As used in this subpart:

1. (1) “Authorized player” means a person who has registered with the operator of interactive gaming to engage in interactive gaming;
2. (2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Racing Commission or the commission’s designee;
3. (3) “Interactive gaming account” means a wagering account as that term is defined in this subpart;

4. (4) “Interactive gaming service provider” means a person who acts on behalf of an operator of interactive gaming and:

   1. (A) Manages, administers, or controls wagers that are initiated, received, or made on an interactive gaming system;
   2. (B) Manages, administers, or controls the games with which wagers that are initiated, received, or made on an interactive gaming system are associated;
   3. (C) Maintains or operates the software or hardware of an interactive gaming system; or
   4. (D) Provides products, services, information, or assets to an operator of interactive gaming and receives therefor a percentage of gaming revenue from the establishment’s interactive gaming system;
5. (5) “Interactive gaming system” shall have the same meaning as provided in this part;
6. (6) “Inter-operator poker network” means a pool of authorized players from two (2) or more operators collected together to play the game of poker on one (1) interactive gaming system;
7. (7) “Operate interactive gaming” means to operate, carry on, conduct, maintain, or expose for play in or from the State of Arkansas interactive gaming on an interactive gaming system;

8. (8)

   1. (A) “Operator of interactive gaming” or “operator” means a person who operates interactive gaming.
   2. (B) An operator of interactive gaming who is granted a license by the Arkansas Racing Commission is a licensee;

9. (9)

   1. (A) “Poker” means the traditional game of poker, and any derivative of the game of poker as approved by the Arkansas Racing Commission wherein two (2) or more players play against each other and wager on the value of their hands.
   2. (B) For purposes of interactive gaming, poker is not a banking game; and
10. (10) “Wagering communication” means the transmission of a wager between a point of origin and a point of reception through communications technologies.