Mandatory Disclosure of Requests Any Thing of Value

(1) For purposes of 205 CMR 108.03, a request for any thing of substantial value means a request for compensation, contribution(s), services, gifts, request(s) to do or take or refrain from doing or taking any action with a face value or fair market value of $1000 or more at the time it was requested. Examples of any thing of value include, but are not limited to, cash, food or drink, contributions to a charity or non-profit or tickets to entertainment, cultural or sporting events. To determine the value of attendance at an event, the calculation shall include, if such information is available, the admission fee or ticket price or per person cost to the sponsor or the actual cost of the event may be divided by the number of attendees. (2) An applicant shall disclose to the commission in the RFA-2 application all requests, of which it is aware, or through due diligence should have been aware, for any thing of substantial value made to an agent or employee of the applicant or any qualifier by persons or persons listed in 205 CMR 108.01(1) from January 15, 2013 through the date the RFA-2 application is filed. This duty of disclosure shall continue after the submission of the application and throughout the period of examination and investigation of the applicant and its qualifiers by the bureau and commission. The failure to make such disclosures shall constitute a violation of M.G.L. c. 23K, § 13 and 205 CMR 112.00: Required Information and Applicant Cooperation, and may result in the denial of the application for a gaming license or to a revocation of a gaming license or any other remedial actions deemed reasonably by the commission. (3) The disclosure shall include the name of the person making the request, the date the request was made and the nature of the request. (4) The duty to disclose set forth in 205 CMR 108.03(1) and (2) shall not include requests for disbursements by municipalities pursuant to 205 CMR 114.03: Community Disbursements or requests for disbursements by municipalities made in accordance with an agreement between an applicant and the municipality to pay or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation of a host or surrounding community agreement.