Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Charitable organizations and game
operator employer shall only offer games of chance for which the game
procedures have been approved by the commission.
(b) To obtain approval of a game procedure
that has not previously been approved by the commission, the charitable
organization, or game operator employer hired to act on the organization's
behalf, shall submit a written request and the game procedure to the commission
at least 45 days prior to the proposed implementation date.
(c) The game procedures shall include a
minimum of the following information:
(1) For
card games:
a. The name of the card
game;
b. The object of the card
game;
c. The rules of the card
game;
d. The equipment used for the
card game;
e. The method of play
for the card game;
f. The types of
wager or wagers for the card game, including buy-ins and re-buys;
g. The wager amounts for the card
game;
h. The payouts and payout
odds for each wager in the card game; and
i. The rules governing any card game point
system established by the licensee;
(2) For games which are not a card games:
a. The name of the game;
b. The object of the game;
c. The rules of the game;
d. The equipment used for the game;
e. The method of play for the game;
f. The types of wager or wagers for the
game;
g. The wager amounts for the
game;
h. The payouts and payout
odds for each wager in the game; and
i. The rules governing any game point system
established by the licensee; and
(3) For promotions:
a. The name of the promotion;
b. A description of the promotion and the
style of play;
c. The conditions
for participating in the promotion;
d. The type of hand or triggering events that
cause a player to win;
e. A
schedule of what each winning hand or triggering event wins;
f. How the win will be recorded, and winning
player will be paid out;
g. How the
game advances the purposes of RSA 287-D; and
h. When the promotion is player-funded:
1. The amount, percentage, or the formula
used to determine the amount of funds to be contributed from each
pot;
2. The account where the funds
will be deposited and withdrawn from during the time held by the game operator
employer;
3. How and when the
contributed funds are added to the pool(s); and
4. How the promotional funds will be
dispersed in the event the game is closed out or otherwise
terminated.
(d) The licensee shall obtain commission
approval whenever a modification is made to an approved game procedure,
including any changes made to the odds.
(e) The licensee shall clearly describe the
changes being proposed when submitting a written request for approval of a
modified game procedure.
(f) Upon
request, the charitable organization, or game operator employer hired to act on
the organization's behalf, shall also demonstrate the proposed game to the
commission.
(g) The commission
shall approve a game procedure, or a modification to a previously approved
game, if it concludes that:
(1) The game
procedure is for a game of chance as defined by Lot 7202.04 above;
(2) The game procedures include the details
required by (c) above;
(3) Approval
of the game of chance would likely advance the purposes of RSA 287-D, including
servicing as a source of revenue for the charitable organization and the state
of New Hampshire;
(4) Approval of
the game of chance would not be otherwise prohibited by law, this chapter or
any rulings of the commission; and
(5) The game procedures comply with standard
rules of the game, such as those found in The New Complete Hoyle: The
Authoritative Guide to the Official Rules of All Popular Games of Skill and
Chance, Revised Edition(1991), Poker Tournament Directors Association's
Recommended Procedures and Illustration Addendum (version 3.0, October 24,
2017), available as noted in Appendix B, or a similar authoritative guide on
games of chance.
(h) The
commission shall deny or revoke its approval of any game of chance when it
concludes that:
(1) The game procedure does
not meet the requirements of (g) above;
(2) The approval previously granted to the
licensee was erroneously issued; or
(3) The licensee operates the game of chance
in a manner that is not consistent with the procedures as approved.
(i) Game procedures that have been
approved by the commission may be utilized by other charitable organization or
game operator employers without additional commission approval, when included
on the game schedule submitted in accordance with Lot 7206.02 above.
(j) Commission approval of a game procedure
shall not represent, warrant or otherwise assert that the game does not violate
any intellectual property right, including, but not limited to, any agreement,
license, copyright, trademark or patent right. It shall be the licensee's
responsible to meet all proprietary requirements.
(k) Prior to the start of each game, the
charitable organization or the game operator employer hired to act on the
organization's behalf shall ensure that a public announcement is made informing
players as to where copies of the game procedures are located and how copies
can be obtained.
