Required information and applicant cooperation

205 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION

205 CMR 112.00: REQUIRED INFORMATION AND APPLICANT COOPERATION

Section

112.01: Additional Information 112.02: Obligation to Cooperate 112.03: Obligation to Provide Truthful Information

112.01: Additional information

(1) The commission, the bureau or their agents and employees may request additional information and documents from an applicant for a gaming license including all qualifiers, key gaming employee license, gaming employee license, gaming service employee registration, any vendor license or registration, or any other license or registration required in accordance with M.G.L. c. 23K or 205 CMR throughout the application review process including after the application has been deemed administratively complete under 205 CMR 111.00: Phase 1 Application Requirements and 205 CMR 118.03: RFA-2 Administrative Completeness Review. Failure by the applicant to timely submit the additional information as requested by the commission, the bureau or their agents and employees may be grounds, in the discretion of the commission, for denial of the application.

(2) All applicants, licensees, registrants and qualifiers under M.G.L. c. 23K and 205 CMR shall comply with all requests of the commission, the bureau and their agents and employees for information and documents as authorized by M.G.L. c. 23K and 205 CMR.

112.02: Obligation to Cooperate

(1) Applicants, licensees, registrants and qualifiers shall respond within ten days or within the time specified in an information request by the commission, the bureau and their agents and employees under 205 CMR 112.01 to said information request.

(2) All applicants, licensees, registrants and qualifiers under M.G.L. c. 23K shall have a continuing duty to provide all information and documents requested by the commission, bureau, and their agents and employees and to cooperate in any investigation or hearing conducted by the commission, bureau, and their agents and employees, as authorized by M.G.L. c. 23K. Without limitation, an applicant, licensee, registrant and qualifier shall have a continuing duty to provide updated information to the commission, the bureau and their agents and employees in connection with the Phase 1 investigation by the bureau pursuant to 205 CMR 115.03: Phase 1 Investigation and Recommendations by the Bureau, the Phase 2 application review conducted in accordance with 205 CMR 118.00: Phase 2 Administrative Proceedings, an investigation commenced after submission of an application for licensure or registration in accordance with 205 CMR 134.00: Licensing and Registration of Employees, Vendors, Junket Enterprises and Representatives, and Labor Organizations and any hearing by the commission or the bureau pursuant to 205 CMR 101.00: M.G.L. c. 23K Adjudicatory Proceedings.

(3) If the commission determines that an applicant, licensee, registrant, or qualifier has knowingly withheld information, knowingly failed to provide information or documents request­ ed by the commission, bureau, or their agents and employees, or knowingly failed to cooperate with any investigation or hearing conducted by the commission, bureau, or their agents and employees, the commission may, with respect to such person: (a) Find that person ineligible to hold a license or registration or be qualified in connection with a license; (b) Suspend the relevant license, registration or qualification; or (c) Revoke the relevant license, registration or qualification.

112.03: Obligation to Provide Truthful Information

(1) No applicant, licensee, registrant or qualifier shall knowingly provide materially false or misleading information to the commission, the bureau, or their agents and employees.

205 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION

112.03: continued

(2) If the commission determines that an applicant, licensee, registrant, or qualifier has knowingly provided materially false or misleading information to the commission, the bureau, or their agents and employees, the commission shall, with respect to such person: (a) Find that person ineligible to hold a license or registration or be qualified in connection with a license; (b) Suspend, condition or revoke the relevant license, registration or qualification.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

205 CMR 112.00: M.G.L. c. 23K, §§ 4(37), 5, and 13.