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Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 31 - RULES RELATING TO BEANO › Section 633-31-7 - Expenditures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The registrant may pay as compensation to
				a member of the registrant, who has been in good standing as such for at least
				two years previous to application, an amount not to exceed 200% of the minimum
				wage as established by Title 17, Chapter 13-A, §326, for advising,
				controlling and managing the conduct of Beano.
2. The registrant may also pay as
				compensation to a member of the registrant who has been in good standing for at
				least one year previous to application, an amount not to exceed 200% of the
				minimum wage as established by Title 17, Chapter 13-A, §326 for assisting
				in the conduct of Beano.
3. The
				registrant may pay as compensation to any member or employee an amount not to
				exceed 200% of the minimum wage as established by for janitorial
				services.
4. The registrant may
				also pay reasonable amounts for the use of suitable premises, furniture and
				goods, wares, or merchandise to be given as prizes.
5. All such payments shall be made from the
				respective Beano and Games of Chance accounts and reported on the respective
				Beano and Games of Chance disposition of funds reports.
6. At no time shall the payments made
				pursuant to this rule exceed 20% of the net revenue after deducting expenses
				for prizes, license fees and any other direct expense.
7. The registrant shall, in addition to the
				other books and records required hereafter, maintain and keep a separate
				financial account in a reputable banking establishment.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 31 - RULES RELATING TO BEANO › Section 633-31-8 - Reports and Records Required

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Within ten (10)
				business days after any period in which Bingo or Beano is conducted, with other
				than an annual registration, a Licensee shall file with the Gambling Control
				Unit a disposition of funds form prescribed and furnished by the Gambling
				Control Unit. Within ten (10) business days after each calendar month of an
				annual registration period during which Bingo or Beano is conducted, the
				registrant shall maintain on file disposition of funds form prescribed and
				furnished by the Unit even if the event is canceled, which shall include:
a) An exact account of all income from Beano
				or Bingo;
b) A list of all
				expenses, including, but not limited to, the cost of all prizes, printing,
				licenses and administration; and
c)
				An exact account of the disposition of all other proceeds from Beano or Bingo,
				including, but not limited to, all gifts, grants and payments to any person,
				firm, corporation, association or organization for any purpose
				whatsoever.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Committee
"Committee" has the
				same meaning as set forth in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1832 (1)
2.
Director
"Director" has the
				same meaning as set forth in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1831(2-A)
3.
Electronic Video Machine"
Electronic Video Machine" has the same meaning as set forth in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1831(4)
4.
Eligible Organization
"Eligible Organization" has the same meaning as set forth in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1832 (2).
5.
Equipment.
"Equipment" means
				any and all articles, implements, or apparatuses essential to the operation and
				conduct of a game of chance.
6.
Gambling Control Unit
"Gambling Control Unit" or "Unit" has the
				same meaning as set forth in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1831(4-A)
7.
Game Night
"Game Night" is a
				once in a calendar year event authorized by
				17 M.R.S.
				§1832(2-B) and
				conducted according to
				17 M.R.S.
				§1835-B.
8.
Game Promotion
. "Game
				promotion" includes, but is not limited to, any game, contest, sweepstakes,
				advertising scheme or plan, device, or promotion:
A. That is conducted in connection with the
				promotion of products or services;
B. In which a person may enter to win or
				become eligible to receive a prize with or without payment of something of
				value; and
C. Where the
				determination of a winner is based upon chance.
For the purpose of section
				  5, "operator" means any person, firm,
				  corporation or association, or agent or employee thereof, who promotes,
				  operates or conducts a game promotion.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-2 - License and Registration Applications

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An
				applicant for a license, or as applicable, a registration to conduct or operate
				a game of chance shall apply on forms specified by the Unit. In addition to any
				information required by statute, application forms must be received by hand
				delivery or regular mail at least 10 business days prior to the first date
				desired to operate and no earlier than 90 days prior to the first date desired
				to operate, at:
Department of Public Safety
Gambling Control Unit
87 State House Station
45 Commerce Drive, Suite 3
Augusta, Maine 04333-0087
207/626-3900
2. An applicant for a license to conduct a
				card game or tournament game must obtain written approval from the local
				governing authority where the game is to be operated or conducted. The local
				governing authority must:
A. Sign the
				application for the card game or tournament game or
B. Provide the applicant a letter that is
				addressed to the Gambling Control Unit, which the applicant shall attach to the
				applicable application(s). The letter must address the game(s) for which the
				local governing authority is providing consent. The letter must be dated and
				must have an expiration date that is no greater than 5 years from the issue
				date.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-4 - Sealed Tickets

