§ 41-9.1-26 State lottery divisiondesignated excluded persons. – (a) The state lottery division shall adopt rules to provide for theestablishment of a list of persons who are to be excluded from any room,premises, or designated gaming area of any establishment where gaming isconducted pursuant to a license or contract issued pursuant to the provisionsof this chapter. The rules must define the standards for exclusion and includestandards relating to the following persons:
(1) Those who are career or professional offenders as definedby the rules of the state lottery division.
(2) Those who have been convicted of a criminal offensespecified by the state lottery division.
(3) Those whose presence in a gaming establishment operatedby a casino licensee would be adverse to the interests of Rhode Island orgaming operations.
(b) The state lottery division shall have the authority toplace persons on the excluded list. The state lottery division may not place aperson on such a list due to the person's race, color, creed, national origin,sex, or disability.
(c) Whenever the name and description of any person is placedon an excluded person's list pursuant to this chapter, except at that person'srequest, the state lottery division shall serve notice of such fact to suchperson by either of the following:
(1) By personal service.
(2) By certified mail to the last known address of suchperson.
(d) A person may petition the state lottery division forremoval of his or her name from the list. The petitioner has the burden ofproving he or she does not meet the criteria of subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or(a)(3) of this section.
(e) Any person who has been placed on the list of persons tobe excluded or ejected from any gaming establishment pursuant to this chaptermay be imprisoned for up to six (6) months or fined not more than five hundreddollars ($500), or both, if he or she thereafter enters or attempts to enterthe premises of a gaming establishment without first having obtained adetermination by the state lottery division that he or she should not have beenplaced on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected.
(f) The state lottery division may impose sanctions on alicensee under this chapter if the licensee willfully fails to exclude from thelicensed gaming establishment a person placed on the exclusion list.
(g) The state lottery division may seek suspension of alicense if the licensee engages in a pattern of willful failure to exclude fromthe licensed gaming establishment persons placed on the exclusion list.
(h) A person who is placed on the list is entitled to ahearing for review of the listing. Unless otherwise agreed by the state lotterydivision and the named person, the hearing shall be held not later than thirty(30) days after the receipt of the petition.
§ 41-9.1-26 State lottery divisiondesignated excluded persons. – (a) The state lottery division shall adopt rules to provide for theestablishment of a list of persons who are to be excluded from any room,premises, or designated gaming area of any establishment where gaming isconducted pursuant to a license or contract issued pursuant to the provisionsof this chapter. The rules must define the standards for exclusion and includestandards relating to the following persons:
(1) Those who are career or professional offenders as definedby the rules of the state lottery division.
(2) Those who have been convicted of a criminal offensespecified by the state lottery division.
(3) Those whose presence in a gaming establishment operatedby a casino licensee would be adverse to the interests of Rhode Island orgaming operations.
(b) The state lottery division shall have the authority toplace persons on the excluded list. The state lottery division may not place aperson on such a list due to the person's race, color, creed, national origin,sex, or disability.
(c) Whenever the name and description of any person is placedon an excluded person's list pursuant to this chapter, except at that person'srequest, the state lottery division shall serve notice of such fact to suchperson by either of the following:
(1) By personal service.
(2) By certified mail to the last known address of suchperson.
(d) A person may petition the state lottery division forremoval of his or her name from the list. The petitioner has the burden ofproving he or she does not meet the criteria of subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or(a)(3) of this section.
(e) Any person who has been placed on the list of persons tobe excluded or ejected from any gaming establishment pursuant to this chaptermay be imprisoned for up to six (6) months or fined not more than five hundreddollars ($500), or both, if he or she thereafter enters or attempts to enterthe premises of a gaming establishment without first having obtained adetermination by the state lottery division that he or she should not have beenplaced on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected.
(f) The state lottery division may impose sanctions on alicensee under this chapter if the licensee willfully fails to exclude from thelicensed gaming establishment a person placed on the exclusion list.
(g) The state lottery division may seek suspension of alicense if the licensee engages in a pattern of willful failure to exclude fromthe licensed gaming establishment persons placed on the exclusion list.
(h) A person who is placed on the list is entitled to ahearing for review of the listing. Unless otherwise agreed by the state lotterydivision and the named person, the hearing shall be held not later than thirty(30) days after the receipt of the petition.
§ 41-9.1-26 State lottery divisiondesignated excluded persons. – (a) The state lottery division shall adopt rules to provide for theestablishment of a list of persons who are to be excluded from any room,premises, or designated gaming area of any establishment where gaming isconducted pursuant to a license or contract issued pursuant to the provisionsof this chapter. The rules must define the standards for exclusion and includestandards relating to the following persons:
(1) Those who are career or professional offenders as definedby the rules of the state lottery division.
(2) Those who have been convicted of a criminal offensespecified by the state lottery division.
(3) Those whose presence in a gaming establishment operatedby a casino licensee would be adverse to the interests of Rhode Island orgaming operations.
(b) The state lottery division shall have the authority toplace persons on the excluded list. The state lottery division may not place aperson on such a list due to the person's race, color, creed, national origin,sex, or disability.
(c) Whenever the name and description of any person is placedon an excluded person's list pursuant to this chapter, except at that person'srequest, the state lottery division shall serve notice of such fact to suchperson by either of the following:
(1) By personal service.
(2) By certified mail to the last known address of suchperson.
(d) A person may petition the state lottery division forremoval of his or her name from the list. The petitioner has the burden ofproving he or she does not meet the criteria of subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or(a)(3) of this section.
(e) Any person who has been placed on the list of persons tobe excluded or ejected from any gaming establishment pursuant to this chaptermay be imprisoned for up to six (6) months or fined not more than five hundreddollars ($500), or both, if he or she thereafter enters or attempts to enterthe premises of a gaming establishment without first having obtained adetermination by the state lottery division that he or she should not have beenplaced on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected.
(f) The state lottery division may impose sanctions on alicensee under this chapter if the licensee willfully fails to exclude from thelicensed gaming establishment a person placed on the exclusion list.
(g) The state lottery division may seek suspension of alicense if the licensee engages in a pattern of willful failure to exclude fromthe licensed gaming establishment persons placed on the exclusion list.
(h) A person who is placed on the list is entitled to ahearing for review of the listing. Unless otherwise agreed by the state lotterydivision and the named person, the hearing shall be held not later than thirty(30) days after the receipt of the petition.
