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LR 995
Item 1

 
1.__Hours of play.__A video lottery terminal may not be
operated or available for play between the hours of 2:00 a.m.
and noon on Sundays or between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00
a.m. on any day other than Sunday.

 
2.__Age of player.__A licensee under this chapter may not
permit a person under 21 years of age to play a video lottery
terminal.

 
3.__Time and money limits imposed by licensee.__A licensee
may impose a daily limit on the amount of time or money spent
by an individual playing the video lottery terminals on the
licensee's premises.__Failure to limit time or money spent is
not grounds for liability in a civil or criminal proceeding
and is not admissible in any such proceeding.

 
§382.__Payment of credits by licensee

 
A licensee shall redeem credits for players who earn credits
on a video lottery terminal located on the premises of that
licensee in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.

 
§383.__Allocation of funds

 
1.__Distribution from commercial track.__A video lottery
terminal distributor shall collect and distribute gross
terminal income from video lottery terminals owned by the
video lottery terminal distributor and located at a commercial
track as follows.

 
A.__Twenty-eight percent of the gross terminal income must
be deposited to the General Fund.

 
B.__Ten percent of the total gross terminal income must be
sent to the racing commission to be used to supplement
harness racing purses and must be disbursed for that
purpose at the times and in the manner prescribed in Title
8, section 297.

 
C.__Three percent of the total gross terminal income must
be sent to the racing commission and credited by the
racing commission to the Sire Stakes Fund created in Title
8, section 281.

 
D.__Four percent of the total gross terminal income must
be forwarded by the racing commission to the Treasurer of
State, who shall credit the money to the Agricultural Fair
Support Fund established in Title 7, section 76.


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