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Registrants for
				a Lucky Seven or similar sealed ticket game shall meet the requirements of an
				eligible organization described in
				17 M.R.S.
				§1832(2).
2. Each Lucky Seven or similar sealed ticket
				game must contain no more than 12,000 individual tickets or cards, none of
				which are attached in any way to any other ticket or card.
3. Every Lucky Seven or similar sealed ticket
				game must have a unique serial number per game assigned by the manufacturer
				that shall be plainly visible to the contestants, participants, or other
				interested persons.
4. Lucky Seven
				or similar sealed ticket game in which the operator or registrant knows or can
				identify any winning ticket or card that has not been opened by the contestant
				or participant are prohibited.
5.
				Any additional rules of play beyond just purchase and pealing tickets must be
				included in the seal ticket application and posted.
6. Operators of Lucky Seven or similar sealed
				ticket games shall:
A. Offer all the tickets
				or cards per game for sale;
B. Not
				mix or add any tickets or cards from one Lucky Seven or similar sealed ticket
				game together with the tickets or cards to another Lucky Seven or similar
				sealed ticket game;
C. Not change
				the original odds in any manner;
D.
				Display the placard associated with the serial number game being
				conducted;
E. Not allow
				individual(s) who conduct the game and their immediate family members to
				participate as a player or contestant in that game;
F. Be permitted to identify only the highest
				level prize won during the play of the game on the placard displayed;
G. Not deceive a participant or contestant by
				misrepresenting in any way that a prize has been or has not been
				awarded;
H. Close a serial-
				numbered game, before starting a new serial-numbered game;
I. Maintain the placard for the
				serial-numbered game along with all the winning tickets of $20 or more for a
				minimum of 2 months; and
J.
				Maintain an accounting of each serial-numbered game for 3 years on a single
				monthly sealed ticket form MGCU-5475 for all closed games, regardless of their
				selling location within the organization which must be submitted to the unit by
				the 10th of each month for the previous
				month.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-5 - Raffles

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An application to conduct a raffle that is
				required to be registered with the Gambling Control Unit shall:
A. Submit an application on form MGCU-5425 at
				least 10 business days prior to the start of the event;
B. Include a complete list of prizes to be
				awarded along with the fair market value of those prizes; and
C. Provide rules for the raffle that include
				as a minimum;
(1) Payment method;
(2) Date, time and location of
				drawing;
(3) Winners have to be
				present or not;
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-6 - Game Promotions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Criteria
: A game promotion is not a game of chance if:
A. No entry fee, payment, donation, or proof
				of purchase is required as a condition of entering to win or becoming eligible
				to receive a prize;
B. The game
				promotion is occasional and of limited duration;
C. During periods when a game promotion is
				not being conducted, the products or services promoted are offered for sale to
				the public and the purchase price of these products or services has not been
				increased to correspond with the period during which the game promotion is
				being conducted; and
D. A demand
				for the products or services exists independent of the demand for the game
				promotion and the chance to win its prize.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-7 - Game Nights

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An eligible
				organization or a committee may conduct once in a calendar year a game night
				which may include the operation or conduct of card games and games of chance
				upon registration with the Unit.
2.
				Game nights must be held at a location owned, leased, or rented for the single
				event by the authorized eligible organization, and, if leased or rented, must
				be owned or leased by an independent third party. The venue cannot be a
				facility owned, leased, or rented, directly or indirectly, by a licensed
				Distributor, unless the Distributor leases or rents a specific venue for a Game
				Night only once per calendar year.
3. Solid color non-denominational chips or
				tokens shall be used to play during game nights that have no value other than
				to the calculation to determine prize recipients, if any, in a manner
				consistent with the established rules of play set in advance by the
				organization or committee.
4.
				Applications, lease agreements, shipment requests must be received by the Unit
				10 business days prior to the event or delivery of equipment.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-8 - Reports and Records Required

