Sec. 36.03.09.02. Prohibited Activities

A facility operator shall ensure that a junket enterprise or a junket representative, or an agent or employee of a junket enterprise or a junket representative, does not:

A. Unless approved in writing by the Commission, accept compensation on any basis other than theoretical win;

B. Engage in collection efforts;

C. Solicit, receive, or accept any fee or gratuity from a patron for the privilege of participating in a junket or for performance of any function for which the junket enterprise or junket representative is licensed;

D. Unless disclosed in writing to the facility operator for which the junket was arranged, pay for transportation or any other service or item of value that is provided to or for the benefit of a patron participating in a junket;

E. Extend credit to, or grant credit on behalf of a facility operator to, a patron participating in a junket;

F. Accept an advance of money or a loan from a patron participating in a junket;

G. Engage in conduct that would bring the State into disrepute;

H. Pursue economic gain in an occupational manner or context that is in violation of the laws of the State, if the pursuit creates a reasonable belief that participation of the junket enterprise or junket representative would be inimical to the policies of State law or the State’s video lottery terminal operations;

I. Engage in activities that create a reasonable belief that the junket enterprise or junket representative is, or is an associate of, a career offender or a member of a career offender cartel.

J. Engage in a predatory marketing practice prohibited under COMAR 36.03.03.08; or

K. Perform junket services under an agreement that has not been reduced to writing.