2027 RETAIL SPORTS WAGERING PROGRAM

2027.1 Pursuant to D.C. Code § 36-621.11(g)(1)(B), the Office is authorized to require one or more Class A or Class C Sports Wagering Operators (Designated Sports Wagering Operators) to provide kiosks, as a condition of its license.

2027.2 All Designated Sports Wagering Operator's wagering advertising must be pre-approved by the Office.

2027.3 Specific terms and conditions governing the Designated Sports Wagering Operators and operations (House Rules) shall be posted on or be made available on the Designated Sports Wagering Operator's sports wagering mobile application and website.

2027.4 The use of sports wagering kiosks is restricted to individuals twenty-one (21) years of age and older.

2027.5 Sports wagering kiosks shall only accept United States currency.

2027.6 A Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent shall not allow anyone to access sports wagering self-service terminal keys, open sports wagering self-service terminal cabinet doors, or access sports wagering self-service terminal internal components except for the sales agent, a designated employee of the sales agent, or the employee of a Designated Sports Wagering Operator.

2027.7 In order to curb excessive wagering and ensure responsible play at retail locations, the Office or a Designated Sports Wagering Operator may place limits on a person's sports wagering activities based upon the following criteria:

(a) The amount of time a person spends wagering at a retail location or locations; or

(b) The amount of money a person wagers at a retail location or locations; or

(c) The number of wagers placed by a person in a short period of time at a retail location or locations.

2027.8 A Designated Sports Wagering Operator shall not pay winnings to a person if it is determined by a Designated Sports Wagering Operator that the person violated the wagering limits imposed by the Office, or a Designated Sports Wagering Operator and all such winnings shall be forfeited.

2027.9 A person may be placed on the Office's or Designated Sports Wagering Operator's Involuntary Exclusion List if the person violates any wagering

limits established by the Office or Designated Sports Wagering Operator.

2027.10 A Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent is prohibited from knowingly allowing a person to violate any wagering limits established by the Office or a Designated Sports Wagering Operator.2027.11 A Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent may only conduct sports wagering activities during hours preapproved by the Office and a Designated Sports Wagering Operator.2027.12 Winning tickets or vouchers of two hundred dollars (\$200) or less or other amount specified by a Designated Sports Wagering Operator may be used to place wagers up to the value of the winning ticket at a sports wagering kiosk.2027.13 Winning tickets with a value of six hundred dollars (\$600) or less or other amount specified by a Designated Sports Wagering Operator may be redeemed at the Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent location where purchased by presenting a valid government issued driver's license or non-driver identification card and any other identification or information required by the Designated Sports Wagering Operator or at any other location specified by the Designated Sports Wagering Operator.2027.14 All winning tickets over six hundred dollars (\$600) and all vouchers must be claimed at a location specified by a Designated Sports Wagering Operator.2027.15 A Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent may redeem a maximum of four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars (\$4,999) worth of winning tickets in a single day, or other amount specified by a Designated Sports Wagering Operator.2027.16 Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agents shall:- (a) Ensure that all employees responsible for sports wagering activities occurring at the licensed location complete all training required by the Office. Such training shall include the basics of sports wagering, sports wagering equipment use, responsible gaming requirements, anti-money laundering requirements and suspicious activity reporting requirements;

- (b) Ensure that at least one employee of the licensed location, who has completed the Office's required training, be on duty and on premises at all times when sports wagering activities are occurring at the licensed location. The Office shall issue a certificate or badge to individuals who have completed the Office's required training. Such certificate or badge must be presented immediately upon request to any authorized employee

of the Office, Metropolitan Police Department, or Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration;

(c) Promptly report to the Office the facts or circumstances related to the operation of sports wagering that may constitute a violation of District or federal law, including suspicious sports wagering over any threshold set by the Office. All reports must be made within twenty-four (24) hours after the violation has been identified;

(d) Operate sports wagering in a facility designed to provide sufficient security and shall include the installation and maintenance of security and surveillance equipment, according to specifications approved by the Office. The Office and Designated Sports Wagering Operator shall have access to the surveillance equipment and its transmissions;

(e) Submit a security plan or allow for an onsite inspection by Office security personnel to assess adequacy for Office approval prior to or within two weeks of being authorized to accept wagers. A surveillance plan or Office onsite inspection must be included as part of the overall security plan. Any changes to the security plan must be approved by the Office.

(f) Ensure that all sports wagering kiosks located in the licensed location are monitored by staff and Office-approved surveillance equipment that is operational, regularly maintained, and are capable of storing footage for a minimum of fourteen (14) days unless the footage has been used in the investigation of an incident, in which case the footage shall be stored for a minimum of thirty (30) days. All security footage shall be made available to the Office, the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Designated Sports Wagering Operator upon request;

(g) Ensure that sports wagering operations are conducted in a manner that does not pose a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of District residents;

(h) Ensure that all its employees selling sports wagering products or engaging in any sports wagering related activities are at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(i) Employ the use of security guards and/or licensed security officers if required to do so by the Office;

(j) Prevent an individual, group of individuals or entity from tampering with or interfering with the operation of sports wagering or sports wagering equipment;

(k) Ensure sports wagering equipment remains unmoved from its approved location within the licensed facility. Sports wagering equipment shall only be moved by the Office, or employee of the Designated Sports Wagering Operator;

(l) Ensure that sports wagering using a sports wagering kiosk is conducted within the sight and control of employees of the licensee and under continuous observation by surveillance equipment, as required by the Office;

(m) Verify that persons seeking to participate in sports wagering are at least twenty-one (21) years of age by requiring that they present, upon request, a valid government-issued identification document, including a driver's license, passport, or military ID, that includes the person's name, date of birth, and photograph of the bearer;

(n) Prohibit any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to collect winnings from sports wagering;

(o) Maintain all required licenses and endorsements issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board;

(p) Prevent intoxicated or impaired persons from participating in sports wagering and, once aware that such persons are on the Premises, immediately remove them from the approved designated areas for sports wagering on the licensed Premises; and

(q) Immediately notify staff designated in § 2027.16(b) or the licensed location's security personnel if a person who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years or is intoxicated or impaired knowingly engages in sports wagering on the licensed Premises.

2027.17

The following shall be conspicuously posted at the Sports Wagering Facility:

(a) The Lottery Sports Wagering Sales Agent's license;

(b) The name of the sports wagering responsible employee on duty;

(c) Signage that includes statements that are similar to "Must be 21 years of age or older to engage in sports wagering." "It is unlawful for any individual who is noticeably intoxicated or impaired to engage in sports wagering."; and

(d) Signage that contains information preventing, treating, and monitoring compulsive gambling, procedures for self-exclusion, as well as the

National Council on Problem Gambling’s twenty-four 24-hour toll-free confidential National Helpline — 1-800-522-4700 (call or text).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 6681, 6696 (September 22, 1989); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 2802 (March 13, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 001171 (February 7, 2025).