poker, or
roulette as defined in section
44-30-103(6), (10), (25), (29),
(30), C.R.S.;
(c) Tables used for blackjack, craps, poker,
and roulette;
(d) Cards used to
play blackjack or poker; or
(e)
Dice used to play craps.
(20) "Gaming employee" means, in addition to
the definition set forth in section
44-30-103(14):
(a) All persons employed by licensed
manufacturers or distributors or associated equipment suppliers who install,
repair or maintain gaming devices or equipment on the premises of licensed
operators or retailers, either directly or by remote access; and Eff
12/30/2008
(b) All persons
who perform accounting functions, services or duties for any retailer's or
operator's business involving the handling, processing, manipulating or
generating of gaming documentation or funds, except those persons who perform
solely, payroll, or payables services who do not have access to gaming
documentation or funds, or those persons who perform independent audits. [Eff.
12/30/2008]
(21) "House
banked" means a game in which players with winning hands are paid by the dealer
with money from the chip bank on the poker table and/or by hand with money
belonging to the retail licensee. In a house banked game, player's wagers will
not be pulled into a common pot, nor will such a pot be awarded to players with
winning hands.
(22) "Imprest bank"
means a predetermined dollar amount of chips, tokens, or cash kept by the
licensee.
(23) "Jackpot
verification mode" means the period of time between the progressive jackpot
activation of a progressive slot machine and the resetting of the device which
caused its activation.
(24)
"Lammer" or "lammer button" means a chip-like implement with a
numeral.
(25) "Licensee" means a
person holding any license issued by the Commission, and an employee, agent, or
representative of any such person.
(26) "Link" means one or more progressive
slot machines that are connected to a progressive controller and that may be
played in order to achieve the stated progressive amount.
(27) "Matched play" means the use of a coupon
at table games that is issued to a patron by an establishment for play that
must be accompanied by a bet. Effective 11/30/2006
(28) "Mobile ATM Receipt" means a receipt
generated by a Table Games Mobile ATM in exchange for an authorized debit or
credit card transaction. A Mobile ATM Receipt may be exchanged at a table game
for physical or electronic chips. Effective 7/1/13
(29) "Moral turpitude" means an act done
contrary to honesty and good morals; it is an act of baseness, vileness, or
depravity in the private and social duties which a person owes to an individual
or to society in general.
(30)
"Normal mode" means the mode of a progressive slot machine at all times other
than when it is in the jackpot verification mode.
(31) "Physical skill" means an individual's
physical coordination, agility, or nimbleness, or lack thereof.
Effective 11/30/2007
(32) "Player banked" means a game in which
players with winning hands are awarded all or part of a pot which consists of
pooled antes, blinds, and wagers made by players playing in the hand. In a
player banked game, the bankroll of the retail licensee is not at risk and is
not used to pay winning wagers. The licensee will maintain only an imprest bank
at the table.
(33) "Progressive
controller" means the hardware and software that controls all communications
among the slot machines within a progressive slot machine link and its
associated progressive meter, or among the gaming tables which offer a metered
progressive jackpot within a progressive table game link and its associated
progressive meter.
(34)
"Proposition player" means a person in a poker game paid a fixed sum by the
licensee for the specific purpose of playing in a card game, who uses personal
funds and who retains the winnings and absorbs the losses.
(35) "Purchase Ticket" means an encoded
credit ticket issued at the cashier cage, kiosk or table game.
Effective 10/15/20
(36) "Side Bet" means an unauthorized wager
between or among a player and one or more other persons which is apart from, or
independent of, wagers permitted by the rules of any approved game or wagering
activity.
(37) "Slot Coupon" means
an encoded credit certificate which, when inserted into a slot machine, is
validated by a computerized system which causes redeemable credits on the face
amount to be placed on the machine. A slot coupon has no value unless inserted
into a slot machine or redeemed by the casino in another approved
manner.
(38) "Strategy card" means
a small, hand-held card imprinted with information which analyzes or suggests
the strategy for playing or betting to be used in any authorized casino game.
The card may have a movable dial or slide, but it may not have any electronic
computing or electronic display capability.
(39) "Substantial interest" means the lesser
of: as large an interest in a corporation, partnership, or association as that
of any other shareholder, partner, or principal; or any financial or equity
interest equal to or greater than five percent.
(40) "Support licensee" means a gaming
employee licensed by the Commission, but does not include licensed key
employees.
(41) "Table Games Mobile
ATM" means a mobile payment processing device and service that allows ATM
transactions at a table game. Eff 7/1/13
(42) "Ticket" means an encoded credit ticket
produced by a gaming device, kiosk, table game or EBT ticket printer system
when cashing out redeemable credits. (30-106(8.3) added perm.
10/30/99)
(43) "Tip
Storage Device" means a tip storage device, commonly referred to as a toke
tube, used for the purpose of temporarily securing chips received by dealers as
tips. Use of a tip storage device, must be exclusively for temporarily holding
said chips, prior to exchanging lower denomination chips for higher
denomination chips to place into the lockbox. The placement of tips into a tip
storage device prior to exchanging shall be deemed to comply with C.R.S.
44.-30-820, as it applies to immediately dropping tips. Eff
7/1/13
(44) "Tournament
chip" means a physical or electronic chip issued by a licensee for use solely
in tournaments and promotions at a licensed retail location.
(45) "Token" means a metal or other approved
material representative of value, redeemable for cash, issued and sold by a
licensee for use in gaming. (30-106(28) amended perm. 10/30/99) Eff
11/30/2006, Amended 11/30/2012
(46) "Wager" means a sum of money, electronic
promotional credits or thing of value risked on an uncertain occurrence. Credit
and debit cards cannot be used to place a wager in a limited gaming activity.
Eff 11/30/2006, Amended 1/14/2012, Amended 7/1/13
(47) "Wireless" means a wireless handheld
validation unit used with a supporting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) as
part of an approved gaming system.
Amended 1/14/15
BASIS AND PURPOSE FOR RULE 2
The purpose of Rule 2 is to delegate certain authority to the
Director or other Division agent; provide for the review of any action taken
pursuant to such authority; provide for the reference by the Director of
matters delegated to the Director back to the Commission; and to establish
procedures for Commission actions and hearings. Rule 2 also empowers the
Commission to contract for legal counsel, and directs the Licensee to obtain
moneys owed to a deceased patron and properly distribute such moneys. The
statutory basis for Rule 2 is found in sections
44-30-201, C.R.S.,
44-30-203, C.R.S.,
44-30-301, C.R.S.,
44-30-302, C.R.S.,
44-30-501, C.R.S.,
44-30-502, C.R.S.,
44-30-507, C.R.S.,
44-30-1103, C.R.S.,
44-30-1509, C.R.S.,
44-30-1701, C.R.S., and
44-30-1702, C.R.S., and
24-4-105, C.R.S. Amended
10/20/22