- (a) A participant may only enter a fantasy contest by a licensed operator by first establishing a fantasy contest account with the fantasy contest operator, unless the fantasy contest is through a fantasy contest terminal in a licensed facility.
(b) The licensed operator shall perform all of the following with respect to each participant account:
- (1) Verify the age, location and identity of participants in a fantasy contest prior to accepting an entry in a fantasy contest by the participant account holder.
- (2) Assure the participant has funds on account sufficient to pay the fantasy contest entry fee at the time of entry.
- (3) Require that each time a participant enters his registered fantasy account, the participant shall enter his unique username and password to verify his identity.
(4) Provide the account holder the option to:
- (i) Restrict the participant from entering a fantasy contest or accessing a fantasy contest account for a specific period of time as determined by the account holder.
- (ii) Restrict the total amount of deposits that the participant may pay to the licensed operator for a specific time period established by the participant.
- (iii) Restrict the total amount of entry fees that the participant may pay to the licensed operator for a specific time period established by the participant.
- (iv) Restrict the number of fantasy contests the participant may enter for a specific time period as determined by the account holder.
- (v) With respect to subparagraphs (i)—(iv), a participant may make his limits more restrictive at any time but any increase to these limits must become effective only after the time-period of the previous limit has expired and the player reaffirms the requested increase.
- (5) Prevent unauthorized withdrawals from a fantasy contest account.
- (6) Establish protocols for participants to withdraw funds whether the account is open or closed.
- (7) Establish procedures for closing accounts and paying balances.
- (8) Establish procedures for the disbursement of unclaimed prizes.