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Within 10
				business days after any period in which a licensed game of chance is conducted,
				the licensee shall file with the Gambling Control Unit a disposition of funds
				form prescribed and furnished by the Gambling Control Unit, even if the event
				is canceled. The form must be made under oath by an officer of the Licensee or
				by the member in charge of the conduct of the game. The form must include:
A. An exact account of all income obtained by
				the entire organization from the licensed game of chance;
B. A list of all expenses related to the
				licensed game of chance, including, but not limited to, the cost of prizes,
				printing, licenses and administration; and
C. An exact account of the disposition of all
				proceeds obtained from the entire organization from the licensed game of
				chance, including, but not limited to, all gifts, grants and payments to any
				person, firm, corporation, association or organization for any purpose
				whatsoever.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - RULES RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 633-32-9 - Distributor Licenses

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. An application
				for a distributor license must be received by the Gambling Control Unit 60 days
				prior to the requested licensing start date. A renewal application for a
				distributor license must be received by the Gambling Control 60 days prior to
				the expiration of the current license.
2. The application must list the names of all
				Maine sales personnel.
3. The
				licensed distributor shall file a report by the 10th day of each month
				regarding sales activity from the previous month. The licensee shall file with
				the Gambling Control Unit a sales activity report on forms MGCU-6200 and
				MGCU-6300, even if no activity took place.
4. Sales, service agreements, copies of
				eligible organization or committee registrations or licenses approved by the
				Unit, and written authorization to make shipments must be received by the
				Gambling Control Unit at least 10 business days prior to the delivery of any
				gambling equipment or games of chance used for approval by the
				Director.
5. Lease agreements
				pertaining to gambling equipment leased to agricultural societies, or eligible
				organizations or committees, must be received by the Gambling Control Unit at
				least 10 business days prior to the delivery of any gambling equipment for
				approval by the Director, which shall include:
A. The name of the lessor;
B. Address of the lessor;
C. Name of the lessee;
D. Address of the lessee;
E. Description of the gambling
				equipment;
F. Serial
				number,
G. Model name or number of
				the gambling equipment; and
H. All
				prices and payments for the lease.
Each lease must be for a specific period of time no longer
				  than the duration of the annual fair of that lessee or the game night under
				  section 1832, subsection 2-B.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 33 - INTRODUCTION › Section 633-33-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Act to establish additional duties of the director of the
				  Gambling Control Unit to license and regulate fantasy contests was enacted by
				  the Legislature and made law without the Governor's signature on August 2,
				  2017. The director of the Gambling Control Unit, created by that portion of the
				  Public Law codified at Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 31, is charged
				  with the responsibility of adopting rules necessary to administer and enforce
				  the laws applicable to fantasy contests
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 34 - DEFINITIONS › Section 633-34-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context indicates otherwise.
1. "Auto draft" means athlete selection
				offered by a fantasy contest operator that does not involve any input or
				control by a fantasy contestant.
2.
				"Beginner fantasy contestant" has the same meaning as set forth in
				8 M.R.S.
				§1101(1).
3. "Clearly and conspicuously" means:
A. To disclose in such a way that the
				disclosure is made through the same means through which the communication is
				presented;
B. Requires that if the
				communication is visual, the disclosure is placed in close proximity to
				relevant claims, expressed in clear and plain language and syntax, and the
				size, contrast, location, and other characteristics stand out from other visual
				elements so that the disclosure is prominently displayed and
				unavoidable;
C. Requires that the
				disclosure is repeated if necessary and is visible for a sufficient
				duration;
D. Requires that if the
				communication is audio, the disclosure is presented at adequate volume and
				cadence; and
E. Requires that the
				disclosure is made before the fantasy contestant decides to accept an
				offer.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 35 - LICENSE APPLICATION › Section 633-35-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
An applicant for a license to act as a fantasy contest
				  operator shall apply on forms specified by the director. In addition to the
				  information required by
				  8 M.R.S.
				  sections1103 -
				  1104, an
				  applicant must provide the following information:
1. The physical address of the applicant's
				principal place of business and the designated contact person for the applicant
				including a telephone number, address and email address for that
				contact.
2. Disclosure of ownership
				interests. A disclosure of the true ownership interests of the fantasy contest
				operator as follows:
A. The names, addresses,
				phone numbers, email addresses and dates of birth of the applicant's directors
				and officers.
B. The percentages of
				shares of stock, if any, held by each person named in paragraph A
				above.
C. For limited liability
				companies (hereinafter, "LLC"), including professional LLCs, provide the full
				name, address, date of birth and telephone number of each member of the LLC
				having an ownership interest of five percent (5%) or more of the LLC. If the
				member is not a natural person, disclose the true ownership of the member (and
				successive levels of ownership, if necessary) until a natural person or another
				corporate entity is disclosed. If another corporate entity is disclosed,
				provide a complete disclosure of that corporate entity's ownership in
				accordance with the specific rules for that entity contained herein (and
				successive levels of ownership, if necessary).
D. For general, limited, or limited liability
				partnerships, provide the full name, address, date of birth and telephone
				number of each partner having an ownership interest of five percent (5%) or
				more of the partnership. If the partner is not a natural person, disclose the
				true ownership of the partner (and successive levels of ownership if necessary)
				until a natural person, or another corporate entity, is disclosed. If another
				corporate entity is disclosed, provide a complete disclosure of that corporate
				entity's ownership in accordance with the specific rules for that entity
				contained herein (and successive levels of ownership, if necessary).
E. For a corporation, provide the full name,
				address, date of birth and telephone number of any natural person or entity
				having an ownership interest of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding
				shares of the corporation. If a corporate entity is disclosed, provide a
				complete disclosure of that corporate entity's ownership in accordance with the
				specific rules for that entity contained herein (and successive levels of
				ownership, if necessary).
F. The
				intent of this rule is to require, to the fullest extent that the individual or
				corporate structure of an applicant allows, disclosure of names of individual
				natural persons who have a significant ownership interest in a fantasy contest
				operator.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 35 - LICENSE APPLICATION › Section 633-35-4

