Definitions

Definitions. (a) "Collection representative" means any person who may approve or extend gaming credit or collects gaming credit instruments negotiated by a preferred guest. The term does not include: 1. Persons holding a Mississippi gaming license or their employees, or 2. A bonded collection agency licensed by local government authorities in the jurisdiction where it has its principal place of business, or 3. Any licensed attorney. (b) “Complimentary” means a service, item, or accommodation provided to a person at no cost, or at a reduced price not generally available to the public under similar circumstances; that term shall include any service, item, or accommodation provided at no cost, or at a reduced price due to the anticipated or actual gaming activities of that person. (c) "Junket representative" means any person who contracts with a gaming licensee or its affiliate to provide services consisting of arranging transportation or lodging for preferred guests at a licensed gaming establishment. It also means any person who contracts with a gaming licensee or its affiliate to provide services as a collection representative. The term does not include travel agencies that receive compensation based solely on the price of the transportation or lodging, or permanent full-time employees of a gaming licensee or its affiliates. (d) "Preferred guest" means any person, 21 years of age or older, who receives complimentary transportation, food, lodging, entertainment or other consideration with a retail price in excess of $200.00 from a licensed establishment in a twenty-four-hour period as an inducement to gamble. (e) "Secondary representative" means any person other than clerical personnel or ticket takers not otherwise exempt under subsections (a) or (b) who receives compensation in any form from a junket representative for assisting a junket representative. (Adopted: 09/25/1991; Amended: 10/22/1998.)