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<chapter num="09" heading="Junkets" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Junket Agreements and Final Reports.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A facility operator shall ensure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A junket agreement between a facility operator and a junket enterprise, or junket representative, is in writing; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An executed copy of the junket agreement is submitted to the Commission before a junket arrives at the video lottery facility.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A junket agreement shall include at least the following provisions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>If the Commission disapproves a term of the junket agreement, or determines that a junket enterprise or junket representative has engaged in an activity prohibited under Regulation .02 of this chapter:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The Commission shall notify the facility operator that is a party to the junket agreement of the disapproval or determination; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The operations under the agreement shall be suspended as of the date of the Commission’s disapproval until it is amended by the parties to the satisfaction of the Commission.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The junket enterprise or junket representative shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Maintain good standing with the Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Obtain and maintain all required business licenses and permits;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The services of the junket enterprise and junket representative will comply with all applicable laws.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Junket final reports shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Be prepared by a facility operator for a junket engaged in or on its property, and shall include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The origin of a junket and its date and time of arrival and departure;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The name of all junket enterprises and junket representatives involved in the junket;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>A junket manifest that lists the names and addresses of the junket participants;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>The nature, amount, and value of complimentary services, accommodations, and other items provided by the facility to a junket participant; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>The total amount of services or other items of value provided to or for the benefit of a patron participating in a junket that was paid for by the junket enterprise, a junket representative, or an agent or employee of a junket enterprise or junket representative;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be prepared and signed by an employee of the facility operator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Be prepared within 7 days of completion of the junket; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Upon request of the Commission, be submitted to the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Prohibited Activities.">
    <text>A facility operator shall ensure that a junket enterprise or a junket representative, or an agent or employee of a junket enterprise or a junket representative, does not:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Unless approved in writing by the Commission, accept compensation on any basis other than theoretical win;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Engage in collection efforts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Solicit, receive, or accept any fee or gratuity from a patron for the privilege of participating in a junket or for performance of any function for which the junket enterprise or junket representative is licensed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Unless disclosed in writing to the facility operator for which the junket was arranged, pay for transportation or any other service or item of value that is provided to or for the benefit of a patron participating in a junket;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Extend credit to, or grant credit on behalf of a facility operator to, a patron participating in a junket;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Accept an advance of money or a loan from a patron participating in a junket;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Engage in conduct that would bring the State into disrepute;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>Pursue economic gain in an occupational manner or context that is in violation of the laws of the State, if the pursuit creates a reasonable belief that participation of the junket enterprise or junket representative would be inimical to the policies of State law or the State’s video lottery terminal operations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>Engage in activities that create a reasonable belief that the junket enterprise or junket representative is, or is an associate of, a career offender or a member of a career offender cartel.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="J.">
      <text>Engage in a predatory marketing practice prohibited under COMAR 36.03.03.08; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="K.">
      <text>Perform junket services under an agreement that has not been reduced to writing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">State Government Article, §§9-1A-02 and 9-1A-12, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01 and .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 470); emergency action expired effective July 20, 2013</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.02 adopted effective adopted effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1347)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>