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The application, as well as other documents submitted to the
				  director or on behalf of the applicant for purposes of determining the
				  qualifications of the applicant, shall be sworn to or affirmed before a notary
				  public. If any form or document is signed by an attorney for the applicant, the
				  signature shall certify that the attorney has read the forms or documents and
				  that, to the best of the attorney's knowledge, information and belief, based on
				  diligent inquiry, the contents of the form or documents so supplied are
				  true.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 35 - LICENSE APPLICATION › Section 633-35-5

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
To the extent, if any, that the applicant becomes aware that
				  information of a material nature supplied in the application or otherwise
				  supplied by the applicant or on the applicant's behalf, becomes outdated,
				  inaccurate or incomplete, the applicant shall so notify the director in writing
				  within 10 business days and shall at that time supply the information necessary
				  to correct the timeliness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of the
				  information.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 36 - LICENSE FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-36-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
An applicant for a fantasy contest operator license shall
				  submit a one-time application fee of $1,000.00. If the application fee exceeds
				  the actual cost of processing the application and performing background
				  investigations, the excess amount shall be applied to the license fee, if the
				  applicant is issued a license, or reimbursed to an applicant not subject to a
				  license fee in accordance with
				  8 M.R.S.
				  section1103(6) or to an
				  applicant that was not issued a license.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 36 - LICENSE FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-36-2

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The initial and renewal fees for a license for a fantasy
				  contest operator shall be in accordance with
				  8 M.R.S. section
				  1103(6).
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 36 - LICENSE FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-36-4

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person seeking to renew its application to be a licensed
				  fantasy contest operator shall submit a renewal application, in a form
				  available from the director, no later than 60 days prior to the expiration of
				  the prior year's license.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Fantasy contest operators shall not allow fantasy contestants
				  to use proxy servers for the purpose of misrepresenting their identity or
				  location in order to engage in fantasy contests.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-2

