Games of Chance (GOC)

New Hampshire game rooms offering casino-style games including poker, roulette, and other table games.

License Types with Games of Chance

  • GOC Facility – Any individual or entity other than a charitable organization or governmental subdivision with control of a facility, at which games of chance are held for 5 or more game dates per calendar year.

    License Fee: $250.00
    License Length: 1 calendar year (January 1 - December 31)
    Application: GOC Facility

  • Game Operator Employer - A business entity (casino) who employs, supervises, and controls game operators and who is hired by a charitable organization to operate games of chance on their behalf.

    License Fee: $760.00
    License Length: 1 calendar year (January 1 - December 31)
    Application: Game Operator Employer

  • Primary Game Operator - Any person involved in conducting, managing, supervising, directing, or running games of chance; including, but not limited to, gambling operation managers and assistant managers, managers and supervisors of security employees, pit bosses, shift bosses, credit executive, and cashier operations supervisors.

    License Fee: $100.00 plus a badge fee for each room where currently employed.
    License Length: Licenses expire 3 years after being issued, provided that the licensee annually file a “Games of Chance (GOC) PGO/SGO Renewal” form, by the last day of their birth month

  • Secondary Game Operator - Any person involved in dealing, running a roulette wheel, handling chips, or providing accounting services or security functions; including any person with job functions or responsibilities that require the person to watch over, protect, handle, use, maintain, or otherwise hold responsibility over gaming cash, revenue, supplies, or devices. This includes individuals in the back office and anyone that has access to gaming systems, chips, tokens, or playing cards, or who could access or make changes to the gaming operations accounting system, player tracking system, gaming system records, or cash and accounting records.

    License Fee: $30.00 plus a badge fee for each room where currently employed.
    License Length: Licenses expire 3 years after being issued, provided that the licensee annually file a “Games of Chance (GOC) PGO/SGO Renewal” form, by the last day of their birth month

  • Charitable Organization - Any bona fide religious, charitable, civic, veterans', fraternal, or church organization which shall have been registered with the NH Secretary of State for at least one year as a “Domestic Non-Profit Corporation” and if applicable, registered and in good standing with the NH Charitable Trusts Unit. Charitable organizations must also be tax exempt under the following IRS exempt status: 501(c) 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, or 19.

    License Fee: $50.00 (Maximum 10 game dates per year)
    License Length: 1 calendar year (January 1 - December 31)

Monthly Financial Reporting

All applications and workbooks can be found by visiting the Applications & Forms page of our website

Criminal Background Checks

All GOC applications must be aware of the current Privacy Act Statement and include documents for a criminal background check. Fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI. If an applicant believes their criminal record is incorrect, and would like to request a correction, please contact the law enforcement agency that contributed the questionable information, or the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division. The procedure for making such a request can be found in Title 28 CFR§16.34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Applications must have one of the following options included:

State Police Portal (scheduled an appointment online)

IN-STATE APPLICANTS ONLY:

The State Police Portal option is available only to applicants that reside in-state. This is typically the most efficient of the options, as turn-around time on results is significantly reduced. 

  1. Please use the NH Department of Safety – Criminal Records Portal https://services.dos.nh.gov/chri/cpo/
  2. Be sure to select “Licensing of Game Operators” and “NH Lottery”
  3. Be prepared to pay $48.25 online with a credit/debit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, DISCOVER)

Applicants must submit a copy of the email confirmation that is sent to them after they have made their appointment. Email confirmation must include name, date of birth, confirmation number, appointment time, appointment date, and appointment location.

OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS:

  1. Applicants must be fingerprinted at any available location in that state in which they live. Livescan or inked fingerprint cards are acceptable.

OR

Fingerprinting Location (did not schedule an appointment online)

  1. Completed “Criminal Records Release Authorization” form (05/2017);
  2. Complete set of fingerprints captured by a qualified law enforcement agency;
    1. If fingerprints are digitally captured, submit a copy of the “Applicant Livescan Site Form”.
    2. If fingerprints are captured via ink impressions, submit the FBI FD-258 fingerprint card issued by the NH State Police.
  3. Payment in the form of a check or money order made payable to “State of NH-Criminal Records”. For current charges, contact the NH State Police Criminal Records Unit at (603) 223-3867, or visit their website at https://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/crimrecords/.

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