Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
The endorsement
application must contain the following information:
(1)
Applicant's legal
name, any other names used, the legal nature of the business (sole
proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation), Ohio
tax identification number, and federal employer identification
number;
(2)
Business address, telephone number, and mailing
address, if different than the business address;
(3)
Names and titles
of the key employees of the applicant and persons owning five percent or more
of a direct or indirect financial interest in the applicant and its affiliates,
persons who supervise sales employees in Ohio, any person who installs,
maintains, updates, or repairs an electronic instant bingo system in Ohio, and
persons or entities with a direct or indirect financial interest of five
percent or more in the applicant;
(4)
Identification of
any person who or entity that develops or provides electronic instant bingo
systems and associated game software to the applicant;
(5)
Copies of
licensing agreements with other entities for all software, except for operating
system software, and hardware developed specifically for the purpose of
conducting electronic instant bingo. Operating system software agreements must
be maintained by the applicant, be current, and be available to the attorney
general upon request. In addition, the electronic instant bingo manufacturer
must, upon request, provide documentation establishing that it has the
intellectual property rights to the entire game application software and
system;
(6)
Address and telephone number of each facility where
gambling equipment is manufactured;
(7)
A list of all
other states or jurisdictions where the applicant is currently
licensed;
(8)
Date and signature of the chief executive officer,
president, or functional equivalent; and
(9)
Additional
information that may be required by the attorney general to properly identify
the applicant and ensure compliance with sections
2915.081
and
2915.082
of the Revised Code.
(B)
The applicant
must attach the following items to the application:
A personnel form, in a format prescribed by the
attorney general, completed by each key employee of the applicant; persons who
supervise sales employees in Ohio; persons who make sales trips to Ohio or
contacts distributors or organizations in Ohio for sales of electronic instant
bingo devices or systems; any person who installs, maintains, updates, or
repairs an electronic instant bingo device or system in Ohio; and any person or
entity with a direct or indirect financial interest of five percent or more in
the applicant and its affiliates.
(1)
The personnel form must include:
(a)
applicant's name
and license number, if issued;
(b)
name and address,
date of birth, social security number, and daytime telephone number of the
person;
(c)
person's position with the manufacturer or
distributor;
(d)
businesses the person has held any ownership interest
in during the past ten years (except for publicly traded companies unless the
ownership interest is ten per cent or more);
(e)
employment
history for the last ten years;
(f)
date and
signature of the person;
(g)
additional information that may be required by the
attorney general to properly identify the person and ensure compliance with
sections
2915.081
and
2915.082 of
the Revised Code.
(C)
The applicant
shall make available for inspection by the Attorney General, an organizational
chart illustrating the applicant's management structure, including all
subsidiaries and affiliated entities..
(D)
Applicants with
at least one million dollars in revenue shall make available for inspection by
the attorney general, three years of audited financials. Applicants with
revenue less than one million dollars shall make available for inspection by
the attorney general, three years of tax returns for the most recent filing
years .