(a) This section applies only in Worcester County. (b) The Commission may issue an amusement gaming license to a family entertainment center that satisfies the requirements of this section. (c) A family entertainment center may apply to the Commission for a license under this section if the family entertainment center: (1) is located in a building that is owned, leased, or occupied by the family entertainment center for the primary purpose of providing amusement devices to the public; (2) receives a majority of the gross receipts from amusement, merchandise, redemption, or skills–based devices; (3) markets its business to families with children; (4) offers amusement devices, arcade games, crane games, video games, interactive and sporting games, amusement rides, miniature golf, and bowling; and (5) is in continuous operation in the same geographic location since 1975. (d) (1) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may operate: (i) skills–based devices that award noncash prizes of minimal value; and (ii) up to 10 skills–based devices that award noncash prizes with a minimal wholesale value that does not exceed $599. perate: (i) skills–based devices that award noncash prizes of minimal value; and (ii) up to 10 skills–based devices that award noncash prizes with a minimal wholesale value that does not exceed $599. (2) The Commission shall determine the value of the noncash prizes that may be awarded by a skills–based device under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection. (e) A family entertainment center may not exchange merchandise for money. (f) The Commission may determine that a device at a family entertainment center is an illegal gaming device and order the device to be removed from the family entertainment center. (g) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may not transfer the license to another geographic location.
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