The minutes for the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s meeting held on February 21, 2019, can be reviewed by clicking here.
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Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Agenda for February 2019 Meeting
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the February meeting to be held on February 21, 2019. Please click here for the agenda.
Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Special Meeting Minutes for January 30, 2019
The minutes for the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s special meeting held on January 30, 2019, can be reviewed by clicking here.
Mississippi Court Rules Slot Wagering Vouchers are Gaming Debts which may be Voided if not Redeemed by Expiration Date
On January 8, 2019, in response to a patron’s appeal of a Mississippi Gaming Commission decision, the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a slot voucher, a/k/a TITO, was a gaming debt under the Mississippi Gaming Control Act and that any dispute over the payment of a slot voucher was governed by the patron dispute provisions of the Act.
Two patrons played slot machines at a Mississippi casino for 32 days in 2012 and 2013. During that time they played in $6,500,000 and netted $280,000 in winnings. Twenty-seven months later, they returned to the casino and asked to cash in 21 vouchers totaling $41,317, which had expired 24 months earlier. The face of each voucher stated “Ticket Void after 60 days” or similar language. Because the casino had changed slot accounting systems, the casino could not determine who had won the vouchers, only that the vouchers had not been previously cashed in.
The casino declined to redeem the expired tickets, and the patrons asked for an investigation by the Executive Director under the Gaming Control Act patron dispute provisions.
Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Meeting Minutes for January
The minutes for the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s meeting held on January 17, 2019, can be reviewed by clicking here.
