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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 36.03.07.03" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="07" heading="Mandatory Exclusion List.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commission shall establish a mandatory exclusion list.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Director may place on the mandatory exclusion list an individual who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is a career offender;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Has been convicted of a criminal offense under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States that is a criminal offense involving moral turpitude or a gambling offense;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Would adversely affect the interests of the State, the licensee, or the individual if the individual were to be present at a video lottery facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Is the subject of any administrative or judicial order directing the individual to stay away from a video lottery or other gaming facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Presents a threat to the safety of any individual on the premises of a video lottery facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Engages in, or has a documented history of engaging in, disruption of video lottery or table game play;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The Director or a facility operator has a reasonable belief has cheated, or attempted to cheat, at a facility by engaging in conduct including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Altering or misrepresenting the outcome of a game or event on which bets have been placed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Placing, cancelling, increasing, or decreasing a bet based on knowledge that is not available to other players;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Claiming or collecting a prize from a video lottery facility that the individual did not win or earn or that the individual was not otherwise authorized to claim or collect;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Manipulating a video lottery terminal, a table game, a central monitor and control system, or associated equipment or software to affect the outcome of a game or bet; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Altering the elements of chance or methods of selection or criteria that determine the outcome of a game or bet; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Engages in any conduct that may adversely affect public confidence in, or perception of, video lottery or table game operations in the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In evaluating whether to place an individual on the mandatory exclusion list, the Director may specify monetary amounts and circumstances, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The nature of the incident;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Whether the individual was a video lottery employee licensee at the time of the incident;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the individual was a licensee, whether the individual was working at a video lottery facility while the individual engaged in conduct described in §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Whether the incident directly impacts:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A video lottery facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A player; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A licensee;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The amount or type of loss to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A video lottery facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A player; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A licensee;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Whether the individual made restitution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Whether the individual was involved in a prior incident that meets the criteria of §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Whether a video lottery facility has other information the Director finds relevant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Any other information the Director finds relevant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The entry of an individual on the mandatory exclusion list shall include sufficient information to identify the excluded individual.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The information used to identify an excluded individual may include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The individual’s:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name and any nickname or alias;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Residential address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Telephone numbers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Gender;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Physical description, including any birthmarks, scars, or tattoos;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Race or ethnic origin;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>For non-United States citizens, country of origin; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Photograph;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Date of placement on the mandatory exclusion list;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Brief statement of the basis for placing the individual on the mandatory exclusion list; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other information the Commission requires.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The mandatory exclusion list and related records are public records under General Provisions Article, §4-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>