- (1) Authorized sports bettor means an individual who is physically present in a casino when placing a sports wager and who is not a prohibited sports bettor.
- (2) Automated ticket machine means an electronic device that, at a minimum, is used for the execution of permitted sports wagers placed by an authorized sports bettor directly and permissible redemption of winning sports wagers within a sports wagering lounge or other location within the casino as approved by the commission.
- (3) Casino sports wagering licensee means a casino licensed to operate sports pools pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367(2)(a), equivalent to the definition of operator set forth in Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367(1)(n).
- (4) Event number means a set of alphabetic and/or numeric characters that corresponds to a sports event or occurrence within a sports event.
- (5) Oddsmaker means a person licensed as a casino key employee or as an employee of a sports pool vendor responsible for the final approval of all odds established on any sports wager made pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367 and this Part.
- (6) Operations wagering manager means a person licensed as a casino key employee or as an employee of a sports pool vendor responsible for the operations of sports wagering at a casino.
- (7) Parlay card means a physical instrument offering a multi-contest sports wager.
- (8) Parlay card wager means a transaction on the outcome of a series of three or more sports events with a predetermined fixed payout.
(9) Prohibited sports bettor means any person whose participation may undermine the integrity of wagering on a sports event or the conduct of such sports event itself, or any person who is prohibited for other good cause, including, without limitation, the following, as prescribed by Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367(1) and this paragraph:
- (i) any individual placing a sports wager as an agent or proxy;
- (ii) any athlete whose performance may be used to determine, in whole or in part, the outcome of such wagering;
- (iii) any person who is an athlete, player, coach, referee or other game official, physician, trainer, sports agent, owner or employee or independent contractor of a team, player union and umpire union personnel, or employee, official or independent contractor of a sports governing body if the sports wager is based on any sport or athletic event overseen by the individual's sports governing body;
- (iv) any person with access to material, non-public confidential information about a sports event that is the subject of such wagering;
- (v) a person identified to the commission by a sports governing body that the commission agrees is a person who should be a prohibited sports bettor;
- (vi) any person who holds a position of authority or influence sufficient to exert influence over the participants in a sports event that is the subject of a sports wager, if such person is not otherwise described by this subdivision;
- (vii) any principal, key employee or casino gaming employee of a casino and its affiliates, except as may be permitted by the commission;
- (viii) any non-gaming employee at the casino that employs such person;
- (ix) any contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, or officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, of a casino sports wagering licensee if such person is directly involved in the operation or observation of sports wagering, or the processing of sports wagering claims or payments;
- (x) any employee of a mobile sports wagering licensee, as defined in section 5330.1(b) of this Title, and its affiliates, except as may be permitted by the commission;
- (xi) any contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, or officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, of a mobile sports wagering licensee, as defined in section 5330.1(b) of this Title, if such person is directly involved in the operation or observation of mobile sports wagering, or the processing of mobile sports wagering claims or payments;
- (xii) any person subject to a contract with the commission if such contract contains a provision prohibiting such person from participating in sports wagering;
- (xiii) any spouse, child, sibling or parent residing in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons at the same casino sports wagering licensee where the foregoing person is prohibited from participating in sports wagering;
- (xiv) any officer or employee of the commission; and
- (xv) any minor.
- (10) Sports pool vendor means a licensed casino vendor enterprise, as defined in section 5307.1 of this Title, that operates on behalf of a casino or assists a casino in the operation of a sports pool.
- (11) Structured wager means to place knowingly a series of sports wagers in any amount, at one or more facilities, on one or more days, in any manner, to circumvent knowingly the recording and reporting requirements of section 5329.22 of this Part. The sports wager or wagers need not exceed the dollar thresholds in section 5329.22 at any single facility in any single day in order to constitute structuring within the meaning of this definition.
(12) Suspicious wager means a sports wager that a casino sports wagering licensee knows or has reason to suspect is being attempted or was placed, including, without limitation:
- (i) in violation of or as part of a plan to violate or evade local, State or Federal law or regulation prohibiting wagering on a type of sports event; or
- (ii) in violation of or as part of a plan to violate or evade local, State or Federal law or regulation prohibiting wagering by, or on behalf of, a prohibited person, as defined in section 5329.19(b) of this Part; or
- (iii) by a person who has no business or apparent lawful purpose in placing such wager or is not the sort of wager that a particular authorized sports bettor would normally be expected to place.
- (13) Wagering cashier means an employee of casino sports wagering licensee or sports pool vendor who accepts wagers at a sports wagering lounge.
- (14) Wagering platform means the combination of hardware, software and data networks used to manage, administer and control sports wagering.
- (15) Wagering ticket means a physical record issued and maintained by the wagering platform that evidences a sports wager.
(a) Applicability.
This Part applies to sports wagering conducted by a casino sports wagering licensee pursuant to Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367. For rules and regulations that apply to mobile sports wagering conducted through servers or other electronic equipment at casinos pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law sections 1367 and 1367-a, see Part 5330 of this Title, some sections of which may refer back to and incorporate certain provisions of this Part.
(b) Definitions.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions and the definitions set forth in Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1367 are applicable throughout this Part: