Chapter 3.75
GAMING OFFENSES

Sections:

3.75.005    Classification of offenses.

3.75.010    Definitions.

3.75.020    Gaming trespass.

3.75.030    Gambling by minor.

3.75.040    Ticket theft.

3.75.050    Misuse of player card.

3.75.060    Destruction of gambling property.

3.75.005 Classification of offenses.

All offenses in this chapter are civil infractions. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.010 Definitions.

For all gaming offenses that warrant the issuance of a civil infraction the following definition shall apply. The following definition shall be incorporated into each offense as applicable. “Gaming facility” or “gaming facilities” shall mean the room or rooms, building or buildings or portions thereof in which Class II or Class III gaming as authorized by this chapter is conducted on Tulalip Tribal lands, which includes Tulalip Bingo, Quil Ceda Creek Casino, and adjoining nongaming areas such as but not limited to restaurants, Tulalip Resort areas such as hotel, and conference areas. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.020 Gaming trespass.

(1) A person commits the offense of gaming trespass if the person enters or reenters a Tulalip gaming facility in violation of an order of exclusion, including an exclusion initiated by the excluded persons themselves (self-exclusion), issued by the Tulalip Gaming Agency or refuses to leave after being excluded by the Tulalip Gaming Agency.

(2) For purposes of this offense and other civil offenses occurring within the gaming facilities, the following definition shall apply:

(a) “Gaming facility” or “gaming facilities” shall mean the room or rooms, building or buildings or portions thereof in which Class II or Class III gaming as authorized by this chapter is conducted on Tulalip Tribal lands, which includes Tulalip Bingo, Quil Ceda Creek Casino, and adjoining nongaming areas such as but not limited to restaurants, Tulalip Resort areas such as hotel and conference areas. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.030 Gambling by minor.

A person commits the offense of unlawful gambling when he or she engages, or attempts to engage, in activity on a player station or video lottery terminal within the Tulalip gaming facilities as a minor. For purposes of this section, the term “minor” means a person less than 21 years of age or less than 18 years of age for the Tulalip bingo facility. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.040 Ticket theft.

A person commits the offense of ticket theft if they:

(1) Are observed walking from gambling device to gambling device (machine) looking for or removing abandoned tickets within the Tulalip gaming facilities; or

(2) Obtain another person’s gaming ticket valued at less than $100.00 that was found or left in a machine, and when confronted, refuses to return the ticket back to the rightful owner. If the person plays the ticket down and refuses to pay the full amount back to the rightful owner, this will be considered theft as well. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.050 Misuse of player card.

A person commits the offense of misuse of a player card if they commit any act that attempts to obtain or obtains points on a player card using another person’s money without permission such as, but not limited to, inserting a player card into a video lottery terminal and not gaming or playing on that terminal. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].

3.75.060 Destruction of gambling property.

A person commits the offense of destruction of gambling property if they injure, deface, damage, destroy, or remove any or part of a gaming station, gaming machine, video lottery terminal, kiosk, or any other tangible property resulting in less than $250.00 in damage within any Tulalip gaming facilities. It shall not be a defense to a citation under this section that the actual cost of repair or replacement was greater than $250.00. [Res. 2017-246; Res. 2017-093].