2127

2127.1

No wagers may be accepted or paid by any Sports Wagering Operator Licensee in any of the following instances:

(a) Any collegiate sports or athletic event in which any District of Columbia based college or university team participates regardless of where the event takes place;

(b) Any collegiate sports or athletic event that takes place in the District.

(c) All high school sports events, including high school electronic sports events and high school competitive video game events; and

(d) Any amateur sport or athletic event with the exception of:

(1) Olympic sporting or athletic events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee where the majority of participants are age eighteen (18) or older, subject to limitation by the Office;

(2) International team sports events in which persons under age 18 make up a minority of the participants;

(3) Collegiate sporting or athletic events occurring outside the District that do not involve a District of Columbia college or university;

(4) The other games of a collegiate sports or athletic tournament in which a District of Columbia college or university team is a participant; and

(5) Any games of a collegiate tournament that occur outside the District of Columbia even though some of the individual games or events are held in the District of Columbia.

(e) Any collegiate sport or athletic event which the Operator Licensee knows or reasonably should know, is being placed by, or on behalf of a coach or participant in that collegiate event; and

(f) Any event or athletic sporting event unless approved by the Office.

2127.2

If at any time a collegiate sports or athletic event becomes a

prohibited sports event as defined in Subsection 2127.1, the Operator shall cancel any wager on that event and return to each player, at minimum, the full amount of the wager.

SOURCE Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 11598 (August 30, 2019).