“GamingLaw” means all applicable provisions of all: (a) constitutions, treaties, statutes or laws governing Gaming Facilities and rules, regulations, codes and ordinances of Gaming Authorities and all administrative or judicial orders or decrees or other laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permitting authority over gambling, gaming or Gaming Facility activities conducted by the Borrower within its jurisdiction; and (b) orders, decisions, determinations, judgments, awards, decrees, approvals, consents and waivers of any Gaming Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any applicable foreign or domestic, federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, supranational, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof (which shall include, without limitation, the European Central Bank and the Council of Ministers of the European Union) or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, a province or territory of Canada, Canada or any other foreign entity or government.
“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons or petroleum products, petroleumby-products, asbestos, asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons, radon gas, toxic mold and any other chemical, material or substance regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, not entered into for speculative purposes.
“IFRS” means, subject to the provisions of Section 1.2, the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and interpretations issues by the International Financial Reporting Committee from time to time, and any successor standards or bodies thereto.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, (d) [reserved], (e) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness described in the other clauses of this definition of other Persons, (f) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however,
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