Gaming LDs / Bills for the 128th Maine Legislative Session
The 128th Maine Legislature convened on December 7, 2016 and Adjourned on September 13, 2018
| LD/Bill | LD 4 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Jonathan L. Kinney, (R - Limington) |
| Title | An Act To Amend the Licensing Requirements for Beano Halls Leased by Veterans' Organizations |
| Summary | This bill exempts a veterans' organization that is licensed to conduct beano or bingo games from the requirement to get a beano hall permit if that veterans' organization wishes to lease its facility as a beano hall to an organization licensed to conduct beano or bingo games. |
| Status | DEAD MAY 9, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 122 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Catherine M. Nadeau, (D - Winslow) |
| Title | An Act To Allow Schools To Operate Nonprofit Bingo Events for Children and Families |
| Summary | This bill allows elementary and secondary schools to operate beano or bingo games for the entertainment of and recreation for the schools' students and the students' families if the games are not for profit. |
| Status | DEAD MAY 4, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 407 |
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| Sponsor | Senator Ronald F. Collins, (R - York) |
| Title | An Act To Simplify the Laws Regarding Games of Chance |
| Summary | This bill specifies, for the purposes of the laws governing games of chance, that games of chance are those games in which the outcome is solely determined by chance, outside the control of the contestant or participant |
| Status | DEAD MAY 9, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 446 |
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| Sponsor | Senator Ronald F. Collins, (R - York) |
| Title | An Act To Allow Campgrounds To Operate Beano or Bingo |
| Summary | This bill amends current law concerning the licensing of beano and bingo games in resort hotels. The bill adds campgrounds to the licensing provisions, removes the restriction on the number of seasonal licenses that may be issued and changes the license fee from $10 to up to $100. |
| Status | PASSED MAY 7, 2017 |
| LD/Bill | LD 510 |
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| Sponsor | Senator Michael E. Carpenter, (D - Aroostook) |
| Title | An Act To Create Fairness in Gaming License Fees for Small Nonprofit Organizations |
| Summary | This bill reduces by 75% the annual fee for a license to conduct games of chance and games of cards, including tournament games, for organizations with net revenues from those activities of less than $10,000 for the prior year. |
| Status | DEAD MARCH 7, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 713 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Michael G. Devin, (D - Newcastle) |
| Title | Resolve, Authorizing Legislation To Streamline the Laws Governing the Licensing and Conduct of Beano and Games of Chance |
| Summary | This resolve directs the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs to meet to develop proposals to streamline the laws governing beano and games of chance with the purpose of simplifying licensure, maximizing revenue to licensed charitable organizations and easing the administrative and enforcement burdens of the Chief of the State Police. The resolve requires the chief to provide certain information regarding licensing, revenues and costs of administration to the committee. |
| Status | DEAD MARCH 30, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 719 |
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| Sponsor | Transmitted to the Clerk of the 128th Maine Legislature by the Secretary of State on February 24, 2017 and ordered printed. |
| Title | An Act To Allow Slot Machines or a Casino in York County |
| Summary | This initiated bill allows slot machines or a casino in York County. The initiated bill authorizes the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board to accept applications for a license to operate slot machines or a casino from an entity that owned in 2003 at least 51% of an entity licensed to operate a commercial track in Penobscot County that conducted harness horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering on more than 25 days in 2002 if certain criteria are met. The operation of the slot machines or casino must be approved by the voters or the municipal officers of the municipality in which the slot machines or casino will be located. The slot machines must be located and operated in a slot machine facility or the slot machines and table games must be located and operated in a casino. Current law provides that a casino operator license or slot machine operator license may not be issued to operate any casino or slot machine facility within 100 miles of a licensed casino or slot machine facility. This initiated bill exempts a slot machine operator or a casino operator licensed under the provisions of this initiated bill from the 100-mile restriction. This initiated bill raises the limit on the number of slot machines allowed to be registered in the State from 3,000 to 4,500. The operation of the slot machines or casino is subject to regulation by the Gambling Control Board. The applicant for a slot machine operator license or casino operator license must pay the $5,000,000 license fee set out in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, section 1018, subsection 1-A. The slot machine or casino operator must collect and distribute 1% of gross slot machine income to the Treasurer of State for deposit in the General Fund for the administrative expenses of the Gambling Control Board. The slot machine or casino operator must collect and distribute 39% of the net slot machine income to the Gambling Control Board for distribution by the board as follows: 1. One percent must be deposited to the General Fund for administrative expenses of the board except for a certain amount that must be transferred annually to the Gambling Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund; 2. Ten percent must be credited to a fund to supplement harness racing purses; 3. Three percent must be credited to the Sire Stakes Fund; 4. Three percent must be credited to the Agricultural Fair Support Fund; 5. Ten percent must be credited to the Department of Education to be used to supplement and not to supplant funding for essential programs and services for kindergarten to grade 12; 6. Two percent must be forwarded to the University of Maine System Scholarship Fund and to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy to be applied by the board of trustees to fund its scholarship program; 7. One percent must be forwarded to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community 2 College System to be applied by the board of trustees to fund its scholarship program; 8. Two percent must be credited to the Fund to Encourage Racing at Maine's 4 Commercial Tracks; 9. Three percent must be forwarded to the Treasurer of State, who must distribute 6 that money at the municipal level throughout the State to be used to reduce property 7 taxes; 10. One percent must be distributed to the tribal governments of the Penobscot 9 Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe; 11. One percent must be forwarded to the Treasurer of State, who must use the 11 money to fund drug education initiatives throughout the State; 12. One percent must be distributed to supplement programs at the office of aging and disability services within the Department of Health and Human Services; and 13. One percent must be forwarded to the municipality in which the slot machines 15 are located. 