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SF 2015 Senate Long Description

Providing for lottery gaming machines; defining certain terms; +authorizing and providing for the director of the state lottery to contract with a +tribal entity for placement of the machines at a site located in the +metropolitan area determined by the director and an advisory board to maximize +revenues from gaming facility operations, requiring consent of the city selected; +requiring certain contracts for location selection purposes, requiring an +analysis of the economic effect of the facility on existing tribal gaming operations +and specifying certain contract duration and negotiation requirements; +specifying certain gaming machines location restrictions; requiring revenue +sharing; requiring and providing for operation and control of the gaming +machines by the director; authorizing and providing for the director to enter into +gaming facility contracts for construction and subsequent repair and +maintenance of the facility, specifying certain employee hiring responsibilities and+ duties and authorizing background investigation and licensing of employees; +requiring gaming machines to meet certain specifications; requiring the +director to specify the games to be placed on and to examine prototypes of the +machines; providing for examination and testing of the machines and for the +awarding of prizes; prohibiting play by minors; requiring the director to post in+ the area of machines location the toll free telephone number for compulsive +gambling program services and to establish a proactive plan to identify +problem gamblers; prohibiting local licensing or regulation; requiring the +commissioner of public safety to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to +the facility for the sale of alcoholic beverages; authorizing blackjack +and certain other card games at the facility, authorizing the director of the +alcohol and gambling enforcement division to regulate the conduct of the games; +excluding the purchase of gaming machine plays from the definition of gambling +for lost money recovery or gambling debt purposes and from the definition of +bets for gambling crimes purposes; providing for deposit of revenue from the +machines, establishing a gaming facility proceeds fund and apportioning the +fund to the departments of education, human services and employment and economic development (DEED) and the housing finance agency (HFA) for certain +American Indian programs and for the compulsive gambling treatment program, to+ the city and county of facility location and to the general fund; making +conforming amendments to certain other gambling provisions (je)