New Jersey Administrative Code

No license shall be issued to authorize the conduct of amusement games during hours or on days prohibited by municipal ordinance. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-1.6

(a) Except as provided in (b) below, no amusement game license shall be issued for any premises that holds an alcoholic beverage license. (b) An amusement game license may be issued for a premise that holds a plenary retail consumption alcoholic beverage license, if the premise i…

A separate license shall be issued for each specific kind of game authorized to be held, operated and conducted on the licensed premises by the licensee, and a separate license shall be issued for each place at which the licensee is authorized to hold, operate and conduct such ga…

(a) All licenses shall be issued on a calendar-year basis, with a maximum term from January 1 to December 31 of the year within which the license is to be operative, or for such shorter term within the year as may be fixed by law, ordinance or resolution. (b) In any event, the fu…

No municipal approval of a license shall become operative unless and until the licensee shall have been issued the State license certificate by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-2.1 As amended, R.1983 d.90, eff. 4/2/1984. See: 16 New …

Application for a State license shall be made upon a form prescribed and furnished by the Commission, accompanied by the requisite fee in money order or certified check drawn to the order of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission in such amount as is prescribed at N.J.S…

A separate application shall be made, and separate fee paid, for each specific kind of game to be authorized to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant pursuant to municipal and State license and for each place at which the applicant seeks authorization to hold, operate …

(a) All State licenses shall be issued on a calendar year basis with a maximum term from January 1 to December 31 of the year within which the license is to be operative, or for such shorter term within the year as may be fixed by the Commission to accord with the municipal licen…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-2.5 Repealed by R.2003 d.447, effective 11/17/2003. See: 35 New Jersey Register 2398(a), 35 New Jersey Register 5250(a). Section was "Reporting change of application facts".

Any State license issued by the Commission may be cancelled in the event that after its issuance it appears that the municipal license rendered operative thereby has been issued in violation of any provision of the Amusement Games Control Law ( P.L. 1959, c.108) or the Amusement …

(a) No licensee shall hold, operate, conduct or allow any amusement game on the licensed premises unless a current, original, license certificate is conspicuously posted. (b) The license certificate shall be maintained in a manner so that it may be easily read. (c) The license ce…

No licensee shall employ or have connected with him in any business capacity whatsoever any adult person who refuses to submit himself or herself for fingerprinting when required to do so by any agent of the municipal governing body concerned or the Commission. Notes N.J. Admin. …

No licensee shall allow any person other than the licensee to exercise or attempt to exercise, or hold himself or herself out as authorized to exercise, the rights and privileges of the license issued to the licensee, or allow any person other than the licensee to share in the pr…

No license shall be held by any regular police officer, any peace officer or any other person whose powers or duties include the enforcement of the Amusement Games Control Law or the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Regulations gov…

No licensee or employee, agent or representative shall, directly or indirectly, hinder or delay or cause the hindrance or delay of any investigation by the Commission or the municipal governing body or its agents, or fail to facilitate such inspection or investigation in anyway w…

No licensee shall hold, operate or conduct on the licensed premises any unlicensed game required to be licensed pursuant to the Amusement Games Control Law or the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Regulations. Notes N.J. Admin. Code…

No licensee shall allow on the licensed premises any playing for money or other valuable thing at any game other than that permitted by the license issued pursuant to the application and description of the game for that licensed premises, and in no event shall any prize be condit…

(a) In any disciplinary proceedings to suspend or revoke any amusement games license, it shall be sufficient, in order to establish the guilt of the licensee, to show that the violation was committed by an agent, servant or employee of the licensee. (b) The fact that the licensee…

(a) Rules and instructions for the game shall be clearly and conspicuously posted on a sign entitled "Rules." Minimum size for rule signs is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches with readable letters at least one-half inch high. The color of the print and background material shall be contra…

(a) No licensee shall hold, operate or conduct any licensed game which is inconsistent with the requirements, limitations and restrictions contained in the Permissible Amusement Games Certification Number in N.J.A.C. 13:3-7, Certification of Permissible Games, under which the lic…

No licensee shall hold, operate or conduct or allow, permit or suffer the holding, operation or conduct of any amusement game on the licensed premises during hours or on days prohibited by municipal ordinance or during hours or on days not authorized by the license as indicated o…

(a) No licensee shall charge or accept, directly or indirectly, more than $ 20.00 from any one player for an opportunity to participate in any one amusement game. (b) All prizes, or tickets or tokens redeemable for a prize, awarded in a game shall be awarded immediately upon comp…

(a) No licensee shall offer or give, directly or indirectly, any prize in any single amusement game except merchandise other than alcoholic beverages; drug or narcotic paraphernalia; obscene or indecent recordings, printings, writing, pictures or other matter; weapons as defined …

(a) No licensee shall offer, award or display any prize in the licensed premises which prize's retail value is in excess of the limits established in N.J.A.C. 13:3-3.5(b). (b) For the purpose of this subchapter, the "average retail value" of the merchandise awarded as prizes shal…

