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appeal.__The commissioner shall render a decision within 30 days of
the hearing.

 
4.__Disclosure of other contracts and agreements.__A
distributor shall disclose to the Chief of the State Police any
other contracts or agreements that the distributor or a
subsidiary of the distributor has made with a licensee.

 
5.__Incentives prohibited.__A distributor may not offer an
incentive to a licensee to accept placement of a video gaming
terminal on the premises of the licensee and a licensee may not
solicit such an incentive.__For purposes of this subsection,
"incentive" means any consideration, including merchandise, a
premium or bonus in cash or an advance payment of the licensee's
share of net terminal income.__"Incentive" does not include the
licensee's share of net terminal income provided for in section
383.__A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class
C crime and that person's license, if any, is revoked and the
right to apply for a license under this chapter is precluded.

 
6.__Ownership of terminals.__A person may not place or operate
a video gaming terminal for use in this State if the terminal is
owned by a person other than a video gaming terminal distributor
licensed under this chapter.__A video gaming terminal distributor
may not own more than 300 video gaming terminals licensed in this
State or more than 15% of the total number of video gaming
terminals licensed in this State, whichever is lesser.

 
§373.__Licensing of terminals

 
1.__License required.__A video gaming terminal may not be
placed for public use or operated in this State unless the
terminal is licensed by the Chief of the State Police.__The
terminal license must be prominently displayed on the terminal.__
Language describing the odds of winning the game and warning of
the danger of compulsive gambling must also be prominently
displayed on the terminal.

 
2.__Requirements for license.__To be licensed, a video gaming
terminal:

 
A.__May offer only games permitted by the Chief of the State
Police;

 
B.__May not have any means of manipulation that affect the
random probabilities of winning a game;

 
C.__May not directly dispense coins, cash or__tokens;


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