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LR 540
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Police.__The Chief of the State Police may approve or disapprove
any uniform location application.__If the uniform location
application is disapproved, the Chief of the State Police shall
provide written reasons for the denial.

 
3.__Appeal to commissioner.__Any licensee denied approval of
a uniform location application may appeal the decision of the
Chief of the State Police to the Commissioner of Public
Safety.__The commissioner shall hold a hearing to include the
licensee and the Chief of the State Police or the chief's
designee before rendering a decision on the appeal.__The
commissioner shall render a decision within 30 days of the
hearing.

 
§373.__Licensing of terminals

 
1.__License required.__A video gaming terminal may not be
placed for public use or operated in this State unless the
terminal is licensed by the Chief of the State Police.__The
terminal license must be prominently displayed on the
terminal.__Language describing the odds of winning the game
and warning of the danger of compulsive gambling must also be
prominently displayed on the terminal.

 
2.__Requirements for license.__To be licensed, a video
gaming terminal:

 
A.__May offer only games permitted by the Chief of the
State Police;

 
B.__May not have any means of manipulation that affect the
random probabilities of winning a game;

 
C.__May not directly dispense coins, cash or tokens;

 
D.__Must have one or more mechanisms that accept coin or
cash in the form of bills and that are designed to prevent
a person from obtaining credits without paying;

 
E.__Must be designed to suspend operation until reset if a
person attempts, by physical or other tampering, to obtain
credits without paying;

 
F.__After completion of the 5-year phase-in period
described in subsection 3, must have nonresettable meters
housed in a readily accessible locked terminal area that
keep a permanent record of all cash inserted into the
video gaming terminal, credits awarded by the terminal,
credits played for video games and credits distributed by
tickets made by the terminal's printer;


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