Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Applicant” means any person who applies to the commission for a license under this chapter. (B) “Casino control commission fund” means the casino control commission fund described in Section 6(C)(3)(d) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, the […]
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 132 (GA 132), House Bill 49 (GA 132), House Bill 29 (GA 134) (A) To ensure the integrity of casino gaming, the commission shall have authority to complete the functions of licensing, regulating, investigating, and penalizing casino operators, management companies, holding companies, key employees, casino gaming employees, […]
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The general assembly finds that the exclusion or ejection of certain persons from casino facilities and from sports gaming is necessary to effectuate the intents and purposes of this chapter and Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code and to maintain strict […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly In carrying out the responsibilities vested in the commission by this chapter, the commission may do all the following and may designate any such responsibilities to the executive director, to the commission’s employees, or to the gaming agents: (A) Inspect and examine […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly 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.
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) If the commission concludes that an applicant, licensee, or other person subject to the commission’s jurisdiction under this chapter should be fined or penalized, or that a license required by this chapter or Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code should be […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly To carry out the provisions of this chapter and other enforcement provisions provided for under the laws of this state, under their established duties and authority, the tax commissioner, the Ohio ethics commission, the inspector general, and the commission, and their respective […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A)(1) The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director is in the unclassified service, shall devote full time to the duties of the office, and shall hold no other office or […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The executive director of the commission shall enter into an agreement with the department of mental health and addiction services under which the department provides a program of gambling and addiction services, including services to alleviate problem sports gaming, on behalf […]
Effective: March 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 – 134th General Assembly The following appointing or licensing authorities shall obtain a criminal records check of the person who is to be appointed or licensed: (A) The governor, before appointing an individual as a member of the commission; (B) The commission, before appointing an individual […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 386 – 129th General Assembly (A) No license issued under this chapter is transferable. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, new majority ownership interest or control of a licensee shall require a new license. The commission may reopen a licensing investigation at any time. […]
Effective: October 9, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 263 – 133rd General Assembly (A) In determining whether to grant or maintain the privilege of a casino operator, management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming employee, or gaming-related vendor license, the Ohio casino control commission shall, except as provided in division (D) of this section, […]
Effective: October 17, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 277 – 129th General Assembly (A) A person may apply to the commission for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license to conduct casino gaming at a casino facility as provided in this chapter. The application shall be made under oath on forms provided by […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly 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 […]
