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prize but does not include a lottery or any game, sport,
amusement, diversion, scheme, plan, project, contest or
undertaking in which the skill, accomplishment, art or
adroitness of the operator or participant is the primary factor
in the winning or awarding of a prize.

 
2.__Connecticut Compact.__"Connecticut Compact" means the
tribal-state gaming compact between the State of Connecticut
and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, promulgated by the United
States Secretary of the Interior under IGRA as the
Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Procedures, 56 Code of Federal
Regulations 24996, May 31, 1991, as supplemented and amended
to the date of enactment of this subchapter, including the
appendices thereto.

 
3.__Enterprise.__"Enterprise" means an individual, trust,
corporation, partnership or other legal entity of any kind
other than a tribal gaming operator or other tribal enterprise
wholly owned by the Tribes; provided, however, that with
respect to any corporation, "enterprise" includes each other
corporation or other legal entity that, directly or
indirectly, controls a majority of the voting interests in
that corporation; and further provided, that, with respect to
any partnership, trust or other form of unincorporated
business organization, "enterprise" includes each corporation
or other legal entity that, directly or indirectly, controls a
majority of the voting interests in that organization.

 
4.__Gaming.__"Gaming" means any game of chance or other
gaming or wagering activity, including, but not limited to,
those activities specifically identified in section 6303.

 
5.__Gaming employee.__"Gaming employee" means any natural
person employed in the operation or management of gaming
facilities, whether employed by a tribal gaming operator or by
an enterprise providing on-site services to the tribal gaming
operator within a gaming facility.

 
6.__Gaming equipment.__"Gaming equipment" means a machine or
device that is specifically designed or manufactured for use
in the operation of any gaming activity.

 
7.__Gaming facility.__"Gaming facility" means a room or
rooms in which gaming is conducted on the site.

 
8.__Gaming operation.__"Gaming operation" means an
enterprise operated by the tribal gaming operator on the site
for the conduct of gaming in a gaming facility.

 
9.__Gaming school.__"Gaming school" means an enterprise
organized to provide specialized training to gaming employees
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