(a) The Tourism Company is hereby granted the exclusive and untransferable authority to:(1) Remove, collect and enter in the books all the moneys and/or tokens obtained from the slot machines, regardless of whether the slot machines are owned by or under the control of the Tourism Company or a holder of a license to operate games of chance under §§ 71—79 and 85—89 of this title;(2) carry out the distribution of all the moneys produced by the slot machines, as provided in § 74 of this title. The Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the holder of a license for said gambling room shall, at their discretion, take part in removing the moneys and/or tokens from the slot machines located in their gambling rooms and in the process of verifying the amount of the funds generated by said machines;(3) verify and certify the deposit in any payment cylinder and any jackpot prize;(4) fulfill any other responsibilities needed to comply with the purposes of §§ 71 et seq. of this title. History —May 15, 1948, No. 221, p. 750, added as § 2b on June 26, 1997, No. 24, § 2.
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