(a) Requirements. A linked bingo game may be conducted only by a licensed linked bingo game provider, and the provider may conduct linked bingo games only at locations in the County at which commercial bingo is authorized. A linked bingo game provider may offer not more than one linked bingo game per session and shall provide documentary evidence to ensure that each prize winner is paid within 48 hours.
(b) Standards. No linked bingo game provider may have:
(1) ever been convicted, held liable, or found to have committed acts involving moral turpitude, including any violation of federal, state, or local law or regulation;
(2) ever had a judgment entered in an action for fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation by any court of competent jurisdiction;
(3) associations with individuals known to have engaged in organized crime or racketeering;
(4) a financial relationship with any person known to have engaged in organized crime or racketeering;
(5) had direct managerial or supervisory control over a gaming enterprise in which there was a pattern of cheating, fraud, or employee dishonesty;
(6) violated the provisions of this article; or
(7) engaged in any other conduct that the Director determines to have threatened the integrity of bingo or public confidence in the integrity of bingo.
(c) Term. The term of a provider's license is a calendar year.
(d) Fee. The annual fee is for the license is $3,000.
(e) Bond or other security. A linked bingo game provider shall provide a bond or other security acceptable to the Director in the amount of $250,000 to guarantee prize payment.
(Bill No. 9-05)