(a) No licensee shall redeem for money or for the playing of any additional game, any prize, ticket or token or allow, permit or participate in such redemption. (b) Notwithstanding (a) above, a licensee may, at the conclusion of the game and at the player's option, award an addit…

(a) No licensee shall allow or engage in any deceptive, misleading or fraudulent advertising or practice in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of any licensed game. (b) All games, including free, sample or tryout games, must be conducted in their original certif…

(a) No licensee shall employ in any capacity on the licensed premises any person who would fail to qualify as a licensee by reason of conviction of a crime or otherwise. (b) The licensee may require employees to complete an application or affidavit certifying the employee's eligi…

Every licensee shall keep a true book or books of account in which the licensee shall enter all moneys received and the specific source of such receipts, all moneys expended from such receipts, and the name of the person receiving such expenditures, and the purpose for which such…

Every licensee shall retain for a period of one year from the date thereof, all delivery slips, invoices, manifests, waybills or similar documents received from suppliers of merchandise to be awarded as prizes. These records shall be made available for inspection by agents of the…

(a) Every licensee shall, not later than the 15th day of May, file with the Commission a report of the conduct of games for the previous license year or period, in a form prescribed by the Commission. (b) Such reports shall contain information relating to type of games, number of…

Reports required to be submitted, and the information contained therein, shall not be disclosed by the Commission except: 1. So far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Amusement Games Control Law ( P.L. 1959 c. 108 and the Amusement Games Lic…

Failure or refusal by any licensee to make timely filing of any report required by this subchapter, or the filing of any report either incomplete or false in fact, shall constitute cause for suspension or revocation of license or bar to future license. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13…

(a) No license shall be suspended or revoked until a five-day notice of the alleged violation against the licensee shall have been given to him personally or by mailing the same by certified mail addressed to him at the licensed premises or at the address listed on the applicatio…

(a) At any time prior to two days before the date fixed for hearing, the licensee may enter a written plea of guilty or non vult to the charges and, thereafter, no hearing shall be held therein. (b) Where a written plea of guilty or non vult is received, written argument as to pe…

Hearings shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 and 52:14F-1, and the Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-5.3

The Commission may adopt, modify or reject the initial decision; provided, however, that the Commission shall not increase any recommended penalty or change a recommended finding of not guilty without first affording the licensee an opportunity to present oral argument before the…

When charges have been preferred against a licensee by the governing body of any municipality, such governing body shall transmit to the Commission forthwith a copy of such charges and, when the charges have been finally adjudicated, a copy of the Resolution and Order shall be pr…

Disciplinary proceedings shall not be barred or abated by the expiration or extension of the license. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-5.6

Any license may be denied, suspended or revoked, and any licensee may be subject to civil penalties for proper cause, notwithstanding that such cause arose prior to the extension of the license or during the term of a prior license held by the licensee. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 1…

(a) Where disciplinary proceedings are instituted and the license is extended or expires during the pendency, such proceedings shall be carried through to completion and any order of suspension or revocation shall apply without further proceedings to the extended license or to an…

(a) After the hearing or upon receipt of a guilty or non vult plea upon charges by the governing body of the municipality, the governing body shall make a written determination of the licensee's guilt or innocence which shall be in the form of a Resolution and Order. The Resoluti…

(a) All appeals to the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission from any refusal to issue a license or any suspension or revocation of a license by a municipal governing body shall be taken by filing with the municipal governing body a written notice of appeal, accompanied by…

(a) Within five days after service of the notice and petition of appeal, the respondent shall file an answer with the Commission and mail a copy of the answer to appellant or his attorney. (b) The answer shall include a statement of the grounds for respondent's action. Notes N.J.…

An appeal from a suspension or revocation shall automatically act as a stay of said suspension or revocation pending final determination of the appeal, unless the Commission shall otherwise order in writing. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-6.3 Amended by R.1998 d.249, effective 5/1…

(a) Appeals shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 and 52:14F-1 and the Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1. (b) All appeals shall be heard de novo but the burden of establishing that the action of the respondent was er…

(a) The decision of the Commission shall be issued pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) A copy of the opinion shall be mailed to the parties or their attorneys. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:3-6.5 Amended by R.1998 d.249, effective 5/18/1998. See: 30 New Jersey Registe…

When appeal is taken in any matter, any extension, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:3-1.17 (Devolution of license) of any license involved therein shall be subject to the ultimate outcome of such appeal, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission for proper cause. Notes N.J. Admin. Code §…

(a) The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall grant certifications of permissibility of any amusement games which may be played for amusement or entertainment, in which the person or player actively participates and the outcome of which is not in the control of the o…

(a) An electronic amusement certified pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:3-7.9(a)10 shall not be offered, unless the licensee first establishes, to the satisfaction of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, that the electronic amusement will not violate the provisions of section …

(a) Applications for certification with respect to any game not already the subject of certification may be made to the Commission and shall set forth the following information: 1. The name of the game; 2. Its type or kind; 3. Description of equipment used in its play, including …