Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 27, § 44. Definitions

(1) “Applicant” means a person who has submitted an application to the division seeking a license or permit, or the renewal thereof.

(2) “Application” means the forms and schedules prescribed by the division upon which an applicant seeks a license or permit or the renewal thereof. Application also includes information, disclosure statements, and financial statements submitted by an applicant as part of an application.

(3) “ Board” shall have the same meaning as the term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(4) “Designated gaming area” means that portion of a riverboat in which gaming activities may be conducted. Such designated gaming area shall not exceed two thousand three hundred sixty-five gaming positions, subject to the rules and regulations of the board.

(5) “Designated river” or “designated waterway” means those rivers or bodies of water listed in R.S. 27:43 upon which gaming activities may be conducted.

(6) “Division” shall have the same meaning as that term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(7) “Economic interest” shall have the same meaning as that term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(8) “Entertainment fee” means a fee assessed by the state for each passenger boarding a riverboat.

(10) “Gaming activities” or “gaming operations” means the use, operation, or conducting of any game or gaming device upon a riverboat including all activities related to and integral to the operation and profitability of a riverboat, including accounting procedures and internal controls governing the licensee's operations.

(12) “Gaming operator” or “licensee” means any person holding or applying for a gaming license to conduct gaming activities.

(13) “Gaming position” means a gaming device seat or a space at a table game. Each gaming device seat shall be counted as one position and each space at a table game shall be counted as one position, subject to the rules and regulations of the board. The board shall specifically provide by rule for the counting of gaming positions for devices and games where seats and spaces are not readily countable. “Gaming position” shall not include a seat or space at a sports wagering mechanism or at a sports wagering window.

(14) “License” or “gaming license” means a license or authorization to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

(15) “Net gaming proceeds” means the total of all cash and property, including checks received by a licensee, whether collected or not, received by the licensee from gaming operations, less the total of all cash paid out as winnings to patrons and five million dollars annually directly attributable to promotional play wagers.

(16) “Non-certificated vessel” means a riverboat vessel which does not hold a Certificate of Inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard. Such vessels may include those that formerly held a Certificate of Inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard and those for which the Coast Guard declines to issue a Certificate of Inspection.

(17) “Passenger” means a natural person who is present on a riverboat but has no part in the vessel's operation.

(18) “Permit” shall have the same meaning as that term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(19) “Permittee” shall have the same meaning as that term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(20) “Person” shall have the same meaning as that term defined in R.S. 27:3.

(21) “Promotional play wagers” means wagers placed by patrons using noncashable vouchers, promotional chips, coupons, electronic credits, electronic promotions, scrips, or any other cash equivalent that is provided to the patron by the licensee.

(23) “Racehorse wagering operator” means the licensed racing association whose facility is located closest to the licensed berth of the riverboat on which gaming activities are approved.

(24) “Riverboat” means one of the following:

(25) “Slot machine” means any mechanical, electrical, or other device, contrivance, or machine which, upon insertion of a coin, token, or similar object therein or upon payment of any consideration whatsoever, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, whether by reason of the skill of the operator or application of the element of chance, or both, may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens, or anything of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner.

(26) “Supervisor” means the person in charge of the division.