3772-4-08 Affirmative license standards.

 

 

 

3772-4-08                    Affirmative license standards.

 

 

 

(A)An applicant for a casino operator, management company or holding  company license shall establish, by clear and convincing evidence, the applicant's suitability for licensure.

 

(B)An applicant for a casino operator, management company or  holding  company license shall establish, by clear and convincing evidence, the suitability of all holding companies that are not required to obtain a holding company license.

 

(C)An applicant for a casino operator, management company or  holding  company license shall establish, by clear and convincing evidence, the qualification and suitability for a key employee license of the following individuals required to obtain a key employee license, if applicable, and any key employees in a similar or equivalent position, prior to the issuance of the casino operator, management company or holding company license:

 

(1)Chief executive officer;

 

(2) Chief operating officer;

 

(3) General manager of casino facility;

 

(4) Casino manager;

 

(5) Chief financial officer;

 

(6) Controller;

 

(7) Principal accounting officer;

 

(8) General counsel or chief legal officer;

 

(9)Chief compliance officer of a holding company that conducts or participates in conducting casino gaming;

 

(10) Director of the applicant or its holdings companies;

 

(11) Member or partner; and

 

(12)Executive officers that exercise significant influence over the operations of the applicant or its holding companies.

 

(D)An applicant for a casino operator, management company or holding  company license shall establish the suitability of any other individual who holds more than five percent ownership interest in the applicant, who exercises significant influence over the casino operations in this state, or who directly or indirectly controls the applicant, or any other individual identified by the commission.

 

 

 

(E) In determining whether to grant, maintain or renew a casino operator, management company or holding company license, the commission shall evaluate and consider the following factors in addition to those set forth in Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code:

(1) The  reputation  and  business  experience  of  the  applicant  and  its  holding companies;

(2) Whether  the  applicant  and  its  holding  companies  possess  good  character, honesty and integrity;

(3) Whether the applicant and its holding companies possess financial stability, integrity and responsibility;

(4) The ability of the applicant to purchase and maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance;

(5) The ability of the applicant for a casino operator license to post and maintain a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars in accordance with the requirements in section 3772.112 of the Revised Code;

(6) The compliance history of the applicant, its holding companies, and its affiliates or affiliated companies with casino-related licensing requirements in this state or any other jurisdiction;

(7) The  criminal  history  of  the  applicant  and  its  holding  companies  in  any jurisdiction;

(8) Whether and to what extent the applicant or its holding companies have associated with members of organized crime and other persons of disreputable character;

(9) Whether the applicant or its holding companies have filed or had filed against it a proceeding for bankruptcy or have ever been involved in any formal process to adjust, defer, suspend, or otherwise resolve the payment of any debt;

(10) Whether the applicant or its holding companies have been served with a complaint or other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax required under federal, state or local law that has been delinquent for one or more years;

(11) Whether the applicant or its holding companies have been a defendant in litigation involving its business practices during the past ten years;

(12) The extent to which the applicant or its holding companies have cooperated with the commission in connection with the background investigation;

(13) The extent to which the applicant or its holding companies have provided accurate and complete information in the application;

(14) The suitability of the facilities or proposed facilities for the conducting of casino gaming;

(15) The prospective total revenue to be collected by the state for the conducting of casino gaming; and

(16) Whether awarding the license would undermine the public's confidence in the casino gaming industry in this state.

Effective:	04/01/2012
R.C. 119.032 review dates:	04/01/2017
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
03/22/2012
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	3772.03
Rule Amplifies:	3772.03, 3772.10, 3772.11, 3772.07