§ 1301. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms\nshall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following\nmeanings:\n 1. "Affiliate". A person that directly or indirectly, through one or\nmore intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common\ncontrol with, a specified person.\n 2. "Applicant". Any person who on his or her own behalf or on behalf\nof another has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity\nwhich is regulated under the provisions of this article.\n 3. "Application". A written request for permission to engage in any\nact or activity which is regulated under the provisions of this article.\n 4. "Authorized game". Any game determined by the commission to be\ncompatible with the public interest and to be suitable for casino use\nafter such appropriate test or experimental period as the commission may\ndeem appropriate. An authorized game may include gaming tournaments in\nwhich players compete against one another in one or more of the games\nauthorized herein or by the commission or in approved variations or\ncomposites thereof if the tournaments are authorized.\n 5. "Board". The New York state gaming facility location board\nestablished by the commission pursuant to section one hundred nine-a of\nthis chapter.\n 6. "Business". A corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership,\nlimited liability company or any other organization formed for the\npurpose of carrying on a commercial enterprise.\n 7. "Casino". One or more locations or rooms in a gaming facility that\nhave been approved by the commission for the conduct of gaming in\naccordance with the provisions of this article.\n 8. "Casino key employee". Any natural person employed by a gaming\nfacility licensee, or holding or intermediary company of a gaming\nfacility licensee, and involved in the operation of a licensed gaming\nfacility in a supervisory capacity and empowered to make discretionary\ndecisions which regulate gaming facility operations; or any other\nemployee so designated by the commission for reasons consistent with the\npolicies of this article.\n 9. "Casino vendor enterprise". Any vendor offering goods or services\nwhich directly relate to casino or gaming activity, or any vendor\nproviding to gaming facility licensees or applicants goods and services\nancillary to gaming activity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any form of\nenterprise engaged in the manufacture, sale, distribution, testing or\nrepair of slot machines within the state, other than antique slot\nmachines, shall be considered a casino vendor enterprise for the\npurposes of this article regardless of the nature of its business\nrelationship, if any, with gaming facility applicants and licensees in\nthis state.\n 10. "Close associate". A person who holds a relevant financial\ninterest in, or is entitled to exercise power in, the business of an\napplicant or licensee and, by virtue of that interest or power, is able\nto exercise a significant influence over the management or operation of\na gaming facility or business licensed under this article.\n 11. "Commission". The New York state gaming commission.\n 12. "Complimentary service or item". A service or item provided at no\ncost or at a reduced cost to a patron of a gaming facility.\n 13. "Conservator". A person appointed by the commission to temporarily\nmanage the operation of a gaming facility.\n 14. "Credit card". A card, code or other device with which a person\nmay defer payment of debt, incur debt and defer its payment, or purchase\nproperty or services and defer payment therefor, but not a card, code or\nother device used to activate a preexisting agreement between a person\nand a financial institution to extend credit when the person's account\nat the financial institution is overdrawn or to maintain a specified\nminimum balance in the person's account at the financial institution.\n 15. "Debt". Any legal liability, whether matured or unmatured,\nliqui
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