Section 633-32-2 - License and Registration Applications1. An applicant for a license, or as applicable, a registration to conduct or operate a game of chance shall apply on forms specified by the Unit. In addition to any information required by statute, application forms must be received by hand delivery or regular mail at least 10 business days prior to the first date desired to operate and no earlier than 90 days prior to the first date desired to operate, at: Department of Public Safety
Gambling Control Unit
87 State House Station
45 Commerce Drive, Suite 3
Augusta, Maine 04333-0087
207/626-3900
2. An applicant for a license to conduct a card game or tournament game must obtain written approval from the local governing authority where the game is to be operated or conducted. The local governing authority must:A. Sign the application for the card game or tournament game; orB. Provide the applicant a letter that is addressed to the Gambling Control Unit, which the applicant shall attach to the applicable application(s). The letter must address the game(s) for which the local governing authority is providing consent. The letter must be dated and must have an expiration date that is no greater than 5 years from the issue date.3. To the extent, if any, that information of a material nature supplied in the application or otherwise supplied by the applicant becomes outdated, inaccurate or incomplete, the applicant shall so notify the Unit in writing as soon as it is aware that the information is inaccurate or incomplete and shall at that time supply the information necessary to correct the timeliness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of the information.4. The Director shall approve the application based on the criteria outlined in 17 M.R.S. §1832.5. Written authorization must be obtained in advance from the Director to permit the shipment of any electronic video machine or gambling equipment for game nights into, within, or out of Maine. Applications for written authorization to ship are available from the Unit.6. Electronic video machines must be certified by an independent laboratory, approved by the Director.7. Each electronic video machine prior to being placed in operation in Maine shall have a registration decal approved by the Director, with a registration control number placed thereon, affixed to the machine. The placement of the decal represents that the machine has been registered, inspected, and approved for operation in Maine. Only authorized Unit staff may affix a registration decal. Once a registration decal has been affixed, no person other than authorized Unit staff may remove a registration decal. No electronic video machine may be transported out of the State, within the State or in order to be destroyed until authorized Unit personnel have removed the decal containing the machine's registration control number.16-633 C.M.R. ch. 32, § 2