Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) A person may apply for a gaming-related vendor license. All applications shall be made under oath. (B) A person who holds a gaming-related vendor’s license is authorized to sell or lease, and to contract to sell or lease, equipment and supplies […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) The commission may issue a gaming-related vendor’s license under this chapter to an applicant who has: (1) Applied for the gaming-related vendor’s license; (2) Paid a nonrefundable license fee as described in section 3772.17 of the Revised Code, which shall cover […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 386 – 129th General Assembly (A) No person 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: October 17, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 277 – 129th General Assembly (A) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, the license shall be renewed for three years, as determined by commission rule, after a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 386 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any information concerning the following submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an application to the commission for a license under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political subdivision as a record under […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The upfront 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) A maximum of five thousand 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) Casino gaming equipment and supplies customarily used in conducting casino gaming shall be purchased or leased only from gaming-related vendors licensed under this chapter. A management company owning casino gaming devices, supplies, and equipment shall be licensed as a gaming-related vendor […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) All casino facility operations shall use a cashless wagering system whereby all wagerers’ money is converted to chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or other instruments of value at the request of the wagerer that may only be used for wagering at […]
Effective: October 17, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 277 – 129th General Assembly (A) All tokens, chips, or electronic cards that are used to make wagers shall be purchased from the casino operator or management company while at a casino facility that has been approved by the commission. Chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or similar […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) An employee of a casino facility who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be present in the area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as long as the employee’s duties are related solely to […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly The following are not subject to, or limited by, the requirements of this chapter or Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution: (A) Charitable gaming authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code; (B) Charitable bingo authorized by Section 6 of Article […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) Each of the four casino facilities shall be subject to all applicable state laws and local ordinances related to health and building codes, or any related requirements and provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no local zoning, land use laws, subdivision regulations or […]
Effective: October 17, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 277 – 129th General Assembly (A) Each initial licensed casino operator of each of the four casino facilities shall make an initial investment of at least two hundred fifty million dollars for the development of each casino facility. (B) If a casino operator has made an initial […]
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly All shipments of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, including slot machines, into this state are exempt from section (2) of “An Act to Prohibit Transportation of Gambling Devices in Interstate and Foreign Commerce,” 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171-1177.
Effective: September 10, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 519 – 128th General Assembly (A) If any person violates this chapter or a rule adopted thereunder, the attorney general has a cause of action to restrain the violation. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon receiving a request […]
Effective: October 17, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 277 – 129th General Assembly (A) The commission, by and through the executive director of the commission and as required under section 125.05 of the Revised Code, may enter into contracts necessary to ensure the proper operation and reporting of all casino gaming authorized under this chapter. […]
