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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.38 | Applying for Permit to Conduct Public Boxing or Wrestling Match as Exhibition.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
Each person who holds a promoter's license issued under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code who desires to conduct a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition where one or more contests are to be held shall obtain a permit from the Ohio athletic commission or the commission's executive director when the executive director is authorized by the commission to issue those types of permits. Application for such a permit shall be made in writing and on forms prescribed by the commission, shall be filed with the commission, and shall be accompanied by the permit fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code.
The application for a permit issued under this section shall include the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, the address of the place where the match or exhibition is to be held, the names of the contestants, the seating capacity of the building or hall where the exhibition is to be held, the admission charge or any other charges, the amount of compensation or the percentage of gate receipts to be paid to each contestant, the name and address of the applicant, a copy of the current official rules that govern the particular sport, and the serial number of the applicant's promoter's license.
The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may require the applicant to deposit with the commission before a public boxing match or exhibition a cash bond, certified check, bank draft, or surety bond in an amount equal to five per cent of the estimated gross receipts from the match or exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.39 | Issuance of Permit to Conduct Match - Revocation.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to hold a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, shall determine if the applicant holds a valid promoter's license issued pursuant to section 3773.36 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to hold a public boxing match or exhibition, the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, also shall determine if the contestants are evenly and fairly matched according to skill, experience, and weight so as to produce a fair and sportsmanlike contest, and whether the applicant is financially responsible and is able to pay to each contestant the compensation or percentage of the gate receipts named in the application. The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may, if applicable, require the applicant to deposit with it within forty-eight hours before the match or exhibition the total compensation or estimated portion of gate receipts to be paid all contestants named in the application made under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, determines that the applicant has met all the requirements specified in division (A) of this section, the commission or executive director shall issue the applicant a permit to conduct the match or exhibition. If the applicant fails to deposit any compensation or portion of gate receipts required by the commission, or executive director before the first contest of the match or exhibition is held, the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may revoke the permit and order the applicant not to conduct the match or exhibition described in the permit.
(C) Each permit issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name and post office address of the applicant, the address of the place where the public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is to be held, the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, and a serial number designated by the commission.
A permit issued under this section shall allow the permit holder to conduct only the match or exhibition named in the permit. A permit is not transferable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.40 | Prohibitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
No person who holds a promoter's license to conduct a public boxing match or exhibition under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code shall:
(A) Hold any match or exhibition at any time or place other than that stated on a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code;
(B) Allow any contestant to participate in the match or exhibition unless the contestant is the licensed contestant named in the application for such permit or a licensed contestant authorized to compete as a substitute for such a contestant by the inspector assigned to the facility where the match or exhibition is held for that match or exhibition;
(C) Charge a higher admission price for a match or exhibition than that stated in the application;
(D) Pay a greater compensation or percentage of the gate receipts to any contestant than that stated in the application.
The Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, upon application by a holder of a permit under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, may allow the permit holder to hold the match or exhibition for which the permit was issued at an alternative site that is within the same municipal corporation or township and that offers substantially similar seating facilities, or allow the permit holder to substitute contestants or seconds, provided that the substitute contestants are evenly matched with their opponents in skill, experience, and weight.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.41 | Application for Participant's or Contestant's License.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
Any person who desires to participate in a public boxing match, mixed martial arts event, or any other unarmed combat sport regulated by the Ohio athletic commission as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant, shall apply for a license from the Ohio athletic commission. The application shall be on forms provided by the commission. Each application shall be accompanied by the application fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code. The applicant shall verify the application under oath.
The commission shall prescribe the form of the application for a participant's license. The application shall include the correct and ring or assumed name, if any, of the applicant, the applicant's address, the applicant's date and place of birth, the applicant's occupation, and a copy of the applicant's win and loss record as a contestant, if applicable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.42 | Official's and Contestant's Licenses.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
Upon the proper filing of an application for a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license and payment of the applicable application fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue the license to the applicant if it determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the fair and honest conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial arts events, or any other unarmed combat sports regulated by the commission and is qualified to hold such a license by reason of the applicant's knowledge and experience.