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In order to prevent the unauthorized use of a fantasy
				  contestant's account, a fantasy contest operator offering fantasy contests must
				  use technologically and commercially reasonable measures to reasonably detect
				  the physical location of a fantasy contestant attempting to access a fantasy
				  contestant account and to monitor for simultaneous logins to a single account
				  from geographically inconsistent locations. A fantasy contest operator may use
				  a third party to provide these location services.
1. The geolocation service or application
				must be able to perform as follows:
A. Detect
				location notwithstanding the use of a proxy server;
B. Detect location when routing through a
				Virtual Private Network (VPN);
C.
				Use Global Positioning System (GPS) data when the fantasy contestant seeks
				access from a mobile device or network and prohibit users from entering
				contests or depositing funds if GPS is not turned on;
D. Check location each time the fantasy
				contestant attempts to enter a contest or make a deposit;
E. Utilize a mechanism to alert the fantasy
				contest operator if an account is being accessed from geographically
				inconsistent locations. For example, technology that alerts the fantasy contest
				operator that login locations were identified that would be impossible to
				travel between in the time reported.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-3

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All advertising and promotions by fantasy contest operators
				  shall comply with the following standards:
1. Inaccurate or misleading statements
				regarding the likelihood of winning are prohibited.
2. The targeting of minors is prohibited.
				Depictions of persons under the age of 18 engaged in fantasy contests are
				prohibited.
3. Fantasy contest
				operators must include in all advertising and promotions a statement explaining
				that individuals under 18 years of age may not participate in fantasy
				contests.
4. Fantasy contest
				operators must include a link to a local, state or federal hotline for
				assistance with problem gambling in all advertising and promotions.
5. Fantasy contest operators must not state
				or imply an endorsement by a minor in any advertising or promotions.
6. Fantasy contest operators must not target
				fantasy contestants who have a gambling addiction, including fantasy
				contestants who have requested to be restricted from play on a fantasy contest
				operator's platform, in any advertising or promotions.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-4

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator must disclose on its platform the
				  number of entries an individual fantasy contestant may submit to each fantasy
				  contest and the maximum number of entries allowed by the fantasy contest
				  operator for each fantasy contest.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-5

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator must provide information on its
				  platform on how to participate and compete in fantasy contests, including an
				  explanation of fantasy contest play and how to identify a highly experienced
				  fantasy contestant.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-6

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator's system must identify a highly
				  experienced fantasy contestant by means of a symbol or other identifier easily
				  viewed by fantasy contestants engaged in the fantasy contest on the
				  platform.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-10

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator must ensure that winning outcomes
				  of fantasy contests reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the fantasy
				  contestant and that winning outcomes of fantasy contests are determined
				  primarily by accumulated statistical results of the performance of human
				  competitors in sports events.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-11

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator must prohibit directors, officers
				  and employees of the fantasy contest operator, and relatives living in the same
				  household as those persons, from participating in a fantasy contest offered or
				  operated by that fantasy contest operator.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 37 - FANTASY CONTEST MONITORING › Section 633-37-12

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator must prohibit the following
				  individuals from participating in a fantasy contest based on the sport,
				  athletic event or competition in which the individual participates or is
				  otherwise associated:
1. An athlete or
				individual who participates or officiates in a game, league, athletic event or
				competition that is the subject of a fantasy contest; or
2. A sports agent, team employee, referee or
				umpire or league official associated with a sport or athletic event that is the
				subject of a fantasy contest.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 38 - FANTASY CONTESTANT ACCOUNT ACTIVITY › Section 633-38-1 - Fantasy Contestant Accounts

