1. (1) Licensees shall not permit Sports Gaming Accounts to be established, deposits to be made by, or Wagers to be placed by Minors. Each Licensee shall maintain a system through which it verifies the age and identity of the Bettor and verifies that neither Wagers nor deposits are made by Minors. This system shall be approved by the Council through the Sports Gaming System Operational Assessment.

2. (2) Licensees shall establish procedures to reasonably ensure that a Bettor who is a Minor is prohibited from participating in Interactive Sports Gaming and shall delineate such procedures within the Licensee’s written system of Internal Control Standards. These procedures, at a minimum, shall include:

   1. (a) Verification of the full identity of the Bettor prior to the Bettor being allowed to make a deposit into his/her Sports Gaming Account or make a Wager on a Sporting Event; and
   2. (b) Verification of the Bettor’s age through a recognized national database or service (or other commercially reasonable standard for age verification) using at a minimum the Player’s full name, date of birth, and last four (4) digits of the Bettor’s social security number or the equivalent for a foreign Bettor who places a Wager within Tennessee (such as a passport or taxpayer identification number).
3. (3) Licensees shall provide the Council information about its procedures or methodology for verifying the age of a Bettor. Licensee shall notify the Council of any changes to its procedures or in the event there is a change of a Vendor, as applicable, that provides age verification services to the Licensee.

4. (4) Licensees shall prohibit any Minor from depositing to a Sports Gaming Account and from collecting payouts or winnings from Interactive Sports Gaming. If a Licensee has actual knowledge that a payment method linked to a Sports Gaming Account is a Minor’s account or is an account held jointly by a Player and a Minor, the Licensee shall:

   1. (a) Immediately suspend the Player’s Sports Gaming Account and prohibit the Player from placing Wagers;
   2. (b) Retain any winnings attributable to the Player;
   3. (c) Refund the balance of deposits made to the account to the source of such deposit or by issuance of a check; and
   4. (d) Deactivate the Sports Gaming Account.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-49-106, 4-49-110, 4-49-111, 4-49-115, 4-49-115(f), and 4-49-125. Administrative History: Emergency rules filed December 22, 2021 to become effective January 1, 2022; effective through June 30, 2022. New rules filed March 22, 2022; effective June 20, 2022. Amendments filed April 1, 2025; effective June 30, 2025.