A person shall not be determined to possess the knowledge and experience necessary to qualify that person to hold a referee's license unless all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The person has completed such referee training requirements as the commission prescribes by rule.
(B) The person possesses such experience requirements as the commission prescribes by rule.
The commission shall issue a referee's license to each person who meets the requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of this section.
If upon the proper filing of an application for a contestant's license the commission determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial arts events, or any other unarmed combat sports regulated by the commission and possesses sufficient knowledge and experience, the commission shall issue the license to the applicant.
Each license issued pursuant to this section shall bear the correct name, or assumed name, if any, of the licensee, the address of the licensee, the date of issue, and a number designated by the commission.
A license issued pursuant to this section shall expire twelve months after its date of issue unless renewed. Upon application for renewal and payment of the renewal fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code, the commission shall renew the license unless it denies the application for one or more reasons stated in section 3123.47 or 3773.53 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:15 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.421 | Out-of-State Participant License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission shall issue a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(A) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(B) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, manager, trainer, contestant, or second in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.43 | Fees.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission shall charge the following fees:
(A) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, one hundred dollars.
(B) For an application for or renewal of a license to participate in a public boxing match or exhibition as a contestant, or as a referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, trainer, or second of a contestant, twenty dollars.
(C) For a permit to conduct a public boxing match or exhibition, fifty dollars.
(D) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a public or private competition that involves wrestling, two hundred dollars.
(E) For a permit to conduct a professional wrestling match or exhibition, one hundred dollars.
The commission, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in this section, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by this section by more than fifty per cent.
The fees prescribed by this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit the fees in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.44 | Medical and Life Insurance to Be Provided to Contestants.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
No holder of a promoter's license under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code shall fail to insure each contestant in a public boxing match or exhibition the promoter conducts for hospital, nursing, and medication expenses and for physicians' and surgeons' services. The amount of such insurance shall not be less than five thousand dollars and shall be paid to or for the use of a contestant for any injuries sustained in a contest. No licensee shall fail to provide life insurance to each contestant. The amount of life insurance shall be not less than ten thousand dollars and shall be paid to the contestant's estate if the contestant dies as the result of participation in the match or exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.45 | Physical Examinations.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio athletic commission shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules that do both of the following:
(1) Require the physical examination by appropriate medical personnel of each contestant in any public competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts within a specified time period before and after the competition to determine whether the contestant is physically fit to compete in the competition under specified standards, has sustained physical injuries in the competition, or requires follow-up examination; and
(2) Require the reporting of each examination to the commission.
(B) No holder of a promoter's license shall conduct a boxing match or exhibition that exceeds twelve rounds. Each round shall be not more than three minutes in length. A period of at least one minute, during which no boxing or sparring takes place, shall occur between rounds.
No holder of a promoter's license or a permit issued under section 3773.39 of the Revised Code shall allow a professional boxer to participate in more than twelve rounds of boxing within a period of seventy-two consecutive hours. For any match or exhibition or for a class of contestants, the commission may limit the number of rounds within the maximum of twelve rounds.
(C) No person shall conduct a boxing match or exhibition unless a licensed referee appointed by the commission and paid by the person is present. The referee shall direct and control the match or exhibition. Before each match or exhibition the referee shall obtain from each contestant the name of the contestant's chief second and shall hold the chief second responsible for the conduct of any assistant seconds during the match or exhibition. The referee may declare a prize, remuneration, or purse or any part thereof to which a contestant is otherwise entitled withheld if, in the referee's judgment, the contestant is not competing or did not compete honestly. A contestant may appeal the referee's decision in a hearing before the commission conducted in accordance with section 3773.52 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person shall hold or conduct a boxing match or exhibition unless three licensed judges appointed by the commission and paid by the person are present. Each judge shall render a decision at the end of each match or exhibition. The judges shall determine the outcome of the match or exhibition, and their decision shall be final.
