1206.1 No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation shall sell, rent, lease or distribute gaming supplies or equipment for bingo games, raffles and Monte Carlo night parties to any licensed organization without a license issued by the Board.

1206.2 Except as provided in § 1206.4, any person, firm, partnership, or corporation incorporated in the District or authorized to do business in the District with a resident agent who is authorized to be served legal documents and receive notices, orders and directives from the Board is eligible to apply for a license to sell, rent or distribute bingo and Monte Carlo night party supplies or equipment to licensed organizations.

1206.3 The Board shall consider the following factors in determining the eligibility of an applicant for a supplier's license:

1. (a) The business experience of the applicant;
2. (b) The veracity and accuracy of the information supplied in the application for a supplier's license;
3. (c) The applicant's indebtedness to the District or other state or local government and other factors relating to financial reliability that indicate that the applicant will conduct business in a responsible and honest manner;
4. (d) The applicant's business performance record and business practices; and
5. (e) A pending lawsuit or bankruptcy proceeding involving or affecting the applicant.

1206.4 The following persons shall not be eligible for a supplier's license:

1. (a) In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1328, a person convicted of a felony who has not received a pardon or has not been released from parole or probation for at least five (5) years prior to his or her applying for a suppliers' license;
2. (b) A person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
3. (c) A business in which a person disqualified under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection is employed or active or in which a person is married or related in the first degree of kinship to such person who has an interest of

more than ten percent (10%) in the business;

(d) Public officers or public employees of the District, if the Board determines that a conflict of interests exist; and

(e) Board members and employees of the Board.

1206.5 For the purpose of § 1206.4(b), "professional gambler" means a person who makes a living primarily in pursuing the business or practice of gaming by the use of cards, dice, or other gambling device with the purpose of thereby winning money or other property, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, a place for gambling. Casual gambling for amusement and legalized gambling do not come within the definition of a professional gambler.

1206.6 For the purpose of § 1206.4(b), "gambling promoter" means a person who begins, secures financing for, or assists in the organization or conduct of a gambling operation, unless these activities were conducted pursuant to the laws of another jurisdiction.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 5015 (November 12, 1982); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3788 (May 20, 1988).