Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
A person seeking a skill-based amusement machine
vendor license
must apply for licensure via the state of Ohio
eLicense website at www.elicense.ohio.gov, comply with
all instructions, and pay a non-refundable
five hundred
dollar application fee.
(B) An applicant for a skill-based amusement
machine vendor license
must establish, by clear and convincing evidence,
the applicant's suitability for licensure.
(C) In determining whether to grant or
maintain the privilege of a skill-based amusement machine vendor license, the
commission
will evaluate each applicant and licensee in a manner
consistent with the commission's authority to do the same with respect to
casino gaming, including:
(1) The reputation,
experience, and financial integrity of the applicant or licensee and the
applicant's or licensee's affiliates or affiliated companies;
(2) The reputation, experience, and financial
integrity of any person that directly or indirectly controls or influences the
decision-making of the applicant or licensee;
(3) If the applicant or licensee has filed,
or had filed against it, a proceeding for bankruptcy or has ever been involved
in any formal process to adjust, defer, suspend, or otherwise resolve the
payment of any debt;
(4) If the
applicant or licensee is or has been a defendant in litigation involving the
applicant's or licensee's business practices;
(5) Whether and to what extent the applicant
or licensee has associated with members of organized crime and other persons of
disreputable character;
(6) The
extent to which the applicant or licensee has cooperated with the
commission;
(7) Whether the
applicant or licensee has provided accurate and complete information as
required by the commission or submitted false or misleading information to the
commission;
(8) If the applicant or
licensee or any person that directly or indirectly controls the applicant or
licensee has been
convicted
of any criminal offense under the laws of any jurisdiction, excluding
minor traffic violations;
(9) If
the applicant or licensee has been served with a complaint or other notice
filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax, required under
federal, state, or local law, that has been delinquent for one or more
years;
(10) If the applicant or
licensee has shown a disregard of or otherwise failed to comply with the laws
and regulations of this state or any other jurisdiction;
(11) If awarding or maintaining a license
would undermine the public's confidence in skill-based amusement machine gaming
in this state; and
(12) The
suitability of any other material person, including
owners and key executives, as determined by the commission.
(D) A skill-based amusement
machine vendor licensee must maintain its suitability at all times during the
licensure period.
(E) If the commission
determines that a person is suitable to be issued a skill-based amusement
machine vendor license and all other requirements of this chapter have been
met, the commission
will issue a license for not more than three
years.