16 The casino operator must collect and distribute 16% of the net table game income to 17 the Gambling Control Board for distribution by the board as follows: 1. Nine percent must be credited to the Department of Education to be used to supplement and not to supplant funding for essential programs and services for kindergarten to grade 12; 2. Three percent must be deposited to the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account; 3. Two percent must be forwarded to the municipality in which the table games are located; and 4. Two percent must be deposited into the Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund. |
| Status | DEAD JULY 20, 2017 (Indefinitely Postponed) |
| LD/Bill | LD 833 |
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| Sponsor | Senator Paul T. Davis Sr., (R - Piscataquis) |
| Title | An Act To Streamline the Gaming Permit Process for Veterans' Organizations |
| Summary | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to reduce the processing and paperwork associated with games of chance sponsored by American Legion Posts. Under current law and rules, in order for an American Legion Post to hold a bingo game, it is necessary to obtain up to 3 separate permits. Under this bill, the application for permits would be consolidated into one application, and the processing would be streamlined. |
| Status | DEAD MARCH 30, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 853 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Louis J. Luchini, (D - Ellsworth) |
| Title | An Act To Allow Beano at Campgrounds |
| Summary | This bill provides an exception to the law that requires a license to conduct games of beano. The bill states that certain campgrounds are not required to get a license to operate beano games if the games are offered to campground patrons and their guests only and the value of a prize awarded for winning a game does not exceed $25. |
| Status | DEAD MARCH 30, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 975 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Louis J. Luchini, (D - Ellsworth) |
| Title | An Act Regarding Licensing of Cribbage Tournaments |
| Summary | This bill provides that a license to conduct games of chance is not required for a cribbage tournament operated on the premises of a restaurant or Class A restaurant licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption or at a manufacturing facility where samples are provided or sold, commonly known as a tasting room. The operator must limit participation to patrons of the establishment who are 21 years of age or older. The operator of a game may not profit and all entry fees must be paid to players in the form of winnings or donated to a charitable organization. Entry fees may not exceed $25 per person. |
| Status | DEAD MAY 5, 2017 (Ought Not to Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310) |
| LD/Bill | LD 1077 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Matthew Dana II, (X - the Passamaquoddy Tribe) |
| Title | An Act To Reduce the License Fee for High-stakes Beano |
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This bill authorizes the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board to accept an application from the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate 50 slot machines at a gaming facility in Washington County at which high-stakes beano is conducted by the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The bill raises the limit on the number of slot machines allowed in the State by 50 to accommodate the slot machines that may be operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Slot machines operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe would be subject to the oversight of the Gambling Control Board and subject to the same laws and rules as other slot machines operated in this State. It also reduces the annual license fee for high-stakes beano from $50,000 to $25,000 38 and allows the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate 50 slot machines in the tribe's high-stakes beano facility |
| Status | PASSED JUNE 19, 2017 |
| LD/Bill | LD 1201 |
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| Sponsor | Representative Benjamin T. Collings, (D - Portland) |
| Title | An Act To Authorize Tribal Gaming |
| Summary | This bill authorizes the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board to accept applications for a casino operator license from federally recognized Indian tribes in the State. A license issued to a federally recognized Indian tribe would authorize operation of table games and up to an aggregate total of 1,500 slot machines at multiple facilities on land owned by the tribe. The bill provides that casinos operated by federally recognized Indian tribes are exempt from the requirement that a newly licensed casino may not be within 100 miles of an existing casino or slot machine facility. It also provides that the Gambling Control Board may not license a new casino, slot machine facility or other gambling facility or authorize expansion of existing casinos until all federally recognized Indian tribes have been licensed to operate a casino. The bill establishes a distribution rate of 25% of net slot machine income and 16% of net table game income for casinos operated by federally recognized Indian tribes. The slot machine income and table game income is deposited to the General Fund. |
| Status | DEAD APRIL 18, 2018 (Died Between Houses) |
| LD/Bill | LD 1253 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1320 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1447 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1568 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1590 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1803 |
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| LD/Bill | LD 1837 |
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