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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-089 Order Primary source read

Director's letter to licensees: Notice of Cessation of Games of Chance in accordance with the Amended Public Health Emergency Order to Limit Mass Gatherings Due to COVID-19

Bingo operators and nonprofit gaming licensees directed to cease the conduct of all games of chance until further notice and to close their facilities for the duration of the Order and the public health emergency; no gatherings over ten persons; cessation to be reported to the Board by 5:00 p.m.

New Mexico Gaming Control Board, Acting Executive Director Cynthia M. Ortega-Armijo · New Mexico Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Mexico Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · New Mexico
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
NMSA 1978, § 60-2E-7; Department of Health Public Health Order of Mar. 19, 2020
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
Nonprofit gaming and racetrack casinos permitted to reopen under the Feb. 24, 2021 Public Health Order (Exs. 091, 092); New Mexico's racetrack casinos remained closed from March 2020 until March 2021 (read as 2021-02-24)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Feb. 24, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureGathering cap
Addressees
  • Bingo operators
  • Nonprofit gaming licensees (fraternal and veterans clubs)
Functions reached
  • FC/GATH bingo halls and nonprofit club gaming rooms closed for eleven months
  • WS/EV fraternal and veterans organizations' facilities closed to all gatherings over ten
  • OP cessation reports and forms to the Board
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

Due to the statewide public health emergency declared by Governor Lujan Grisham on March 11, 2020 and the Amended Public Health Emergency Order to Limit Mass Gatherings Due to COVID-19 issued by the Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Health today, you are directed to cease the conduct of all games of chance until further notice. Your facilities are to be closed for the duration of this Order and the Governor's declared public health emergency, which applies to all recreational facilities. You are also advised that your organizations should not hold any gatherings of over 10 persons for any purpose... Criminal and civil penalties apply to any violations of the Orders of the Governor and the Department of Health Cabinet Secretary.

Enforcement

'Criminal and civil penalties apply to any violations of the Orders of the Governor and the Department of Health Cabinet Secretary' (NMSA 1978, § 12-10A-19); Board licensing authority (§ 60-2E-7)

Notes

New Mexico is the outlier: the State's five racetrack casinos and its nonprofit gaming rooms stayed closed from March 2020 into late February and March 2021 under successive Public Health Orders (June 1, July 13, Aug. 28, Sept. 18, Nov. 13, 2020 and Feb. 24, 2021, posted by the Board).

Retrieval note

Live URL returns 404; retrieved from the March 7, 2021 capture.

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