1                BEFORE THE MISSOURI GAMING COMMISSION

              

         2                          STATE OF MISSOURI

                                             

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         5                               Meeting

                                 Tuesday, April 29, 2003

         6                          3417 Knipp Drive

                                 Jefferson City, Missouri

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               COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:

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                      Robert Smith, Chairman

        11            Floyd Bartch

              

        12            Judy Sutter-Hinrichs      

              

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        19     REPORTED BY:

              

        20     TRACY L. CAVE, CSR, CCR

               ASSOCIATED COURT REPORTERS

        21     11 North Fifth Street

               Columbia, Missouri  65201

        22     (573) 442-3600     

               (573) 636-7551               

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         1                              I N D E X

              

         2     I.     Call to Order                                   4

              

         3     II.    Consideration of Approval of Minutes:          

               

         4            A.     December 12, 2002                        4

                      B.     February 18, 2003                        5

         5            C.     February 26, 2003                        6    

              

         6     III.   Consideration of Hearing Officer Recommendations:

              

         7            D.     Harrah's North Kansas City, LLC          7

                             Resolution No. 03-027

         8            E.     Cecil R. Coats                          25

                             Resolution No. 03-028

         9            F.     Zelleta Callahan                        30

                             Resolution No. 03-029

        10            G.     Janet M. Walker                         38

                             Resolution No. 03-030

        11            H.     Theodore Candelino                      40

                             Resolution No. 03-031

        12            I.     Valerie R. Alfred                       43

                             Resolution No. 03-032

        13            J.     Jeffrey C. Lynch                        44

                             Resolution No. 03-033   

        14            K.     Bradley E. Hall                         46

                             Resolution No. 03-034                 

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               IV.    Consideration of Settlement Agreement:

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                      M.     Dean Nowe                               48

        17                   Resolution No. 03-036

               

        18     V.     Consideration of Relicensure of Certain

                      Class A Licensees:

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                      N.     Aztar Missouri Riverboat

        20                   Gaming Company, LLC                     54

                             Resolution No. 03-037 

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               VI.    Consideration of Relicensure of

        22            Certain Suppliers:                             94

              

        23            O.     Anchor Coin, Inc.,

                             d/b/a Anchor Games Supplier      

        24                   Resolution No. 03-038

                      P.     Kilmartin Industries, Inc.

        25                   d/b/a Roger Williams Mint              

                             Resolution No. 03-039

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         1            Q.     IGT                                    

                             Resolution No. 03-040 

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               VII.   Consideration of Certain Level I/Key Applicants: 

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                      S.     Resolution No. 03-042                   97

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               VIII.  Consideration of Amendment to Licensure of

         5            Certain Level I/Key Applicants

              

         6            T.     Resolution No. 03-043                   99

              

         7     IX.    Consideration of Disciplinary Actions:

              

         8            U.     President Riverboat Casino-MO, Inc.    100

                             DC-03-035

         9            V.     Ameristar Casino Kansas City, Inc.     103

                             DC-03-036

        10            W.     Harrah's Maryland Heights, LLC         104

                             DC-03-037

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               X.     Consideration of Rules and Regulations:

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                      X.     Proposed Rules

        13                   11 CSR-45-30.540                       109

                             11 CSR-45-30.550                       112

        14            Y.     Proposed Amendment

                             11 CSR 45-9.030                        115

        15            Z.     Final Orders of Rulemaking

                             11 CSR 45-3.010                        120

        16                   11 CSR 45-5.200                        120

              

        17     XI.    Status Report on David R. Teague v. MGC       121

              

        18     XII.   Status Report on Gaming Legislation           123

              

        19     XIII.  Closed Session                                124

              

        20     XIV.   Adjournment                                   124

                            

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         1                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  I believe it's ten o'clock.

              

         2     Good morning, everybody.  I appreciate you being here.

              

         3     We'll go ahead and open the meeting and please call roll.

              

         4                   MS. ANGIE FRANKS:  Chairman Smith.

              

         5                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Present.

              

         6                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Bartch.

              

         7                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Present.

              

         8                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Hinrichs.

              

         9                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Present.                            

