Criteria for Exclusion and Placement on the Exclusion List

PURPOSE: This rule establishes criteria for placement on the exclusion list. (1) The commission may place a person on the exclusion list pending a hearing if the person has— (A) Been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction of any crime of moral turpitude or of a crime involving gaming; (B) Violated either Article III, Section 39(g), of the Missouri Constitution or the Riverboat Gambling Act; (C) Performed any act which would adversely affect public confidence and trust in gaming, including engaging in prohibited conduct as defined in 11 CSR 45-20; (D) Been found to have harassed a protected person as defined in 11 CSR 45-20 in an effort to influence any aspect of the game or competition, in retaliation for an athlete’s game performance, or to obtain nonpublic information regarding the game or competition; or (E) His or her name on any valid and current exclusion list from another jurisdiction in the United States. (2) For the purpose of this rule, “harassed” means to have engaged in conduct including but not limited to verbal threats, written threats, electronic threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact directed at a person the offender knew or should have known would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, substantial fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person, or substantial fear for the destruction of his or her property. GAMING COMMISSION AUTHORITY: section 39(g) of Article III, Mo. Const., section 313.004, RSMo 2016, and section 313.805, RSMo Supp. 2025.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Sept. 20, 1993, expired Jan. 17, 1994. Emergency rule filed Jan. 5, 1994, effective Jan. 18, 1994, expired Jan. 30, 1994. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed May 14, 2025, effective Nov. 30, 2025. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994, 2014, and 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022.