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materials; for the repayment of the money appropriated to the
State Lottery Fund; and for transfer to the General Fund for
distribution pursuant to section 387; and

 
Sec. 5. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§1, śM, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 301, §2, is
amended to read:

 
M. The imprinting on all lottery tickets sold in the State
of the overall odds of winning a prize for each game.; and

 
Sec. 6. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§1, śN is enacted to read:

 
N.__Rules to administer and enforce Title 17, chapter 16,
which may be adopted jointly with the Chief of the State
Police.__These rules are major substantive rules pursuant to
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
Sec. 7. 17 MRSA §348 is enacted to read:

 
§348.__Applicability

 
Except as expressly provided in chapter 16, this chapter does
not apply to video gaming terminals.

 
Sec. 8. 17 MRSA c. 16 is enacted to read:

 
CHAPTER 16

 
VIDEO GAMING TERMINALS

 
SUBCHAPTER 1

 
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 
§361.__Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
1.__Associated equipment.__"Associated equipment" means any
proprietary device, machine or part used in the manufacture or
maintenance of a video gaming terminal, including, but not
limited to, integrated circuit chips, printed wired assemblies,
printed wired boards, printing mechanisms, video display monitors
and metering devices.

 
2.__Director.__"Director" means the Director of the Bureau of
Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department
of Administrative and Financial Services.


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