§ 1116a.7. Terminal operator licensee restrictions.
(a) No more than five video gaming terminals may be placed on the premises of an establishment licensee.
(b) Redemption tickets may only be redeemed for cash through a ticket redemption terminal located in the same video gaming area or reinserted into another video gaming terminal in the same video gaming area for continued play.
(c) Video gaming terminals located in the video gaming area of an establishment licensee must be placed and operated under a terminal placement agreement approved by the Board.
(d) A terminal operator licensee may not offer or provide an incentive to a person to engage in video gaming activity.
(e) A terminal operator licensee may not extend credit or accept a credit card or debit card for play of a video gaming terminal.
(f) A terminal operator licensee may not give or offer to give, directly or indirectly, any type of inducement to a truck stop establishment to secure or maintain a terminal operator placement agreement. For purposes of this subsection, an ‘‘inducement’’ may not include payment by a terminal operator licensee for the actual costs of renovating an existing area of the footprint of the truck stop establishment for the purpose of making the video gaming area and associated areas available for the conduct of video gaming. The term, as used in this subsection, does not include making the area operate at the premises including wiring, rewiring, software updates, ongoing video gaming terminal maintenance, redemption terminals, network connections, site controllers and costs associated with communicating with the central control computer system, as well as renovations to include flooring, lighting and barriers. Nothing in this section shall preclude a truck stop establishment from making further modifications to its facility to accommodate video gaming terminal.
(g) A terminal operator licensee may not give an establishment licensee a percentage of gross terminal revenue other than 15% of the gross terminal revenue of the video gaming terminals operating in the establishment licensee’s premises.
(h) A terminal operator licensee may not operate, install or otherwise make available for public use a video gaming terminal or redemption terminal that has not been obtained from a manufacturer licensee or supplier licensee.
(i) A terminal operator licensee may not make structural alterations or significant renovations to a video gaming area unless the terminal operator licensee has notified the establishment licensee and obtained prior approval from the Board.
(j) A terminal operator licensee may not move a video gaming terminal or redemption unit after installation unless prior approval of the Board is obtained.
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