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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 160, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 253344

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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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15            page 16, line 8, delete those lines

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18         (b)  A cardroom may be operated at the facility only

19  when the facility is authorized to accept wagers on

20  pari-mutuel events during its authorized meet. A cardroom may

21  begin operations within 2 hours prior to the post time of the

22  first pari-mutuel event conducted live at the pari-mutuel

23  facility on which wagers are accepted and must cease

24  operations within 2 hours after the conclusion of the last

25  pari-mutuel event conducted live at the pari-mutuel facility

26  on which wagers are accepted.

27         (c)  A cardroom operator must at all times employ and

28  provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on which authorized

29  card games which traditionally utilize a dealer are conducted

30  at the cardroom.  Such dealers may not have any participatory

31  interest in any game other than the dealing of cards and may

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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  1  not have an interest in the outcome of the game.  The

  2  providing of such dealers by a licensee shall not be construed

  3  as constituting the conducting of a banking game by the

  4  cardroom operator.

  5         (d)  Each cardroom operator shall conspicuously post

  6  upon the premises of the cardroom a notice which contains a

  7  copy of the cardroom license; a list of authorized games

  8  offered by the cardroom; the wagering limits imposed by the

  9  house, if any; any additional house rules regarding operation

10  of the cardroom or the playing of any game; and all costs to

11  players to participate, including any rake by the house.  In

12  addition, each cardroom operator shall post at each table a

13  notice of the minimum and maximum bets authorized at such

14  table and the fee for participation in the game conducted.

15         (e)  The cardroom facility shall be subject to

16  inspection by the division or any law enforcement agency

17  during the licensee's regular business hours.  The inspection

18  will specifically encompass the permitholder internal control

19  procedures approved by the division.

20         (f)  A cardroom operator may refuse entry to or refuse

21  to allow to play any person who is objectionable, undesirable,

22  or disruptive, but such refusal shall not be on the basis of

23  race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital

24  status, physical handicap, or age, except as provided in this

25  section.

26         (8)  METHOD OF WAGERS; LIMITATION.--

27         (a)  No wagering may be conducted using money or other

28  negotiable currency. Games may only be played utilizing a

29  wagering system whereby all players' money is first converted

30  by the house to tokens or chips which shall be used for

31  wagering only at that specific cardroom.

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  1         (b)  The winnings of any player in a single round,

  2  hand, or game may not exceed $10 in value. The fee charged by

  3  the cardroom for participation in the game shall not be

  4  included in the calculation of the limitation on the pot size

  5  provided in this paragraph.

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  9  And the title is amended as follows:

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