(E) Each contestant in a boxing match or exhibition shall wear gloves weighing not less than six ounces during the boxing match or exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.46 | Prohibitions.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
No person who sponsors, promotes, or conducts a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition shall do any of the following:
(A) Knowingly permit a person less than eighteen years of age to participate in a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition;
(B) Knowingly permit gambling, betting, or wagering on the result of a contingency in connection with the match or exhibition;
(C) Knowingly conduct or allow to be conducted a sham or fake match or exhibition unless the sport is professional wrestling.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.47 | Additional Prohibited Activities.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall do any of the following:
(A) Violate sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code or any rule of the Ohio athletic commission;
(B) Gamble, bet, or wager on the result of a contingency connected with a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition;
(C) Participate in a sham or fake public boxing match or exhibition that is conducted by a holder of a promoter's license issued under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code;
(D) Participate in a public boxing match or exhibition if the person is under eighteen years of age;
(E) Conduct a public boxing match or exhibition in violation of the official rules that govern the particular sport.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.48 | Prohibiting Financial Interest in Boxer and Premises.

Effective:
July 27, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 60 - 114th General Assembly
No person shall have any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the person or in which the person is otherwise financially interested.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.49 | Advertising and Tickets to Display Price.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
Each person who conducts a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition shall cause to be inserted into each advertisement of the match or exhibition the price of admission.
Each ticket of admission to any such match or exhibition shall clearly bear the purchase price. No person shall sell such a ticket for a price greater than that printed on the ticket. No tickets shall be sold except from the box office on the premises in which the match or exhibition is held or such additional locations as the Ohio athletic commission has authorized in writing as locations from which tickets may be sold for a designated match or exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.50 | Tickets Sold or Issued May Not Exceed Authorized Capacity of Facility.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
No person licensed under section 3773.36 and issued a permit under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code shall sell and issue or cause to be sold or issued more tickets or invitations of admission to a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition than, or admit to such match or exhibition a number of persons that exceeds, the authorized capacity of the facility or that part of the facility used for the match or exhibition. This limitation on the number of tickets extends to the issuance of complimentary tickets and free passes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.51 | Appointing and Paying Officials.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission shall appoint from among licensed referees, physicians, timekeepers, and judges the officials for public boxing matches and exhibitions held under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. These officials shall be employed by the commission as provided in section 3773.56 of the Revised Code and shall be paid by the person conducting the match or exhibition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.52 | Inspectors.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission shall employ inspectors to attend each public boxing match or exhibition held under a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code. Only one inspector shall be assigned to any one facility for any one match or exhibition. Any member of the commission may act as an inspector, and when acting as an inspector shall be paid as provided in this section.
The inspector shall monitor the sale of tickets from the premises box office on the day of the match or exhibition and, immediately following the counting of the gross proceeds, obtain a box office statement from the person conducting the match or exhibition and mail it to the commission. The inspector shall have complete access to any books, records, and papers pertaining to the match or exhibition.
The inspector shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with sufficient sureties to be approved by and made payable to the treasurer of state. The bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. The compensation of such inspector for attending a match or exhibition, and the inspector's actual and necessary travel expenses, shall be charged to the holder of the permit at whose facility the inspector serves. The inspector shall be paid a salary fixed in accordance with Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.
The inspector may order a prize, remuneration, purse, or any part thereof withheld from a contestant if the inspector believes the contestant did not compete to the best of the contestant's ability. The inspector shall file any charges with the commission which shall hold an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and issue a final order within thirty days after the inspector files charges.
If the commission finds that the contestant did not compete to the best of the contestant's ability, it may revoke the contestant's license. When a license is so revoked, any prize, remuneration, purse, or part thereof that the contestant otherwise would have received shall be paid to the commission and shall become the property of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.53 | Disciplinary Actions.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license issued under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code if the licensee:
(A) Has committed an act detrimental to any sport regulated by this chapter or to the public interest, convenience, or necessity;
(B) Is associating or consorting with any person who has been convicted of a crime involving the sports regulated by the commission, including a conviction under sections 2913.02, 2915.05, or 2921.02 of the Revised Code;
(C) Is or has been consorting with bookmakers or gamblers, or has engaged in similar pursuits;
(D) Is financially irresponsible;
(E) Has been found guilty of any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with any sport regulated by this chapter;
(F) Has violated any law with respect to any sport regulated by this chapter or any rule or order of the commission;
(G) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of sections 2913.02, 2915.05, or 2921.02 of the Revised Code;
(H) Has engaged in any other activity that the commission determines is detrimental to any sport regulated by this chapter.
