{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-089","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board, Acting Executive Director Cynthia M. Ortega-Armijo","authority":"NMSA 1978, § 60-2E-7; Department of Health Public Health Order of Mar. 19, 2020","instrument":"Director\u0027s 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","title":"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.","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","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\u0027s racetrack casinos remained closed from March 2020 until March 2021","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2021-02-24","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["Bingo operators","Nonprofit gaming licensees (fraternal and veterans clubs)"],"clause":"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\u0027s 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":"\u0027Criminal and civil penalties apply to any violations of the Orders of the Governor and the Department of Health Cabinet Secretary\u0027 (NMSA 1978, § 12-10A-19); Board licensing authority (§ 60-2E-7)","functions":["FC/GATH bingo halls and nonprofit club gaming rooms closed for eleven months","WS/EV fraternal and veterans organizations\u0027 facilities closed to all gatherings over ten","OP cessation reports and forms to the Board"],"notes":"New Mexico is the outlier: the State\u0027s 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).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nmgcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GCB_Director_Letter_to_Licensees_re_COVID_19_3_19_20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210307/https://www.nmgcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GCB_Director_Letter_to_Licensees_re_COVID_19_3_19_20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":109081,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-089","citation":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board, Acting Executive Director Cynthia M. Ortega-Armijo, Director\u0027s 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 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-089)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-090"]}