Arizona Administrative Code › Title 19 - ALCOHOL, HORSE AND DOG RACING, LOTTERY, AND GAMING › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF GAMING › Article 1 - EVENT WAGERING › Section R19-4-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The definitions
				in A.R.S. §
									5-1301 apply to this
				Article
B. Additionally, for
				purposes of this Article and the Act, and unless the context requires
				otherwise:
1. "Act" means Title 5, Arizona
				Revised Statutes, Chapter 11.
2.
				"Affiliate" means a person, directly or indirectly, through one or more
				intermediaries, who controls or is controlled by, a responsible
				party.
3. "Applicant" means any
				person who has applied for a license under the provisions of the Act or this
				Article.
4. "Application" means all
				the forms and documents that are required to be submitted or completed to
				obtain a license under the provisions of the Act or this Article.
5. "Article" means Arizona Administrative
				Code, Title 19, Chapter 4, Article 1.
6. "Commercially Reasonable Terms" includes,
				for the purposes of league data only, the following non-exclusive factors:
a. The extent to which event wagering
				operators have purchased the same or similar official league data on the same
				or similar terms;
b. The speed,
				accuracy, timeliness, reliability, quality, and quantity of the official league
				data as compared to comparable nonofficial league data;
c. The quality and complexity of the process
				used to collect and distribute the official league data as compared to
				comparable non-official league data; and
d. The availability and cost of similar
				league data from multiple sources.
7. "Designee" means a person authorized to
				act on behalf of an event wagering operator and who is responsible for the
				management and control of event wagering operations. A designee is not
				independently eligible to become an event wagering operator, nor is it eligible
				to transfer licensure. The term is not inclusive of designee as referenced in
				A.R.S. §
										5-1316(C).
8. "Event Wager" means a wager on sports
				events or other events, portions of sports events or other events, the
				individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event or combination
				of sports events or the individual performance of individuals in other events
				or a combination of other events through any system or method of
				wagering.
9. "Event Wagering
				Platform" means the internet interface to a single event wagering system, which
				is designed to accept mobile event wagers through a website and/or a mobile
				application.
10. "Event Wagering
				System" means the hardware, software, firmware, communications technology or
				other equipment to allow patrons to place event wagers, regardless of whether
				event wagers are offered at retail, to include kiosks, and/or over the internet
				on an event wagering platform.
11.
				"Geofence Provider" means a person who creates a virtual perimeter for a real
				geographic location.
12. "Global
				Risk Management" means the management of risks associated with event wagering,
				the setting or changing of event wagers, cutoff times for event wagers,
				acceptance or rejection of event wagers, laying off of event wagers, lines,
				point spreads, and odds for event wagers, and other activity relating to event
				wagering.
13. "Independent Test
				Laboratory" means a person who provides testing services for responsible
				parties to certify that event wagering systems, processes, and programs meet
				the technical requirements of the Act and this Article.
14. "Integrity Monitoring Provider" means an
				independent third person who assists in the identification of suspicious
				wagering activity.
15. "Internal
				Control System" means the minimum level of operational controls developed by a
				responsible party to ensure the integrity of event wagering.
16. "Kiosk" means a device located within a
				retail wagering area that interfaces with an event wagering system and may be
				utilized by a patron to place event wagers, redeem winning tickets, redeem
				vouchers, open a player account, and make player account deposits and
				withdrawals.
17. "League Data
				Provider" means a person who provides statistical results, outcomes, and other
				data related to approved events.
18. "License" means an approval issued by the
				Department to a person pursuant to this Article to be involved in the operation
				of event wagering.
19. "Licensee"
				includes any person licensed by the Department under this Article.
20. "Marketing Affiliate" means a person who
				is involved in the promotion, marketing, and recruitment for event wagering
				business in exchange for a commission or other fee based on the number of
				registrations, wagering activity, or a percentage of adjusted gross event
				wagering receipts. Owners, operators, promoters, tribes, tribally owned
				entities, and their designees, as referenced in A.RS. §
										5-1307(a)
				and (b), shall not be subject to licensure as
				Marketing Affiliates.
21.
				"Outstanding Event Wagering Liability" means the sum of the aggregate amount
				wagered on events whose outcomes have not been determined and the amount owed
				but unpaid on winning wagers.
22.
				"Patron" means a player or participant who places event wagers pursuant to the
				Act and this Article.
23. "Player
				Account" means an account established by a patron with a responsible party so
				that the patron may place event wagers with that responsible party. Player
				accounts may also be referred to as event wagering accounts.
24. "Responsible Party" means event wagering
				operators, designees, limited event wagering operators, and management services
				providers.
25. "Retail Wagering
				Area" or "Retail" means the designated area within an event wagering facility
				where event wagering activity under the Act takes place.
26. "State" means the State of Arizona not to
				include the Indian lands within its boundaries.
27. "Supplier" or "Vendor" includes persons
				who satisfy the definition of supplier in the Act and persons who provide goods
				and/or services, directly or indirectly, to a responsible party in connection
				with event wagering pursuant to the Act, including those referred to as
				ancillary suppliers for purposes of the licensing fee structure. Ancillary
				suppliers include:
a. Affiliates;
b. Bookmakers;
c. Data centers providing physical security
				and infrastructure;
d. Geofence
				providers;
e. Identity verification
				service providers;
f. Independent
				test laboratories;
g. Integrity
				monitoring providers;
h. League
				data providers;
i. Marketing
				affiliates;
j. Payment processors;
				and
k. Any other person as
				determined by the Department.
28. "Suspicious Wagering Activity" means
				unusual event wagering activity that cannot be explained and is indicative of
				any of the following: match fixing, the manipulation of an event, misuse of
				inside information, a potential breach of a sports governing body's internal
				rules or code of conduct pertaining to event wagering, any other conduct that
				corrupts the outcome of an event, and any other prohibited activity.
29. "Ticket" means a printed or electronic
				document utilized to record a wager by an event wagering system.
30. "Unusual Wagering Activity" means
				abnormal wagering activity exhibited by one or more authorized participants and
				considered by a responsible party as a potential indicator of suspicious
				wagering activity.
31. "Voucher"
				means a printed or electronic wagering instrument which may also be redeemed
				for cash or cash equivalents.