The commission, in addition to any other action it may take under this chapter, may impose a fine in an amount to be determined by rule of the commission adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code against any person licensed under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code for a violation of any of these sections or a violation of any rule or order of the commission. The amount of fines collected shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.54 | Report of Ticket Sales and Gross Proceeds.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
No person who conducts a public boxing match or exhibition to which sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code apply shall fail to mail to the Ohio athletic commission a written report that shows the number of tickets sold for the match or exhibition and the amount of gross proceeds within twenty-four hours after the determination of the outcome of the match or exhibition. The person shall pay to the commission a tax of five per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of tickets to the match or exhibition. The commission shall adopt rules concerning the time of payment of such taxes. Such taxes shall be levied for the purpose of providing revenue with which the state may regulate boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests or tough guy contests, wrestling, and any other form of boxing or martial arts.
The commission, before granting a promoter's license under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code to any person other than a promoter of professional wrestling, shall obtain from the applicant a bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars, to be approved in form and sufficiency of its sureties by the treasurer of state. The bond shall be payable to the treasurer of state and shall be conditioned for the payment of the tax imposed by this section. Upon the filing and approval of the bond, the treasurer of state shall issue to the applicant two copies of a certificate verifying the filing and approval. The applicant shall file one copy in the office of the commission with the license application. No license shall be issued until the certificate is filed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.55 | Failure to File Satisfactory Report or Pay Tax.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
If any person fails to make a report relating to a public boxing match or exhibition that is required under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code, or files a report under section 3773.54 of the Revised Code that the Ohio athletic commission finds unsatisfactory, the commission may examine or cause to be examined the books and records of such person. The commission may also subpoena and examine under oath any persons to determine the amount of gross proceeds for a match or exhibition and the amount of tax due.
If a person who conducts a public boxing match or exhibition under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code does not pay the tax due on or before the date prescribed by the commission, the person shall pay interest on the amount of tax due at a rate of five per cent per month, up to a maximum of twenty-five per cent. The commission shall send a notice of delinquency to such a taxpayer. A delinquent taxpayer may be disqualified from receiving a new license. Any delinquent taxpayer who does not pay the tax due and the interest on it within twenty days after the notice of delinquency was mailed is in default on such taxes and interest. Any expenses incurred by the commission in making examinations of the books and records of a taxpayer who is in default on such taxes and interest for a period of twenty days after the default occurred shall be paid by the taxpayer. The attorney general shall institute suit upon the bond filed pursuant to section 3773.35 of the Revised Code by a person who has defaulted on such taxes, interest, and expenses in order to recover such taxes, interest, and expenses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.56 | Executive Director - Employees.

Effective:
June 6, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission may appoint an executive director and employ such persons as are necessary to administer sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 and Chapter 4771. of the Revised Code and fix their compensation. Such executive director and employees shall serve in the unclassified status and at the pleasure of the commission.
All receipts received by the commission under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund. All vouchers of the commission shall be approved by the chairperson of the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.57 | Effect of Ordinance or Resolution.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission and the commission's executive director shall not issue a license or permit to conduct public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions in a municipal corporation or the unincorporated portion of a township if the commission or the commission's executive director determines that the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees has in effect an ordinance or resolution prohibiting such matches or exhibitions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.59 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
March 23, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 3773.06 or 3773.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(B) Whoever violates section 3773.32, 3773.40, 3773.44, 3773.45, 3773.46, or 3773.47, division (A) of section 3773.54, or division (B) of section 3773.33 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(C) Whoever violates section 3773.48 or 3773.49 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.02 | Fantasy Contest Operator License.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A fantasy contest operator may not offer a fantasy contest in this state without first obtaining a license from the commission.
(B)(1) In order to obtain or renew a license to operate fantasy contests in this state, a fantasy contest operator shall pay to the commission a nonrefundable license fee.
