16Department of Public Safety

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16DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

633GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD

Chapter 7:COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS

§1.All fees, fines, charges, taxes, and penalties required by 8 M.R.S.A. Chapter 31 and rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 31, shall be submitted to the Board or as directed by the Board as they are due. Payment shall be in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order made out to the “Treasurer State of Maine/Gambling Control Board.” In lieu of these payment forms, the Board or State may accept an electronic wire transfer to a designated account.

§2.Each dayat a pre-set time following closure of slot machine operations, the casino operator licensed to operate slot machines and table games at a commercial track licensed to operate a slot machine facility on January 1, shall, through the Central Site Monitoring System (CSMS), ascertain the daily gross slot machine income for the period that just closed. Prior to the start of operations on each Wednesday, the Operator shall, using the CSMS, generate a summary gross slot machine income report for the previous week. The total contained in the report shall be reconciled with the individual daily totals. The Operator shall, before the close of business on Wednesday, submit the weekly amounts to the Board in two payments as follows:

1.1% of the gross slot machine income shall constitute one payment; and

2.39% of the net slot machine income shall constitute the second payment.

Should any dispute arise concerning the payment amounts, the CSMS figure shall control.

§3.Each dayat a pre-set time following closure of slot machine operations, the Casino Operator shall through the Central Site Monitoring System (CSMS), ascertain the daily gross slot machine income for the period that just closed. Prior to the start of operations on each Wednesday, the Casino Operator shall, using the CSMS, generate a summary gross slot machine income report for the previous week. The total contained in the report shall be reconciled with the individual daily totals. The Casino Operator shall, before the close of business on Wednesday, submit the weekly amounts to the Board in one payment as follows:

46% of the net slot machine income.

§4.Each day at a pre-set time following the closure of table game operations the Casino Operator shall ascertain the daily table game income for the period that just closed. Before the close of business on Wednesday the Casino Operator shall submit the weekly totals and amount to the Board in one payment as follows:

16% of the net table game income shall constitute one payment.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 8 M.R.S.A. §1003

EFFECTIVE DATE:

February 21, 2005 – filing 2005-62

AMENDED:

August 5, 2006 – Section 2, filing 2006-348

October 1, 2011 – filing 2011-325

April 22, 2014 – filing 2014-075