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Fantasy
				contestant accounts on the fantasy operator's platform must be secured against
				invalid access or updates using methods approved by the director.
2. All deposit, withdrawal, transfer or
				adjustment transactions are to be maintained in an audit log.
3. A deposit into a fantasy contestant
				account made via a credit card transaction or other methods which can produce a
				sufficient audit trail must not be available for participation until such time
				as the funds are received from the issuer or the issuer provides an
				authorization number indicating that the funds are authorized.
4. Positive fantasy contestant
				identification. A fantasy contest operator shall use commercially and
				technologically reasonable means to independently verify the identity of the
				individual before the withdrawal of any monies held by the fantasy contest
				operator can be made.
5. An account
				is considered to be inactive if the fantasy contestant has not logged into the
				account for at least three (3) years. The fantasy contest operator's published
				Terms and Conditions must address how the operator will handle any remaining
				funds in inactive accounts. Inactive accounts containing fantasy contestant
				funds must be protected against unauthorized access or withdrawal.
6. Fantasy operators must have in place
				redundancies or other data-recovery protections enabling them to recover
				records of monetary transactions.
7. Payments from an account are to be paid
				(including funds transfer) directly to an account with a financial institution
				in the name of the fantasy contestant or made payable to the fantasy contestant
				and forwarded to the fantasy contestant's address or through another method
				that is not prohibited by Federal or State law. The name and address are to be
				the name and address as held in fantasy contestant registration
				details.
8. A fantasy contest
				operator must have in place security or authorization procedures to ensure that
				only authorized adjustments can be made to fantasy contestant
				accounts.
9. It shall not be
				possible to transfer funds between two fantasy contestant accounts.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 39 - REGISTRATION OF FANTASY CONTESTANTS › Section 633-39-1 - Registering as a Fantasy Contestant

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Before allowing a
				fantasy contestant to finish creating an account, a fantasy contest operator
				must collect:
A. The name of the individual;
				and
B. The individual's date of
				birth showing the individual is 18 years of age or older.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - FANTASY CONTESTANT FUNDS AND REQUIRED RESERVES › Section 633-40-1 - Funds and Required Reserves

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. A fantasy
				contest operator shall neither extend credit to a fantasy contestant nor allow
				the deposit of funds into an account that is derived from the extension of
				credit by affiliates or agents of the operator. For purposes of this
				subsection, credit shall not be deemed to have been extended where, although
				funds have been deposited into an account, the operator is awaiting actual
				receipt of such funds in the ordinary course of business.
2. A fantasy contest operator shall maintain
				a reserve account that exceeds the amount of entry fees and any other funds on
				deposit. The reserve may not be used for operational activities.
3. Reserve funds may take the form of cash,
				cash equivalents, payment processor reserves, payment processor receivables, an
				irrevocable letter of credit, a bond or any combination thereof, and must be in
				an amount that exceeds the total balances of the fantasy contestants' accounts
				with the fantasy contest operator.
4. "Cash equivalents" include commercial
				paper, treasury bills, short term government bonds, marketable securities, and
				money market holdings.
5. The
				reserve agreements must reasonably protect the reserve against claims of the
				fantasy contest operator's creditors other than the authorized fantasy
				contestants for whose benefit and protection the reserve is established, and
				must provide that:
A. The reserve is
				established for the benefit and protection of authorized fantasy contestants to
				the extent fantasy contest operator holds money in fantasy contestant accounts
				for fantasy contestants;
B. The
				reserve must not be released, in whole or in part, except upon written
				instruction or approval of the director. The reserve must be available within
				sixty (60) days of the written demand or written instruction. If the reserve is
				released to the director, the director may take such steps as necessary to
				affect the proper distribution of the funds, including an action in
				court;
C. The fantasy contest
				operator may receive income accruing on the reserve, without obtaining
				permission from the director, but any such income must be reported to the
				director;
D. The fantasy contest
				operator has no interest in or title to the reserve; and
E. Maine law and this section govern the
				agreements and the fantasy contest operator's interest in the reserve and
				income accruing on the reserve.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 41 - LICENSEE RECORDS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND AUDITS › Section 633-41-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator shall maintain records of fantasy
				  contestant accounts, for a period of five (5) years, and make these records
				  available for inspection at the request of the director or the director's
				  designee.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 41 - LICENSEE RECORDS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND AUDITS › Section 633-41-2

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator shall submit an annual report to
				  the director pursuant to
				  8 M.R.S.
				  section1104(5).
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 41 - LICENSEE RECORDS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND AUDITS › Section 633-41-3