(2) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, a license may be renewed. After a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code, the license shall be renewed for not more than three years, as determined by commission rule adopted under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the commission may investigate a licensee at any time the commission determines it is necessary to ensure that the licensee remains in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code. Any fantasy contest operator that applies for or holds a license under this chapter shall establish the operator's suitability for a license by clear and convincing evidence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.04 | Recordkeeping.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain in a place secure from theft, loss, or destruction all of the records required to be maintained by this chapter for at least five years from the date of the record's creation.
(B) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain accurate, complete, legible, and permanent records, whether in electronic or other format, of any books, records, or documents relating to the fantasy contest operator's business and accounting operations, which includes all of the following:
(1) The fantasy contest operator's business and organizational structure;
(2) Correspondence with or by, or reports to or from, the commission, or any local, state, or federal governmental agency, foreign or domestic;
(3) The fantasy contest operator's financial statements, accounting records, ledgers, and internal and external audit records;
(4) All records related to the conduct of fantasy contests by the fantasy contest operator in this state;
(5) Any materials used to advertise, publicize, or otherwise promote the fantasy contest operator's fantasy contests in this state;
(6) Any other books, records, or documents the commission requires the fantasy contest operator to retain and maintain, in rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each fantasy contest operator shall organize all required records in a manner that enables the commission to locate, inspect, review, and analyze the records with reasonable ease and efficiency and, upon request, provide the commission or its executive director, or duly authorized designee thereof, with the records required to be retained and maintained by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.06 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A fantasy contest may not be offered on any kiosk or machine physically located in a retail business location.
(B) A fantasy contest operator operating in this state shall not do any of the following:
(1) Operate or offer a fantasy contest based upon any university, college, high school, or youth sporting event;
( 2) Allow the use of scripts unless the scripts are made readily available to all fantasy contest players;
( 3) Employ false, deceptive, or misleading advertising, or advertising that is not based upon fact; or
(4) Target players that have restricted themselves from entering fantasy contests under the procedures for doing so as required by the commission, or persons under eighteen years of age, in the fantasy contest operator's advertising.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.07 | Renewal of Licenses.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
The commission, in an adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may penalize, limit, condition, restrict, suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew the license of any licensee or applicant. The commission may take into account any relevant aggravating or mitigating factors without in any manner limiting the authority of the commission to impose the level and type of discipline the commission considers appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.08 | Confidential Information.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Any information concerning the fantasy contest operator's internal procedures, personal information, financial information, trade secret information, and information protected by the attorney-client privilege submitted, collected, or gathered in relation to an application or license under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political subdivision as a record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) The commission may share the information referenced in this section with, or disclose the information to, any appropriate governmental or licensing agency if the agency that receives the information complies with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as those with which the commission must comply.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3774 | Regulation of Fantasy Contests › Section 3774.09 | Exemption From Gambling Laws.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly
Fantasy contests offered in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code are exempt from Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.08 | Sports Gaming Suppliers.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A sports gaming supplier shall hold an appropriate and valid sports gaming supplier license issued by the Ohio casino control commission at all times. The commission may accept another jurisdiction's license, if the commission determines it has similar licensing requirements, as evidence that the applicant meets the requirements for a license issued under this section. The commission shall issue a sports gaming supplier license to a person or entity that meets the requirements of this chapter and of the commission's rules, provided that the commission's rules shall not require an applicant for a sports gaming supplier license who currently holds a video lottery license issued under Chapter 3770. or a license issued under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code to take action to satisfy any additional requirement for the sports gaming supplier license that is substantially similar to any requirement the applicant previously has satisfied in order to obtain or renew the applicant's video lottery license or license issued under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code.
(B) An applicant for an initial or renewed sports gaming supplier license shall apply for the license on a form prescribed by the commission and shall pay the fee required under division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, along with a nonrefundable application fee of ten thousand dollars. The commission may annually increase the amount of the application fee in an amount that does not exceed the percentage increase in the consumer price index for the previous year, as necessary to cover the cost of processing the application. As used in this division, "consumer price index" means the consumer price index for all urban consumers or its successive equivalent, as determined by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or its successor in responsibility, for all items, Series A.
(C) Upon receiving an initial or renewed sports gaming supplier license, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable license fee of fifteen thousand dollars.
