§ 1339. Credit. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no\ngaming facility licensee or any person licensed under this article, and\nno person acting on behalf of or under any arrangement with a gaming\nfacility licensee or other person licensed under this article, shall:\n (a) Cash any check, make any loan, or otherwise provide or allow to\nany person any credit or advance of anything of value or which\nrepresents value to enable any person to take part in gaming activity as\na player; or\n (b) Release or discharge any debt, either in whole or in part, or make\nany loan which represents any losses incurred by any player in gaming\nactivity, without maintaining a written record thereof in accordance\nwith the rules of the commission.\n 2. No gaming facility licensee or any person licensed under this\narticle, and no person acting on behalf of or under any arrangement with\na gaming facility licensee or other person licensed under this article,\nmay accept a check, other than a recognized traveler's check or other\ncash equivalent from any person to enable such person to take part in\ngaming activity as a player, or may give cash or cash equivalents in\nexchange for such check unless:\n (a) The check is made payable to the gaming facility licensee;\n (b) The check is dated, but not postdated;\n (c) The check is presented to the cashier or the cashier's\nrepresentative at a location in the gaming facility approved by the\ncommission and is exchanged for cash or slot tokens which total an\namount equal to the amount for which the check is drawn, or the check is\npresented to the cashier's representative at a gaming table in exchange\nfor chips which total an amount equal to the amount for which the check\nis drawn; and\n (d) The regulations concerning check cashing procedures are observed\nby the gaming facility licensee and its employees and agents. Nothing in\nthis subdivision shall be deemed to preclude the establishment of an\naccount by any person with a gaming facility licensee by a deposit of\ncash, recognized traveler's check or other cash equivalent, or a check\nwhich meets the requirements of subdivision seven of this section, or to\npreclude the withdrawal, either in whole or in part, of any amount\ncontained in such account.\n 3. When a gaming facility licensee or other person licensed under this\narticle, or any person acting on behalf of or under any arrangement with\na gaming facility licensee or other person licensed under this article,\ncashes a check in conformity with the requirements of subdivision two of\nthis section, the gaming facility licensee shall cause the deposit of\nsuch check in a bank for collection or payment, or shall require an\nattorney or casino key employee with no incompatible functions to\npresent such check to the drawer's bank for payment, within:\n (a) seven calendar days of the date of the transaction for a check in\nan amount of one thousand dollars or less;\n (b) fourteen calendar days of the date of the transaction for a check\nin an amount greater than one thousand dollars but less than or equal to\nfive thousand dollars; or\n (c) forty-five calendar days of the date of the transaction for a\ncheck in an amount greater than five thousand dollars.\n Notwithstanding the foregoing, the drawer of the check may redeem the\ncheck by exchanging cash, cash equivalents, chips, or a check which\nmeets the requirements of subdivision seven of this section in an amount\nequal to the amount for which the check is drawn; or he or she may\nredeem the check in part by exchanging cash, cash equivalents, chips, or\na check which meets the requirements of subdivision seven of this\nsection and another check which meets the requirements of subdivision\ntwo of this section for the difference between the original check and\nthe cash, cash equivalents, chips, or check tendered; or he or she may\nissue one check which meets the requirements of subdivision two of this\nsection in an amo
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