Ohio Admin. Code 901:9-2-01 - Definitions
(A) "Agent" means
any person who is employed, whether or not paid in any manner, by a
concessionaire to work in any game or novelty stand at a fair.
(B) "Amusement" means an entertainment that
is applied to activities, where no prize or where equal prizes are given by the
operator/agent to each participant, whether or
not the object is accomplished. An example may include, but is not limited to,
electronic amusement games, or any pleasurable activity where a player places a
stake, in the anticipation of little or no reward.
(C) "Concession" means
an activity that is required to be licensed under
the authority of section 1711.11 of the Revised Code
any show, game, or novelty stand operation at a fair or
exposition.
(D)
"Concessionaire" means any person who owns, operates, or leases a concession
and has obtained a license from the department.
(E) "Department" means the Ohio department of
agriculture.
(F) "Director" means
the director of the Ohio department
of agriculture.
(G) "Fair" means the annual exposition
conducted by any county or independent agricultural society or the Ohio
expositions commission.
(H)
"Electronic Amusement Game" means a non-gambling game that employs electronics
to create an interactive system with which only a single player can play, of
which the outcome is predominantly determined by the skill of the player and
for which a prize is awarded.
(I)
"Group games" are those games where the skill of one or more players is pitted
against the skills of other players playing the same game
simultaneously.
(J) "Inspector"
means any person employed by the department or under contract with the
department, the director or the director's designee, assigned to work at county
or independent fairs or the Ohio state fair for the purpose of inspecting
games, shows, concessions, and sales of
novelties.
(K) "Novelty" means any
inexpensive souvenirs
items for sale that list the fair's name and/or
logo and are approved for souvenir sale by the county or independent
agricultural society or by the Ohio expositions commission.
(L) "Novelty stand" means a location at a
fair from which novelties are sold.
(M) "Person" means any individual,
partnership, corporation or agent of the same, acting either individually, or
as a group, in any manner covered by this chapter.
(N) "Player" means any person who plays a
game at a fair whether or not he is attempting to win a prize.
(O) "Prize" means any item won by a player of
a game at a fair upon completion of some task.
(P) "Show" means an exhibition or
demonstrative display but not a grandstand or other fair-sponsored
event.
(Q)
"Trade up games" are those games where a prize that was
awarded for a win at one tier may be combined to trade up for a prize at
another tier.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: ORC 1711.11
Rule Amplifies: ORC 1711.11
Prior Effective Dates: 01/28/1974, 08/11/1978, 12/23/1986, 06/20/1988, 08/06/1990, 08/18/2000, 06/15/2014, 03/23/2017
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1711.11
Rule Amplifies: 1711.11
Prior Effective Dates: 1/28/74, 8/11/78, 12/23/86, 6/20/88, 8/6/90, 8/18/00, 6/15/14
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