              

        10                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  With everybody present, then,

              

        11     I guess we'll proceed. 

              

        12                   The first order of business is we have several

               

        13     minutes that have been typed now that need to be approved.

              

        14     The first are the minutes of December 12, 2002.  I have

              

        15     one correction on those minutes on page 101, line 14.  It

              

        16     says Mrs. Nikolaisen.  I believe that's Miss.  So we want to

              

        17     make that change.  Otherwise --

              

        18                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Not Ms.?

              

        19                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Well, I don't know how to

              

        20     spell Ms. or we'd do that.  Ms., I guess.  Either way.

              

        21     That's kind of minor. 

              

        22                   Do we have a motion to approve the minutes of

              

        23     December 12?

              

        24                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  So moved. 

              

        25                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Is there a second?

              

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         1                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Second.

              

         2                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  All in favor say aye. 

              

         3                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Aye.

              

         4                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Aye. 

              

         5                   MS. FRANKS:  Roll call.

              

         6                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Roll call on this?  Okay.

              

         7     We'll do that. 

              

         8                   MS. FRANKS:  Chairman Smith.

              

         9                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  In favor.

              

        10                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Bartch?

              

        11                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Favor.

              

        12                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Hinrichs.

              

        13                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Favor.

              

        14                   MS. FRANKS:  By your vote, you've adopted the

               

        15     minutes of the December 12, 2002 meeting. 

              

        16                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Then we have the minutes of

              

        17     the February 18, 2003 meeting.  A couple of changes on

               

        18     that, corrections.  One is on --

              

        19                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  No page numbers.  Oh,

              

        20     page numbers at the top. 

              

        21                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Page 5, line 20 says,

              

        22     Probably won't be -- I guess we'll be requesting a permanent

              

        23     or further extension of 90 days.  I think the word was

              

        24     "postponement" instead of "permanent."  I don't think we can

              

        25     give permanent extensions.  So I'd make that correction.

              

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         1                   That's the only correction I have.  Does

              

         2     anyone else have any corrections of these minutes?

              

         3                   Now, do we have a motion to approve the

              

         4     minutes of February 18th?

              

         5                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  So move. 

              

         6                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Is there a second?

              

         7                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Second.

              

         8                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Call the roll.

              

         9                   MS. FRANKS:  Chairman Smith.

              

        10                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Favor.

              

        11                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Bartch.

              

        12                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Favor.

              

        13                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Hinrichs.

              

        14                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Favor.

              

        15                   MS. FRANKS:  By your vote, you've adopted the

              

        16     minutes of the February 18, 2003 meeting. 

              

        17                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Then we have the minutes of

              

        18     the February 26, 2003 meeting.  Does anybody have any

              

        19     correction on those minutes?  I thought I had one, but I

              

        20     can't find it so it must not be important. 

              

        21                   Okay.  No corrections.  Have we got a motion

              

        22     to approve the minutes? 

              

        23                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  I'll do it again.  So

              

        24     move. 

              

        25                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Moved.  Is there a second?

               

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         1                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Second.

              

         2                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Call the roll.

              

         3                   MS. FRANKS:  Chairman Smith. 

              

         4                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Favor.

               

         5                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Bartch.

              

         6                   COMMISSIONER BARTCH:  Favor.

              

         7                   MS. FRANKS:  Commissioner Hinrichs.

              

         8                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Favor.

              

         9                   MS. FRANKS:  By your vote, you've adopted the

              

        10     minutes of the February 26, 2003 meeting. 

              

        11                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  I guess the next order --

              

        12     well, I guess the next order is to go ahead to the hearings

              

        13     unless there's anything special you want to say before we

              

        14     start. 

              

        15                   MR. KEVIN MULLALLY:  No, sir.  There are a number of

              

        16     hearing officer recommendations.  Judge Wilson is prepared

              

        17     to present those. 

               

        18                   The first case, the Harrah's North Kansas City

              

        19     case involving an underage patron, the transcript of that

              

        20     record includes a videotape.  And I think the Commission

              

        21     indicated a desire to view that tape.  I don't know whether

              

        22     you want to have Judge Wilson present his findings first and

              

        23     then view the tape prior to voting. 

