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...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio casino control commission described in Section 6(C)(4) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution. (B) The commission shall consist of seven members appointed within one month of September 10, 2010, by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall forward all appointments to the senate within twenty-four hours. (1) Each commission member is eligible for reap...

... Inspect and examine all premises where casino gaming is conducted or gaming supplies, devices, or equipment are manufactured, sold, or distributed; (B) Inspect all gaming supplies, devices, and equipment in or about a casino facility; (C) Summarily impound and seize and remove from the casino facility premises gaming supplies, devices, and equipment for the purpose of examination and inspection; (D) Determin...

...Absent gross negligence, a casino operator, management company, holding company, gaming-related vendor, the state, and employees of those entities are entitled to immunity from any type of civil liability if a person participating in the voluntary exclusion program enters a casino facility.

...of the Revised Code; (b) Requiring a casino facility to exclude a licensee from the casino facility or requiring a casino facility not to pay to the licensee any remuneration for services or any share of profits, income, or accruals on the licensee's investment in the casino facility; or (c) Fining a licensee or other person according to the penalties adopted by the commission. (4) An order may be judicially...

...r established duties and authority, the tax commissioner, the Ohio ethics commission, the inspector general, and the commission, and their respective employees, may demand access to and inspect, examine, photocopy, and audit all books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any person that is not protected by privilege and that is subject to the provisions of this chapter, and may examine under oath any officer, a...

...Upon cessation of gaming operations, a former licensee shall furnish, upon the demand of the commission, books, papers, and other records as necessary for the commission to audit the ceased gaming operation. A former licensee shall maintain all books, papers, and other records for a period of three years after the cessation of gaming operations. However, if a civil action or criminal proceeding relating to the ...

...cords and supervising and administering casino gaming in accordance with this chapter, and enforcing all commission rules adopted under this chapter. (3) The executive director shall hire staff, including an assistant director or deputy directors, as necessary to assist the executive director in the executive director's duties under this chapter. In appointing employees, the executive director is subject to se...

...The executive director of the commission shall appoint the number of professional, technical, and clerical employees that is necessary, in the executive director's reasonable opinion, for conducting internal audits, as an internal auditing department, of the commission. The professional and technical employees so appointed shall be qualified by education, licensing (if relevant), and experience to perform the i...

...l be paid for with money in the problem casino gambling and addictions fund.

...issuing a license for a key employee or casino gaming employee, and before issuing a license for each investor, except an institutional investor, for a casino operator, management company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor; (D) The executive director, before appointing an individual as a professional, technical, or clerical employee of the commission. Thereafter, such an appointing or licensing authority ...

...(A) Casino gaming shall be conducted only by licensed casino operators of the four casino facilities or by a licensed management company retained by a licensed casino operator. (B) A licensed casino operator, licensed management company, or another person may provide nongaming amenities within the casino facility.

...(A) No casino operator, management company, holding company, gaming-related vendor, key employee, or casino gaming employee shall conduct or participate in conducting casino gaming without first obtaining a license from the commission. (B) Before a licensed casino operator may conduct casino gaming at a casino facility, a licensed casino operator shall engage a third-party engineering or accounting firm to cer...

... another initial licensee for the same casino facility; and (2) Was investigated under this chapter as a parent, affiliate, subsidiary, key employee, or partner, or joint venturer with another initial licensee that has held for the same casino facility a majority ownership interest in or control of the initial license when the initial license was issued and when such an initial licensee obtains a majority owne...

...In determining whether to grant a casino operator license, the commission shall also consider: (A) The facilities or proposed facilities for the conduct of casino gaming; (B) The prospective total revenue to be collected by the state from the conduct of casino gaming; (C) The extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets other standards adopted by the commission.

...Before a license is issued to a casino operator, the casino operator shall post, and thereafter shall maintain, a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars payable to the state, conditioned on the casino operator complying with Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this chapter. The bond shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in this...

...ved in the ownership or management of a casino facility. (C) Gambling supplies and equipment shall not be distributed unless supplies and equipment conform to standards adopted in rules adopted by the commission.

...d for sale or lease in connection with casino games authorized under this chapter. (C) A gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, or supplies that are used by a person in an unauthorized casino gaming operation shall be forfeited to the state.

... may be employed as a key employee of a casino operator, management company, or holding company unless the person is the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission. (B) No person may be employed as a key employee of a gaming-related vendor unless that person is either the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission, or the person, at least five business days prior to the fi...

...(A) All casino gaming employees are required to have a casino gaming employee license. "Casino gaming employee" means the following and their supervisors: (1) Individuals involved in operating a casino gaming pit, including dealers, shills, clerks, hosts, and junket representatives; (2) Individuals involved in handling money, including cashiers, change persons, count teams, and coin wrappers; (3) Individuals...

...investigation, except key employees and casino gaming employees who are employed by a casino operator, in which case the casino operator shall pay the investigation cost.

...ty number, passport number, or federal tax identification number of an applicant or the spouse of an applicant; (3) The home address and telephone number of an applicant or the spouse or dependent of an applicant; (4) An applicant's birth certificate; (5) The driver's license number of an applicant or the applicant's spouse; (6) The name or address of a previous spouse of the applicant; (7) The date of birt...

...nt license fee to obtain a license as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino facility and shall be paid upon each casino operator's filing of its casino operator license application with the commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission, shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, which is created in the state treasury. (B) New casino operator, management c...

...(A) Each casino operator, management company, and holding company involved in the application and ownership or management of a casino facility shall provide to the commission as applicable: (1) An annual balance sheet; (2) An annual income statement; (3) An annual audited financial statement; (4) A list of the stockholders or other persons having at least a five per cent ownership interest in the casino oper...

...No casino operator shall hold a majority ownership interest in more than two casino operator licenses or casino facilities at any one time. No person shall be a management company for casino operators licensed to operate more than two casino facilities in this state at any one time.

...and slot machines may be operated at a casino facility. Each casino operator for each casino facility shall determine the total number of slot machines in their facility, up to a maximum of five thousand slot machines that may be operated at such casino facility. There shall be no limit on the number of table games allowed at each casino facility. (B) Any slot machine game or table game currently authorized ...