Ars 13 3301

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)

1. Ars 13-3301
2. Ars 13 3402

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

Chapter 29 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER (§§ 13-2901 — 13-2930) Chapter 30 - EAVESDROPPING AND COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 13-3001 — 13-3019) Chapter 31 - WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES (§§ 13-3101 — 13-3122) Chapter 32 - PROSTITUTION (§§ 13-3201 — 13-3214) Chapter 33 - GAMBLING (§§ 13-3301 — 13. Purposes On the Net 2018-01-14T10:38:10-07:00. Subject to any limitations or requirements contained in its articles of incorporation or in any other applicable law, a corporation shall have the purpose of engaging in and may engage in any lawful activity including the practice of medicine as defined in. Gambling is defined in Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 13-3301(4) to require risking something of value for an opportunity to win a benefit, which is awarded by chance. As provided by A.R.S. § 13-3302, all gambling is illegal in Arizona unless a statute excludes it as legal. 2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §13-3301 Definitions (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. 'Amusement gambling' means gambling involving a device, game or contest which is played for entertainment if all of the following apply.

1. 'Amusement gambling' means gambling involving a device, game or contest which is played for entertainment if all of the following apply:

(a) The player or players actively participate in the game or contest or with the device.

(b) The outcome is not in the control to any material degree of any person other than the player or players.

(c) The prizes are not offered as a lure to separate the player or players from their money.

(d) Any of the following:

(i) No benefit is given to the player or players other than an immediate and unrecorded right to replay which is not exchangeable for value.

(ii) The gambling is an athletic event and no person other than the player or players derives a profit or chance of a profit from the money paid to gamble by the player or players.

(iii) The gambling is an intellectual contest or event, the money paid to gamble is part of an established purchase price for a product, no increment has been added to the price in connection with the gambling event and no drawing or lottery is held to determine the winner or winners.

(iv) Skill and not chance is clearly the predominant factor in the game and the odds of winning the game based upon chance cannot be altered, provided the game complies with any licensing or regulatory requirements by the jurisdiction in which it is operated, no benefit for a single win is given to the player or players other than a merchandise prize which has a wholesale fair market value of less than four (4) dollars or coupons which are redeemable only at the place of play and only for a merchandise prize which has a fair market value of less than four (4) dollars and, regardless of the number of wins, no aggregate of coupons may be redeemed for a merchandise prize with a wholesale fair market value of greater than thirty-five (35) dollars.

2. 'Conducted as a business' means gambling that is engaged in with the object of gain, benefit or advantage, either direct or indirect, realized or unrealized, but not when incidental to a bona fide social relationship.

3. 'Crane game' means an amusement machine which is operated by player controlled buttons, control sticks or other means, or a combination of the buttons or controls, which is activated by coin insertion into the machine and where the player attempts to successfully retrieve prizes with a mechanical or electromechanical claw or device by positioning the claw or device over a prize.

4. 'Gambling' or 'gamble' means one act of risking or giving something of value for the opportunity to obtain a benefit from a game or contest of chance or skill or a future contingent event but does not include bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts including contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or commodities, contracts of indemnity or guarantee and life, health or accident insurance.

5. 'Player' means a natural person who participates in gambling.

6. 'Regulated gambling' means either:

(a) Gambling conducted in accordance with a tribal-state gaming compact or otherwise in accordance with the requirements of the Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 102 Stat. 2467; 25 United States Code sections 2701 through 2721 and 18 United States Code sections 1166 through 1168); or

(b) Gambling to which all of the following apply:

(i) It is operated and controlled in accordance with a statute, rule or order of this state or of the United States.

(ii) All federal, state or local taxes, fees and charges in lieu of taxes have been paid by the authorized person or entity on any activity arising out of or in connection with the gambling.

(iii) If conducted by an organization which is exempt from taxation of income under section 43-1201, the organization's records are open to public inspection.

(iv) Beginning on June 1, 2003, none of the players is under twenty-one years of age.

7. 'Social gambling' means gambling that is not conducted as a business and that involves players who compete on equal terms with each other in a gamble if all of the following apply:

(a) No player receives, or becomes entitled to receive, any benefit, directly or indirectly, other than the player's winnings from the gamble.

(b) No other person receives or becomes entitled to receive any benefit, directly or indirectly, from the gambling activity, including benefits of proprietorship, management or unequal advantage or odds in a series of gambles.

(c) Until June 1, 2003, none of the players is below the age of majority. Beginning on June 1, 2003, none of the players is under twenty-one years of age.

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(d) Players 'compete on equal terms with each other in a gamble' when no player enjoys an advantage over any other player in the gamble under the conditions or rules of the game or contest.

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