§27.2. Board designated excluded persons
A. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the establishment of a list of persons
who are to be excluded from any room, premises, or designated gaming area of any
establishment where gaming is conducted pursuant to a license or contract issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Title. The rules shall define the standards for exclusion and include
standards relating to the following persons:
(1)Those who are career or professional offenders as defined by the rules of the
board.
(2)Those who have been convicted of a criminal offense as specified by the board.
(3)(a) Those whose presence in a gaming establishment operated by a licensee or the
casino operator would be adverse to the interests of Louisiana or gaming operations. For
purposes of this
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§27.2. Board designated excluded persons
A. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the establishment of a list of persons
who are to be excluded from any room, premises, or designated gaming area of any
establishment where gaming is conducted pursuant to a license or contract issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Title. The rules shall define the standards for exclusion and include
standards relating to the following persons:
(1) Those who are career or professional offenders as defined by the rules of the
board.
(2) Those who have been convicted of a criminal offense as specified by the board.
(3)(a) Those whose presence in a gaming establishment operated by a licensee or the
casino operator would be adverse to the interests of Louisiana or gaming operations. For
purposes of this Paragraph, the following persons may be excluded:
(i) Persons suspected of cheating.
(ii) Persons whose gaming privileges, permits, or licenses have been suspended,
revoked, or denied.
(iii) Persons who pose a threat to the safety of the patrons or employees of the casino
operator or casino manager or any casino gaming licensee.
(iv) Persons with a documented history of conduct involving the disruption of the
gaming operations in any jurisdiction.
(v) Persons subject to an order of a Louisiana court excluding such persons from any
gaming establishment.
(vi) Persons with pending charges for a gaming or gambling crime or a crime related
to the integrity of gaming operations.
(b) A person may not be excluded from a gaming establishment operated by a
licensee or the casino operator for reasons based solely on the skill level of the person.
B. The board and the division shall have the authority to place persons on the
excluded list. The board or division may not place a person on the list required by this
Section due to the person's race, color, creed, national origin, sex, or disability, as defined
in R.S. 51:2232.
C. Whenever the name and description of any person is placed on an excluded
person's list pursuant to this Title, except at that person's request, the division shall serve
notice of such fact to such person by either of the following:
(1) By personal service.
(2) By certified mail to the last known address of such person.
D. A person may petition the board for removal of his name from the list. The
petitioner has the burden of proving he does not meet the criteria of Paragraph (A)(1), (2),
or (3) of this Section.
E. Any person who has been placed on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected
from any gaming establishment pursuant to this Title may be imprisoned for up to six months
or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both if he thereafter enters or attempts to enter
the premises of a gaming establishment without first having obtained a determination by the
board that he should not have been placed on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected.
F.(1) The board may impose sanctions on a licensee, permittee, or casino gaming
operator under this Title, if the licensee, permittee, or casino gaming operator willfully fails
to exclude from the licensed gaming establishment a person placed on the exclusion list.
(2) The board may seek revocation or suspension of a license, permit, or casino
operating contract if the licensee, permittee, or casino gaming operator engages in a pattern
of willful failure to exclude from the licensed gaming establishment persons placed on the
exclusion list.
G.(1) A person who is placed on the list is entitled to a hearing for review of the
listing, unless otherwise agreed by the board or division and the named person, the hearing
shall be held by the hearing officer in accordance with R.S. 27:25 not later than thirty days
after the receipt of the petition.
(2) If upon completion of the hearing, the hearing officer determines that the rule
does not or should not apply to the person listed, the division shall notify all licensees, casino
gaming operator, and permittees of the determination.
H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to persons licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law as provided in Chapter 8 of this
Title.