Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law § 13-1107 – Gaming event--Conduct

(a)
1. (1) A gaming event may be conducted only in accordance with this subtitle.
2. (2) A gaming device may only be managed or operated by a representative of the fundraising organization named in the gaming permit for the gaming event.
3. (3) A professional gaming operator may not manage, operate, or assist in the management or operation of a gaming device.
4. (4) A person may not receive any commission, salary, reward, tip, or other compensation for managing or operating a gaming device at a gaming event.
5. (5) A minor may not participate in a gaming event.
6. (6) A fundraising organization may lease gaming devices or premises for a gaming event only from a fundraising organization that the County Attorney approves.
7. (7)
  1. (i) A lease agreement of gaming devices or premises for a gaming event shall be priced on the basis of fair market value of the equipment or premises.
  2. (ii) A lease agreement may not include a provision for sharing profit from a gaming event with a lessor or a provision that reasonably may be interpreted to provide for sharing profit from a gaming event.
8. (8) A fundraising organization may not conduct more than three gaming events during a calendar quarter.
9. (9)
  1. (i) A fundraising organization may not conduct a gaming event under a single gaming permit for a period greater than 48 hours.
  2. (ii) The actual gaming time may not exceed 24 hours in that 48-hour period, which may be divided into not more than two separate gaming periods.
  3. (iii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event at the Charles County Fair in conjunction with the Charles County Fair Board may conduct the gaming event under a single gaming permit for more than 48 hours, subject to regulations that the county commissioners adopt on recommendation of the County Attorney.
(b)
1. (1) A fundraising organization that has conducted a gaming event shall submit a report to the County Attorney within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the gaming event was conducted.
2. (2) The report shall contain:
  1. (i) the name of the fundraising organization;
  2. (ii) the number of the gaming permit;
  3. (iii) the date of the gaming event;
  4. (iv) the date, amount, nature, source, and recipient of each receipt and expenditure associated with the gaming event, in the format that the County Attorney prescribes;
  5. (v) a separate list of the date, amount, and recipient of each charitable donation from the proceeds;
  6. (vi) the name, age, address, and date of membership of each representative who managed, operated, or assisted in the operation or management of a gaming device at the gaming event;
  7. (vii) a statement that each listed representative qualified as a representative under § 13-1101(i) of this subtitle at the time of the gaming event;
  8. (viii) a statement that:
    1. 1. an agreement does not exist and has not existed for sharing the proceeds of a gaming event with any other person; and
    2. 2. only the fundraising organization or its representative has received or will receive any proceeds of the gaming event, except to further the purposes of the fundraising organization; and
  9. (ix) any other information that the County Attorney considers necessary or helpful.
3. (3) A principal officer of the fundraising organization shall sign and verify the report under the penalties of perjury.
(c) A fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event shall maintain accurate records of each transaction concerning the gaming event, and shall keep the records available for examination by the County Attorney and the county commissioners for 3 years after the gaming event.

Added as Criminal Law § 13-1108 by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Renumbered as Criminal Law § 13-1107 by Acts 2025, c. 81, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 82, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2025. Amended by Acts 2025, c. 81, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 82, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

Formerly Art. 27, § 253A.