racing or gaming business or otherwise to continue to conduct its business substantially as is presently conducted or contemplated to be conducted following the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), (b) required by any Gaming Law or (c) required to accomplish the financing and other transactions contemplated hereby after giving effect to the Transactions.
“Gaming Authority” means any governmental agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any gaming business or enterprise or any Gaming Facility or with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over any gaming or racing operation (or proposed gaming or racing operation) owned, leased, managed or operated by the Borrowers or the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Gaming Facility” means any casino, hotel, resort, race track, off-track wagering site, venue at which gaming or wagering is conducted, and all related or ancillary property, assets or line of business.
“Gaming Laws” means all applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, treaties, statutes or laws governing Gaming Facilities (including, without limitation, card club casinos and pari mutual race tracks) and rules, regulations, codes and ordinances of, and all administrative or judicial orders or decrees or other laws pursuant to which, any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming, racing or Gaming Facility activities conducted by the Borrowers or the Restricted Subsidiaries within its jurisdiction; (b) Gaming Approvals; and (c) orders, decisions, determinations, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.
“Gaming License” means any Gaming Approval or other casino, gambling, racing or gaming license issued by any Gaming Authority covering any Gaming Facility.
“Government Securities” means readily marketable (a) direct full faith and credit obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States and (b) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of, or corporation owned, controlled or sponsored by, the United States that are generally considered in the securities industry to be implicit obligations of the United States.
“Governmental Authority” means any government or political subdivision of the United States or any other country, whether national, federal, state, provincial, local or otherwise, or any agency, authority, board, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof or therein, including, without limitation, any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to such government or political subdivision (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) including, without limitation, any Gaming Authority.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(h).
“Guarantors” means, collectively, each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a party to the Guaranty on the Closing Date or a Restricted Subsidiary that executes and delivers the Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.08, in each case, whether existing on the Closing Date or established, created or acquired after the Closing Date, unless and until such time as the respective Restricted Subsidiary is released from all of its obligations in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided that (i) (x) prior to the Relevant Notes Prepayment Date, the Designated Restricted Entities and (y) thereafter, any Subsidiary that was a Designated Restricted Entity as of immediately prior to the Relevant Notes Prepayment Date, in each case, shall not be Guarantors, (ii) the Excluded Subsidiaries shall not be Guarantors (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (ii), if an Excluded Subsidiary executes a joinder to the Guaranty such Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor), (iii) prior to receipt of approval from the New York State Gaming Commission, MGM Yonkers, Inc. shall
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