10 Del. Admin. Code § 205-2.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025
Section 205-2.0 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well, except as otherwise clearly indicated by the context.

"Agency" or "lottery office" means the Delaware State Lottery Office created pursuant to 29 Del.C. Ch. 48.

"Agent" or "licensed agent" or "charitable video lottery agent" means any person licensed by the Director of the agency to conduct charitable video lottery operations.

"Applicant" means any person applying for a license authorized under these rules.

"Background investigation" means the security, fitness and background checks conducted of an applicant.

"Certification" means the authorization by the lottery office in accordance with its inspection and approval process of charitable video lottery machines, such certification to relate to either hardware or software.

"Charitable gaming organization" means an (i) organization that was in existence as of January 1, 2013, and qualifies as a fraternal or veterans organization with national affiliation or (ii) an organization that was in existence as of January 1, 2013, and whose membership consists primarily of veterans honorably discharged or active duty service members.

"Charitable gaming vendor" means any person who supplies goods or services relating to the manufacture, operation, maintenance, security, distribution, service or repair of charitable video lottery machines.

"Charitable video lottery" means any lottery with an aggregate progression prize or prizes and conducted with a charitable video lottery machine or a linked charitable video lottery machine.

"Charitable video lottery facility" means a building containing a gaming room or rooms that is located on the premises of a charitable video lottery agent.

"Charitable video lottery machine" means any machine that (i) may use spinning reels or video displays or both, and (ii) in which coins, bills, electronic credits, or tokens are deposited by a player in order to play any game of chance in which the results, including options available to the player, are randomly determined by the machine, and (iii) may or may not dispense coins or tokens directly to a winning player.

"Credit" means the opportunity provided to a player to play a video game or redeem the credit for cash.

"Credit slip" means the receipt issued from a charitable video lottery machine for payment of credits by an agent.

"DGE" means the Division of Gaming Enforcement of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, as authorized by the Delaware Code.

"Director" means the Director of the Delaware State Lottery Office as established by Title 29, Chapter 48 of the Delaware Code.

"Gaming" means the operating, carrying on, maintaining or exposing for play any charitable video lottery machine in a licensed agent's gaming area.

"Gaming area" means a location in a charitable video lottery facility where gaming activity is conducted at charitable video lottery machines.

"License" means the authorization granted by the agency which permits an applicant to engage in defined charitable video lottery activities either as an agent or a charitable gaming vendor.

"License application" means the process by which a person requests licensing for participation in charitable video lottery operations.

"Licensee" means any person authorized by the Director to participate in charitable video lottery operations.

"Lottery" means the public gaming system or games established and operated by the lottery office.

"Lottery Commission" means the Lottery Commission of the State of Delaware as established by 29 Del.C. § 4837.

"MEAL" means a written Machine Entry Authorization Log stored inside the charitable video lottery machine.

"Net charitable video lottery game proceeds" means the total amount of credits or cash played less the total amount of credits or cash won by the players and does not include (i) sums withheld from players' winnings for tax liabilities incurred by the players or (ii) amounts held in reserve for large or progressive prizes yet to be won by players.

"Officer" means (i) as to a charitable gaming organization, an individual who is an elected or designated member of the charitable gaming organization or an individual who will assume responsibility for the charitable gaming organization and (ii) as to a charitable gaming vendor, an individual who is a president, vice president, member, member-manager, partner, trustee, or other designated individual who has the legal power and authority to make management decisions for the charitable gaming vendor.

"Owner" means a person who owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of an applicant or licensee.

"Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation or any other type of business entity or legal entity.

"Player" means an individual who plays on a charitable video lottery machine.

"Premises" means the building and grounds occupied by a licensed agent where the agent's charitable video lottery operations occur or support facilities for such operations exist, such as facilities for the service of food or drink, including those areas not normally open to the public, such as areas where records related to charitable video lottery operations are kept.

"Video game" means any game played on a charitable video lottery machine, including, but not limited to, a variation of poker, blackjack, instant or line-up games.

"Video game event outcome" means the result of a video game achieved by a player at a charitable video lottery machine.

10 Del. Admin. Code § 205-2.0

22 DE Reg. 163 (8/1/2018) (Final)