(a)    This section applies only in Worcester County.

(b)    The Commission may issue an amusement gaming license to a family entertainment center that satisfies the requirements of this section.

(c)    A family entertainment center may apply to the Commission for a license under this section if the family entertainment center:

(1)    is located in a building that is owned, leased, or occupied by the family entertainment center for the primary purpose of providing amusement devices to the public;

(2)    receives a majority of the gross receipts from amusement, merchandise, redemption, or skills–based devices;

(3)    markets its business to families with children;

(4)    offers amusement devices, arcade games, crane games, video games, interactive and sporting games, amusement rides, miniature golf, and bowling; and

(5)    is in continuous operation in the same geographic location since 1975.

(d)    (1)    A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may operate:

(i)    skills–based devices that award noncash prizes of minimal value; and

(ii)    up to 10 skills–based devices that award noncash prizes with a minimal wholesale value that does not exceed $599.

(2)    The Commission shall determine the value of the noncash prizes that may be awarded by a skills–based device under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.

(e)    A family entertainment center may not exchange merchandise for money.

(f)    The Commission may determine that a device at a family entertainment center is an illegal gaming device and order the device to be removed from the family entertainment center.

(g)    A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may not transfer the license to another geographic location.