{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-87.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 50-27-87.1","heading":"Unfair methods of competition; unfair and deceptive acts.","body":"The following acts or practices are deemed unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts under this article:\n(1) Until the corporation certifies that the Class B accounting terminal authorized by Code Section 50-27-101 is implemented, a master licensee, location owner, or location operator retaining more than 50 percent of the net monthly proceeds for the operation of a Class B machine;\n(2) A master licensee or owner entering into an agreement with a manufacturer or distributor:\n(A) That grants the owner or master licensee exclusive rights to own, maintain, place, or lease a type, model, or brand of bona fide coin operated amusement machine in this state; or\n(B) For the lease of a bona fide coin operated amusement machine, its parts, or software or hardware;\n(3) A location owner or location operator asking, demanding, or accepting anything of value, including but not limited to a loan or financing arrangement, gift, procurement fee, lease payments, revenue sharing, or payment of license fees or permit fees from a manufacturer, distributor, or master licensee, as an incentive, inducement, or any other consideration to locate bona fide coin operated amusement machines in that establishment. A location owner that violates this subsection shall have all of the location owner’s state business licenses revoked for a period of one to five years per incident. The location owner also shall be fined up to $50,000.00 per incident and required to repay any incentive fees or other payments received from the operator; and\n(4) A manufacturer, distributor, operator, master licensee, or individual providing anything of value, including but not limited to a loan or financing arrangement, gift, procurement fee, lease payments, revenue sharing, or payment of license fees or permit fees to a location owner or location operator, as an incentive, inducement, or any other consideration to locate bona fide coin operated amusement machines in that establishment. A manufacturer, distributor, operator, master licensee, or individual who violates this subsection shall have all of his or her state business licenses revoked for a period of one to five years per incident. The individual, manufacturer, distributor, owner, or master licensee also shall be fined up to $50,000.00 per incident.","path":["TITLE 50 State Government","CHAPTER 27 Lottery for Education","Article 3 Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machines","PART 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.50.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"d9ba29add0f64280d24fe19894fdc2c82f77afdd4d73197c7ef3659010d24eec","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-87","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-88"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}