ORDINANCE NO. 250832
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Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Johnathan Duncan and Andrea Bough
Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 50-16 for the purpose of prohibiting the operation and maintenance of certain electronic gaming machines that offer a monetary prize to the user within the City.
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds that unregulated electronic gaming machines that simulate video lottery games by offering monetary prizes to players are proliferating within the City; and
WHEREAS, such machines can result in detrimental impacts to the neighborhoods in which they are located; and
WHEREAS, electronic gaming machines offering monetary prizes can have calamitous financial consequences for those individuals that use such devices and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary to prohibit electronic gaming machines in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of Kansas Citians; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, is hereby amended by enacting a new Section 50-16, Prohibition of certain entertainment devices, to read as follows:
Section 50-16. Prohibition of certain electronic gaming machines.
(a) Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this section 50-16, shall have the following meanings:
(1) Electronic gaming machine means any device that accepts legal tender or other forms of digital currency in exchange for video lottery game credit that is available to play or simulate the play of a video lottery game through an electronic, mechanical, or electromechanical process in which the player may receive a monetary prize for winning plays. The term electronic gaming machine does not include any unlawful gambling device under state law or any gambling device licensed and regulated by the Missouri Gaming Commission.
(2) Monetary prize means any tangible item...
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