(D) A sports gaming supplier license shall be valid for a term of three years. In order to renew a sports gaming supplier license, the licensee shall apply to the commission for a renewed license in the same manner as for an initial license.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:49 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.091 | Equity in Sports Gaming Licensure.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of administrative services shall engage an independent consultant to conduct a study to determine whether, and the extent to which, qualified persons experience discrimination or disadvantage in the sports gaming industry on the basis of their membership in a racial minority group, their color or ethnicity, their gender, or their disability. The director shall provide the results of the study to the Ohio casino control commission and shall inform the commission whether, in the director's opinion, the results of the study warrant action by the commission under division (B) of this section.
(B) If the commission determines that the results of the study described in division (A) of this section so warrant, the commission shall establish goals to ensure that sports gaming licenses are issued to applicants described in division (A) of this section on an equitable basis with other applicants and shall disseminate information about the commission's licensing goals through targeted media.
(C) The commission may require, by rule, that sports gaming proprietors pay the cost of disseminating information through targeted media under division (B) of this section.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.11 | Online Sports Pools.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A type A sports gaming proprietor may operate one or more online sports pool web sites and accompanying mobile applications through which the sports gaming proprietor accepts wagers from individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically located in this state. The sports gaming proprietor shall use location based technology to prohibit individuals who are not physically present in this state from participating in sports gaming through an online sports pool.
(B)(1) As used in division (B) of this section, "sports gaming account" means an electronic account that an individual may establish for the purpose of sports gaming, including making deposits and withdrawals, wagering amounts, and receiving payouts on winning wagers.
(2) A sports gaming proprietor may accept a wager from an individual through an online sports pool only using the individual's sports gaming account. The sports gaming account shall be in the individual's full legal name and shall not be in the name of any beneficiary, custodian, joint trust, corporation, partnership, or other organization or entity.
(3) A sports gaming account may be established and funded in person through employees or sales agents of a sports gaming proprietor or, pursuant to rules adopted by the Ohio casino control commission, over the internet through a sports gaming proprietor's web site or mobile application in a manner that complies with the sports gaming proprietor's internal controls.
(C) The server responsible for accepting wagers through an online sports pool shall be located in a secure facility in this state.
(D) An online sports pool web site and its accompanying mobile application shall include the name or logo of each of the following in a conspicuous manner:
(1) The type A sports gaming proprietor;
(2) The mobile management services provider that operates the online sports pool on behalf of the type A sports gaming proprietor, if applicable.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.12 | Sports Gaming Facilities.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A type B sports gaming proprietor may accept wagers on sporting events that are made in person only from individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically present in a sports gaming facility.
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, before accepting any wager on a sporting event, a type B sports gaming proprietor shall require the individual to register with the sports gaming proprietor, provide the individual's full legal name and any other information required by the Ohio casino control commission or requested by the sports gaming proprietor, and place all wagers on sporting events placed with the sports gaming proprietor through that registration.
(2) A type B sports gaming proprietor may accept an anonymous wager from an individual, so long as the amount of the wager does not exceed a dollar limit determined by the commission by rule.
(C) Except as provided in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, no individual who is under twenty-one years of age shall enter a sports gaming facility.
(1) An employee of a sports gaming proprietor who is eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age may be present in a sports gaming facility, so long as the employee's duties are not related to sports gaming.
(2) An individual who is under twenty-one years of age may enter a sports gaming facility in order to pass to another area where sports gaming is not being conducted, but only if the individual is personally escorted by an employee of the sports gaming proprietor who remains in close proximity to the individual at all times in accordance with the rules of the commission.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.15 | Shipments of Gambling Devices.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) All shipments of gambling devices, including any sports gaming equipment, to sports gaming proprietors, mobile management services providers, management services providers, sports gaming suppliers, or type C sports gaming hosts in this state are legal shipments of gambling devices into this state, as long as the supplier has completed the registering, recording, and labeling of the equipment in accordance with the "Gambling Devices Act of 1962," 15 U.S.C. 1171 to 1178.
(B) This state is exempt from section 2 of the "Gambling Devices Act of 1962," 15 U.S.C. 1172.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:01 PM