New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 5 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT
Section 15.1.5.18 - APPLICATION FOR GAMING MACHINE LICENSE

A. Application for a gaming machine license shall be made, processed, and determined in the same manner as set forth in the act and this rule for other applications. No gaming machine or associated equipment shall be used for gaming by any licensee without prior written approval of the board.

B. No gaming machine shall be licensed unless it is of a brand, type, and series that has been approved by the board pursuant to the mandatory testing procedures set forth in this title. In addition, each individual gaming machine shall be licensed by the board before the gaming machine shall be used in any gaming activity. Such licensure shall include a license number assigned by the board to the individual gaming machine.

C. The application for a gaming machine license shall include a detailed description of the gaming machine for which approval is sought, including the manufacturer's name, the model, and the permanent serial number.

D. A gaming operator licensee shall license all gaming machines maintained on its gaming premises, up to the maximum number of gaming machines the gaming operator is statutorily permitted to operate, whether or not such machines are in operation on the gaming floor.

E. If a gaming operator licensee maintains gaming machines on its licensed premises in excess of the maximum number of gaming machines the gaming operator is statutorily permitted to operate, the gaming operator shall register such machines in accordance with 15.1.16.13 NMAC.

F. A gaming operator licensee that maintains one or more gaming machines solely to provide spare parts is not required to license such machines, but shall register such machines in accordance with 15.1.16.13 NMAC.