1. (a) This section applies only in Worcester County.
2. (b) The Commission may issue an amusement gaming license to a family entertainment center that satisfies the requirements of this section.

3. (c) A family entertainment center may apply to the Commission for a license under this section if the family entertainment center:

   1. (1) is located in a building that is owned, leased, or occupied by the family entertainment center for the primary purpose of providing amusement devices to the public;
   2. (2) receives a majority of the gross receipts from amusement, merchandise, redemption, or skills-based devices;
   3. (3) markets its business to families with children;
   4. (4) offers amusement devices, arcade games, crane games, video games, interactive and sporting games, amusement rides, miniature golf, and bowling; and
   5. (5) is in continuous operation in the same geographic location since 1975.

4. (d)

   1. (1) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may operate:

      1. (i) skills-based devices that award noncash prizes of minimal value; and
      2. (ii) up to 10 skills-based devices that award noncash prizes with a minimal wholesale value that does not exceed $599.
   2. (2) The Commission shall determine the value of the noncash prizes that may be awarded by a skills-based device under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.
5. (e) A family entertainment center may not exchange merchandise for money.
6. (f) The Commission may determine that a device at a family entertainment center is an illegal gaming device and order the device to be removed from the family entertainment center.
7. (g) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may not transfer the license to another geographic location.

Added by Acts 2016, c. 595, § 1, eff. June 1, 2016.