AN ACT RELATING TO THE UTGR MASTER CONTRACT AND THE TWIN RIVER -- TIVERTON MASTER CONTRACT -- CONSOLIDATED MARKETING PROGRAM (Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and consolidates the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program.)

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO THE UTGR MASTER CONTRACT AND THE TWIN RIVER -- TIVERTON
MASTER CONTRACT -- CONSOLIDATED MARKETING PROGRAM

Introduced By:
Representative Scott Slater

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Except to the extent amended by this act, the terms, conditions, provisions
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and definitions of Chapter 322 and 323 of the Public Laws of 2005, Chapter 16 of the Public Laws
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of 2010, Chapter 151, Article 25 of the Public Laws of 2011, Chapters 289 and 290 of the Public
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Laws of 2012, Chapter 145, Article 13 of the Public Laws of 2014, Chapter 141, Article 11,
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Sections 16 -- 22 of the Public Laws of 2015, and Chapters 005 and 006 of the Public Laws of
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2016, Chapter 302, Article 8, Sections 4-6 of the Public Laws of 2017, and Chapters 41 and 42 of
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the Public Laws of 2021 (in each case as the more recent law may have amended an earlier law or
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laws), are hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
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following meanings, and to the extent that such terms are otherwise defined in any provision of the
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general or public laws, for purposes of this act, those terms are hereby amended to read as follows:
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(1) “Adjustment Amount” means the percentage increase in the consumer price index (CPI)
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as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (or any successor index that replaces it) as determined
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on an Adjustment Date by multiplying:
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(i) The original marketing cap amount specified in the Consolidated Marketing Program
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prior to any Adjustment Amount; and
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(ii) The fraction:
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(A) The numerator of which is the CPI published for the month immediately preceding the

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Adjustment Date; and
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(B) The denominator of which is the CPI value published for the month of June, 2025.
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(2) “Adjustment Date” means the first date of each Marketing Year.
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(3) “Consolidated Marketing Program” means that Consolidated Marketing Program
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authorized in this act.
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(4) “Consolidated Master Contract” means the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-
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Tiverton Master Contract as amended, restated, and consolidated pursuant to the terms set forth in
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this act.
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(5) “Division” means the state lottery division of the department of revenue and/or any
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successor in interest thereto.
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(6) “Division Percentage” means for any Marketing Year, the Division’s percentage of net
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terminal income derived from video lottery terminals located at the Tiverton Facility and the
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Lincoln Facility, as set forth in § 42-61.2-7.
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(7) “Lincoln Facility” means the Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort located at 100
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Twin River Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island.
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(8) “Marketing Cap” means an amount equal to the Division Percentage multiplied by
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twenty-seven million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($27,250,000), and increased annually
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on the Adjustment Date by the Adjustment Amount.
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(9) “Marketing Program” means, as to UTGR, that marketing program set forth in Chapter
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16, Section 4(a)(iii) of Part A, of the Public Laws of 2010, as amended by Chapter 151, Article 25,
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Section 8 of the Public Laws of 2011, and as amended by Chapter 145, Article 13, Section 5 of the
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Public Laws of 2014, and as amended by Chapters 005 and 006 of the Public Laws of 2016. As to
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Twin River-Tiverton, “Marketing Program” means that marketing program set forth in Chapter 16,
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Section 4(a)(iii) of Part B of the Public Laws of 2010, as amended by Chapter 151, Article 25,
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Section 8 of the Public Laws of 2011, and as amended by Chapters 005 and 006 of the Public Laws
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of 2016.
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(10) “Marketing Year” means the fiscal year of the state.
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(11) “Tiverton Facility” means the Bally’s Tiverton Casino & Hotel located at 777 Tiverton
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Casino Boulevard, Tiverton, Rhode Island.
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(12) “Twin River-Tiverton” means Twin River-Tiverton, LLC and its permitted successors
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and assigns under the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract, as amended, restated, and consolidated
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pursuant to this act.
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(13) “UTGR” means UTGR, LLC, and its permitted successors and assigns under the
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UTGR Master Contract, as amended, restated, and consolidated pursuant to this act.

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SECTION 3. Authorized procurement of Consolidated Master Contract. Notwithstanding
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any provisions of the General Laws of the state or regulations adopted thereunder to the contrary,
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within ninety (90) days of the enactment of this act, the Division is hereby authorized and
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empowered to enter into an amended, restated, and consolidated contract (the “Consolidated Master
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Contract”) among the Division, UTGR, and Twin River-Tiverton, which shall amend, restate, and
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consolidate the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract, and which
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shall:
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(1) Consolidate the Marketing Program applicable to UTGR and the Marketing Program
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applicable to Twin River-Tiverton into the Consolidated Marketing Program, which shall be
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monitored by the Division; and shall further provide that the marketing expenditures incurred by
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UTGR and Twin River-Tiverton, collectively, and not each individually, will be reimbursed by the
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Division in accordance with the following terms:
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(i) For each Marketing Year, the Division shall pay UTGR an amount equal to the product
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of the Division Percentage multiplied by the total combined marketing expenditures of UTGR and
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Twin River-Tiverton; provided, however, that the total amount payable by the Division for each
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Marketing Year pursuant to this section shall not exceed the Marketing Cap, as adjusted annually
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on the Adjustment Date;
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(ii) Provided, however, that in any partial Marketing Year, the total amount payable by the
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Division shall be capped at the amount equal to the Marketing Cap multiplied by a fraction:
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(A) The numerator of which is the number of days in any partial marketing year; and
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(B) The denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365); and
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(iii) Any amounts related to the Consolidated Marketing Program payable by the Division
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shall be paid on a frequency agreed by the Division (but no less frequently than annually) out of
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that share of net terminal income disbursed pursuant to § 42-61.2-7.
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(2) The foregoing supersedes and replaces any law applicable to the Tiverton Facility or
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the Lincoln Facility relating to the Marketing Program pertaining to such facility.
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(3) The UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract, as amended
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and restated and as consolidated into the Consolidated Master Contract pursuant to this act, shall
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remain in full force and effect. If there is a conflict between any provision of the Consolidated
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Master Contract and this act, the provisions of this act control.
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SECTION 4. The Supplementary Promotional Points Program applicable to Twin River,
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which is in addition to the Initial Promotional Points Program, shall be amended so that UTGR
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may distribute to customers and prospective customers Promotional Points of up to but not more
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than sixteen percent (16%) of Twin River net terminal income for the Prior Marketing Year. For

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avoidance of doubt, as a result of the foregoing amendment, the approved amount of Promotional
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Points that may be distributed by UTGR pursuant to the Initial and Supplementary Promotional
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Points Programs, in the aggregate, may be up to but not more than twenty percent (20%) of the
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average of the prior three (3) years of Twin River net terminal income, plus an additional seven
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hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000), subject however, to subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) below,
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and beginning on the first date following the Prior Marketing Year, beginning 2027 and each
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subsequent year thereafter, the distributive amount of Promotional Points shall be adjusted annually
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for inflation, indexed to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City
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Average, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The terms and conditions
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of the Initial and Supplementary Promotional Points Programs applicable to Twin River shall be
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established from time to time by the Division, and such terms and conditions shall include, without
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limitation, a state fiscal-year audit of the program, the cost of which audit shall be borne by UTGR.
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SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO THE UTGR MASTER CONTRACT AND THE TWIN RIVER -- TIVERTON
MASTER CONTRACT -- CONSOLIDATED MARKETING PROGRAM
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This act would restate the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master
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Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing
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Program.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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