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following additional information shall be made available
				  to the director upon the director's request, for a period of five (5)
				  years:
1. The number of fantasy
				contestants in Maine who requested a deposit limit increase;
2. The number of deposit limit increases
				granted to fantasy contestants in Maine;
3. The number of accounts in which a fantasy
				contestant in Maine was identified as a minor and the action taken as a
				result;
4. The number and amount of
				refunds given to fantasy contestants in Maine; and
5. The number of fantasy contestants in Maine
				who requested additional limitations on their accounts and the action taken as
				a result.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 41 - LICENSEE RECORDS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND AUDITS › Section 633-41-4

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The director may conduct a financial audit of any fantasy
				  contest operator licensed in the State of Maine to ensure compliance with
				  M.R.S. Title 8, Chapter 33, at any time.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 41 - LICENSEE RECORDS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND AUDITS › Section 633-41-5

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The fantasy contest operator must provide to the director a
				  copy of the audit report required by
				  8 M.R.S.
				  section1104(4)(C) by June
				  30th of each year.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 42 - COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS › Section 633-42-1

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All fees, fines, charges, and penalties authorized by Maine
				  Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 33, and rules adopted pursuant to Maine
				  Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 33, must be submitted to the director or as
				  directed by the director as they are due. Payment shall be in the form of
				  certified check, cashier's check or money order made out to the "Treasurer
				  State of Maine/Gambling Control Unit." In lieu of these payment forms, the
				  director or State may accept an electronic wire transfer to a designated
				  account.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 42 - COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS › Section 633-42-2

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A fantasy contest operator that is licensed pursuant to Maine
				  Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 33 and that has gross fantasy contest
				  revenues of $100,000 or greater during the 12 months preceding its application
				  for a license must submit to the director on an annual basis 10 percent of
				  gross fantasy contest revenues, including any revenues earned while operating
				  pending approval of an application submitted to the director as described in
				  8 M.R.S.
				  section1103(9), for deposit
				  to the General Fund. A fantasy contest operator must submit such revenues to
				  the director at the time of the renewal of a fantasy contest operator
				  license.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 43 - COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS › Section 633-43-1 - Complaints

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. A fantasy contest operator must make
				contact information for complaints and dispute resolution, as well as a link to
				the Gambling Control Unit's website, readily accessible to fantasy contestants
				through the communication channel used to access the fantasy contest
				platform.
2. A fantasy contest
				operator must implement a system within the platform that enables fantasy
				contestants to log complaints and disputes on a 24/7 basis. Fantasy contest
				operators must respond to the complaint within 48 hours of receipt of the
				initial complaint.
3. A fantasy
				contest operator must maintain records of all correspondence relating to a
				fantasy contestant's complaint and/or dispute for a period of five
				years.
4. All complaints that are
				submitted to the director must be in writing. The director may initiate a
				complaint alleging any ground for disciplinary action.
5. The director may investigate complaints in
				accordance with
				8 M.R.S.
				§1102(E).
6. The director must review all complaints
				and investigative files and, in the director's discretion, may consult with an
				Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Gambling Control Unit.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 43 - COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS › Section 633-43-2 - Disciplinary Action

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Following this
				review and any consultation, the director may take any of the following
				actions:
A. Take adverse action against an
				application or license in a written decision that informs the licensee of the
				right to appeal the decision to the commissioner;
B. Dismiss the complaint or otherwise close
				the investigation. Dismissal may be appropriate when the complaint alleges
				conduct that is not a violation of Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 33
				or the rules adopted pursuant to that chapter, is factually unfounded, or is of
				insufficient gravity to warrant further action. Notice of dismissal must be
				sent to any complainants; or
C.
				Request additional investigation.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 50 - INTRODUCTION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Act to establish additional duties of the Director of the
				Gambling Control Unit to license and regulate sports wagering was enacted by
				the Legislature and made law with the Governor's signature on May 2, 2022. This
				portion of the Public Law is codified at Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8,
				Chapter 35, and charges the Director of the Gambling Control Unit with the
				responsibility of adopting rules necessary to administer and enforce the laws
				applicable to sports wagering.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 52 - LICENSE APPLICATION, FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-52-2 - Fees

