Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) A person seeking a type-B skill-based
amusement machine operator 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
two hundred
fifty dollar application fee.
(B) An applicant for a type-B skill-based
amusement machine operator 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 type-B skill-based amusement machine operator
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 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;
(4) 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;
(5) The extent to which the applicant or
licensee has cooperated with the commission;
(6) 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;
(7) 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;
(8) If awarding or maintaining a license
would undermine the public's confidence in skill-based amusement machine gaming
in this state; and
(9) The
suitability of any other material person, including
owners and key executives, as determined by the commission.
(D) A type-B skill-based amusement
machine operator 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 type-B skillbased amusement
machine operator license and all other requirements of this chapter have been
met, the commission
will issue a license for not more than three
years.