               

        24                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  I think maybe -- how are we

              

        25     set up?  Are we going to do it in here or --

              

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         1                   MR. MULLALLY:  We're going to do it in here.

              

         2     I've got the monitor right there. 

              

         3                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Why don't we view that first?

              

         4     That will be in open session.  Anybody that wants to come in

              

         5     and watch the movie can do that.  One of the witnesses had

              

         6     cancer and couldn't appear so they did it by videotape.  And

              

         7     it seems to me it would be less disruptive to just go ahead

              

         8     and do it now and then we'll come back in.

              

         9                   What do we guess how long?  It's fairly short,

              

        10     isn't it?

              

        11                   MS. FRANKS:  It's five minutes. 

               

        12                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Five minutes.  So we'll

              

        13     adjourn to the other room to see the tape, which is the only

              

        14     part of the transcript that was not written.  It had about

              

        15     100-page transcript anyway, I think, but we need to see

              

        16     that.        

              

        17                   MS. FRANKS:  It's not the deposition.  It's a

              

        18     tape of the turnstiles. 

              

        19                   MR. MULLALLY:  Yeah.  The deposition is

              

        20     included in the record. 

              

        21                   MS. FRANKS:  It's included in your packet.

              

        22                   MR. MULLALLY:  Yeah.  This is the --

              

        23                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  This is not another

              

        24     deposition?

              

        25                   MS. FRANKS:  No. 

              

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         1                   MR. MULLALLY:  No.  This is a composite of the

              

         2     surveillance tape.  The transcript of the deposition was

              

         3     included, so it's just like all the other witnesses. 

               

         4                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Then let's just go see that

              

         5     right now.  We'll adjourn for five minutes. 

              

         6                   MS. FRANKS:  You can see it right here. 

               

         7                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Oh, it's right here.

              

         8                   MR. MULLALLY:  I will comment that this tape

              

         9     is from -- is taken on what they call a multiplexer, is that

              

        10     correct, Captain?  What that is, it takes up to 16 --

              

        11                   CAPTAIN BOB BLOOMBERG:  I'm not sure which one

              

        12     this is, but they can have up to 16 different monitors in

              

        13     your view.  

              

        14                   MR. MULLALLY:  And so the video is somewhat

              

        15     degraded.  It's also one of the reasons why we changed our

              

        16     surveillance standards.  And everyone is in the process of

              

        17     upgrading their surveillance systems to eliminate

              

        18     multiplexers. 

              

        19                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Judge Wilson, do you want to

              

        20     make a comment?

              

        21                   JUDGE MCCORMICK WILSON:  May I come up here?

              

        22                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Yes.  Come up and sit down. 

              

        23                   JUDGE WILSON:  I have not seen it. 

              

        24                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  You'll give some

              

        25     background on what we're looking at? 

               

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         1                   MR. MULLALLY:  This is -- Mike, do you want

              

         2     to?

              

         3                   MR. MIKE BRADLEY:  This is the surveillance of the

              

         4     minor entering the casino.  And in the transcript there was

              

         5     discussions in the transcript of what you're seeing.  And

              

         6     what you will see is that the lady taking the tickets did

              

         7     check the minor's ID card.  I think that may be her right

              

         8     there. 

              

         9                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Do you want to stand over

              

        10     close to the monitor or can you see it?

              

        11                   MR. BRADLEY:  I can see it. 

              

        12                   CHAIRMAN SMITH:  Any comments that you want to

              

        13     make to assist us in identifying the people would be

              

        14     appreciated. 

               

        15                   MR. MULLALLY:  Is this the minor right here,

              

        16     Mike? 

              

        17                   MR. BRADLEY:  That could be.  She's awfully

              

        18     little, yeah.  But in the hearing it was definite that the

              

        19     ticket taker checked her ID.  That's what Harrah's wanted to

              

        20     make sure was on the record.

              

        21                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  What's happening now?

              

        22     Who is she interacting with? 

              

        23                   MR. MULLALLY:  That would be --

              

        24                   COMMISSIONER HINRICHS:  Just another patron?

              

        25                   MR. BRADLEY:  Yeah.  The minor coming through

              

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         1     the turnstile is the only relevance of the whole tape.