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The initial non-refundable fee for
				background investigation shall be $5,000.00 for a facility operator license and
				$10,000.00 for a mobile operator, management services provider or supplier
				license. The hourly rate shall be no more than $250.00. If the cost surpasses
				the initial deposit amount, the applicant shall be invoiced for the actual
				remaining balance due which shall be paid before issuance of a
				license.
2. All applicants for
				licenses shall pay all costs of investigations into their backgrounds,
				suitability, and qualifications for licensure which may include, but are not
				limited to:
A. Transportation;
B. Lodging;
C. Meals;
D. Other expenses associated with
				traveling;
E. Significant office
				expense;
F. Document reproduction
				costs;
G. Preparation
				time;
H.
				3rd party independent contractors to the
				Department;
I. Time necessary for
				administration of the investigation (including additional staffing on a
				temporary basis); and
J. Other
				similar expenses incurred until the conclusion of the investigation.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 52 - LICENSE APPLICATION, FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-52-3 - Temporary License

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Upon receipt of
				a completed application, internal controls and all fees, the Director shall
				review the request and may approve a temporary license. A temporary license
				shall be good for one (1) year from the date of issuance or until a final
				determination on the application is made, whichever is sooner.
2. An applicant may be eligible to receive a
				temporary license to conduct sports wagering activities prior to receiving a
				permanent license if the applicant has:
A.
				Submitted a complete application;
B. Included a SOC II Type 2 audit on the
				system that will be used to operate all software, hardware and systems which
				was completed within the 2 years prior to application;
C. No adverse actions taken against a
				gambling or gambling-related license the applicant holds in any other
				jurisdiction that could call into question suitability in order to be
				licensed;
D. No litigation, past or
				present involving business practices that could call into question suitability
				in order to be licensed;
E. Any
				similar gambling or sports wagering license in another U.S. state, such license
				is in good standing as demonstrated by proof from the licensing state:
				and
F. Paid the initial fees
				associated with the license and background investigation.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 52 - LICENSE APPLICATION, FEE AND RENEWAL › Section 633-52-4 - Occupational License

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. In addition to
				the requirements of
				8 M.R.S.
				§1202(7)(E), any person
				whose job description including those persons considered to have control of an
				applicant or a licensee under section
				1204(2).
2. Occupational operators, after a one-year
				initial license may renew for one year for a fee of $25.00 or for three years
				for a fee of $50.00.
3. An
				individual who is actively licensed under section
				1015 as an employee of a casino that
				has a facility sports wagering license may apply for and renew a combination
				"combo" license on Gambling Control Unit form MGCU-8300 without paying a
				separate initial license fee or a renewal license fee for the sports wagering
				occupational license.
4. A combo
				license will be valid for the duration of the employee's current casino gaming
				license and after renewal for the same duration as the renewed employee
				license.
5. Any person or entity
				seeking to renew its application to be a licensed facility or mobile operator,
				management services provider, supplier or occupational employee shall submit a
				renewal application at least 60 days prior to the expiration of their current
				license.
Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 53 - INTERNAL CONTROLS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Operators shall
			 develop, implement and follow internal control procedures to ensure compliance
			 with Title 8 M.R.S. Chapter 35.
2.
			 Operators shall submit to the Director for approval a written description of
			 internal controls procedures that demonstrate compliance with the rules adopted
			 under this chapter and incorporate administrative and accounting controls with
			 its application and shall obtain the Director's approval before commencing
			 sports wagering.
3. Each operator's
			 internal controls shall include a detailed diagram or description of the
			 operator's organizational structure. The proposed organizational structure
			 shall provide for:
A. A system of personnel
			 and chain of command which holds management and supervisory personnel
			 accountable for actions or omissions that violate Maine sports wagering laws or
			 rules within their areas of responsibility;
B. The segregation of incompatible functions
			 so that no employee is in a position both to commit an error or to perpetrate a
			 fraud and to conceal the error or fraud in the normal course of his or her
			 duties;
C. Primary and secondary
			 supervisory positions which permit the authorization or supervision of
			 necessary transactions at all relevant times;
D. Areas of responsibility which are
			 sufficiently limited in scope that the responsibilities can practically be
			 performed or monitored by one person.