23 CAR § 358-428. Hosting center — Determination of suitability

(a) The Arkansas Racing Commission may, upon recommendation of the commission, require a person or entity owning, operating, or having a significant involvement with a hosting center to file an application for finding of suitability to be associated with licensed gaming, including race book or sports book operations. (b)(1) The commission shall give written notice to a person or entity of its decision to require the filing of an application for a finding of suitability under subsection (a) of this section. (2) Unless otherwise stated by the commission in its written notice, a person or entity that has been ordered to file an application for a finding of suitability may continue to own, operate, or otherwise be involved with a hosting center unless and until the commission finds the person unsuitable. (c) If the commission finds any person or entity to be unsuitable under this section: (1) The registration of such person or entity is thereupon cancelled; and (2) All registered hosting centers and gaming licensees shall, upon written notification from the commission, terminate any existing relationship, direct or indirect, with such person. (d) Failure of a gaming licensee to terminate any association or agreement, direct or indirect, with a person or entity found unsuitable under this section upon receiving written notice of the determination of unsuitability constitutes an unsuitable method of operation. (e) Failure of a registered hosting center to terminate any association or agreement with a person or entity found unsuitable under this section upon receiving written notice of the determination of unsuitability shall constitute grounds for the revocation of the hosting center’s registration. (f) The commission retains jurisdiction to determine the suitability of a person or entity described in subsection (a) of this section regardless of whether or not that person or entity has severed any relationship with a registered hosting center or gaming licensee. (g) Failure on the part of a person or entity described in subsection (a) of this section to submit an application for a finding of suitability within thirty (30) days of being demanded to do so by the commission shall constitute grounds for a finding of unsuitability of that person or entity.