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Chapter 23N

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23N

Authorization and Regulation of Sports Wagering

1Short title 2Sports wagering and ancillary activities authorized 3Definitions 4Commission powers and duties 5License required to engage in sports wagering activity 6Operator licenses; category of licenses; temporary licenses 7Application fee for operator license 8Occupational licenses 9Denial, suspension or revocation of license 10House rules for game play 11Prohibited activities; requests by sports governing body or players association to restrict certain types of wagering; reporting and investigation of criminal, suspicious or abnormal activities; recording of wagers; background checks 12Duties of operators; data source for determining results of sporting events; use of official league data to settle tier 2 sports wagers; sharing of revenues or amounts wagered with sports governing body 13Placing and acceptance of wagers; use of mobile applications or digital platforms; excluded and self-excluded persons; unclaimed winnings 14Excise imposed upon sports wagering operators 15Sport Wagering Control Fund 16Failure of operator to comply with provisions of chapter, house rules, or regulations or orders adopted by commission; civil administrative penalties; hearing; judicial review 17Sports Wagering Fund 18Workforce Investment Trust Fund 19Youth Development and Achievement Fund 20Sport wagering kiosks feasibility study 21Civil penalties for violation of chapter; other operator discipline 22Retaliation by operator against employee prohibited 23Annual research agenda to understand social and economic effects of sports wagering 24Determination of whether winner of cash or prize owes past-due child support or tax liability to the commonwealth; duties of operator