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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1119 - Operator Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An applicant
				  for an operator permit must meet and maintain the suitability standards
				  provided for in the Act and these rules, including but not limited to,
				  R.S.
				  47:9094.
B. An applicant for an operator permit must
				  demonstrate the ability to satisfy the technical and operational standards and
				  requirements for sports wagering required by the corporation.
C. An applicant must demonstrate the ability
				  to satisfy the requirement that the operator will contract with multiple
				  distributors and operator vendors to provide maximum opportunity for economic
				  development.
D. An applicant must
				  be a person domiciled in Louisiana or a domestic business entity with a
				  certificate of existence from the Secretary of State and in good standing or a
				  foreign corporation with a certificate of authority to transact business in
				  this state from the Secretary of State and in good standing.
E. An applicant must provide the corporation
				  with financial statements indicating any sports wagering revenues or gaming
				  revenues for the previous three years.
F. Suitability is an ongoing process. A
				  permittee or person required to submit to suitability by the Act or these rules
				  has a continuing duty to inform the corporation of any action which could
				  reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of the Act or these
				  rules.
G. An applicant, permittee
				  or person required to submit to suitability by the Act or these rules has a
				  continuing duty to inform the corporation of material changes in their
				  affiliations, businesses, financial standing, operations, ownership
				  relationships, corporate management personnel, officers, or
				  directors.
H. The corporation may
				  consider the following criteria when deciding whether to issue a permit or a
				  finding of suitability to conduct sports wagering or whether to continue
				  permitting or finding a person suitable to participate in sports wagering:
1. the applicant or permittee and its
				  operation is properly financed;
2.
				  the corporation may consider whether the sports wagering platform is designed
				  and secured in a manner that provides adequate security for all aspects of its
				  operation and for players;
3. the
				  corporation may consider the character and reputation of all persons identified
				  with the ownership and operation of the applicant or permittee and their
				  capability to comply with the Act and these rules; and
4. the corporation may consider such other
				  factors as may arise in the circumstances presented.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1121 - Retail Establishment Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  An applicant for a retail establishment permit must meet one of the
				  requirements of
				  R.S.
				  47:9098(B) to be qualified
				  to receive a permit.
B. An
				  applicant for permit must meet and maintain the following suitability
				  standards.
1. An applicant must be a person
				  of good character, honesty, and integrity.
2. An applicant must be a person whose prior
				  activities or criminal activity, if any, do not pose a threat to the effective
				  operation of lottery sports wagering.
3. An applicant must be likely to conduct the
				  activities for which the applicant or permittee is approved or
				  permitted.
4. An applicant must not
				  have been found guilty of a felony related to the security or integrity of a
				  lottery in this or any other state or jurisdiction.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1123 - Additional Permits

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  provisions of this section apply to sports wagering service providers,
				  distributors, manufacturers, operator vendors, suppliers, and
				  personnel.
B. An applicant for a
				  permit must meet and maintain the following suitability standards.
1. An applicant must be a person of good
				  character, honesty, and integrity.
2. An applicant must be a person whose prior
				  activities or criminal activity, if any, do not pose a threat to the effective
				  operation of lottery sports wagering.
3. An applicant must be likely to conduct the
				  activities for which the applicant or permittee is approved or
				  permitted.
4. An applicant must not
				  have been found guilty of a felony related to the security or integrity of a
				  lottery in this or any other state or jurisdiction.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1125 - Continuing Suitability

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Suitability is an ongoing process. An applicant or permittee, or person
				  required to submit to suitability by the rules or the Act has a continuing duty
				  to inform the corporation of any action which could reasonably be believed to
				  constitute a violation of these rules or the Act.
B. An applicant, permittee, or person
				  required to submit to suitability shall also have a continuing duty to inform
				  the corporation of material changes in the affiliations, businesses, financial
				  standing, operations, ownership relationships, corporate management personnel,
				  officers, or directors.
C. An
				  applicant, permittee, or person required to submit to suitability shall also
				  have a continuing duty to inform the corporation of all administrative actions
				  instituted or pending in any other jurisdiction against or involving the
				  applicant or permittee.
D. Failure
				  to report or provide required notice may constitute grounds for delaying
				  consideration of the application or denial of the application, suspension, or
				  revocation of the permit.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1127 - Permit Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The renewal
				  application must contain a statement by the applicant that any and all changes
				  in history and financial information provided in the previous application have
				  been disclosed.
B. A permittee in
				  good standing with the corporation at the time of renewal will be considered
				  qualified and suitable for renewal of the permit.
C. Renewal applications may be submitted to
				  the corporation 120 days prior to the expiration of the permit term.
D. Renewal applications must include tax
				  clearances from the appropriate state agencies prior to the granting of the
				  renewal. The corporation may consider a temporary extension of a permit to
				  avoid interruption of service in the event there is a delay in receiving the
				  tax clearances.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Qualification and Suitability Standards › Section XV-1129 - Suspension, Revocation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				  permit may, for good cause, be suspended or revoked by the president if the
				  permittee is found to have violated any provisions of these rules, the Act, or
				  objective criteria established by the corporation.
B. Any permit granted by the corporation
				  pursuant to these rules and the Act will specify the reasons for which any
				  permit may be suspended or revoked by the corporation, which reasons include
				  but are not limited to:
1. commission of a
				  violation of these rules, the Act, or other provisions of Louisiana
				  law;
2. commission of any fraud,
				  deceit, or misrepresentation;
3.
				  conduct prejudicial to public confidence in the lottery;
4. the permittee filing for or being placed
				  in bankruptcy or receivership;
5.
				  failure to accurately account for tickets, revenues or prizes as required by
				  the corporation;
6. insufficient
				  sale of sports wagers; or
7. any
				  material changes in any matter considered by the corporation in granting the
				  permit to the permittee.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1135 - Sports Wagering Platforms; Duties of Operator

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. To ensure the protection of players, a
				  sports wagering platform shall identify the person that is the
				  operator.
B. The operator shall
				  provide a set of terms and conditions readily accessible to the player on its
				  sports wagering platforms.
C. The
				  operator shall provide a readily accessible privacy policy to the player on its
				  sports wagering platforms. The privacy policy shall state the information that
				  is required to be collected, the purpose for information collection, and the
				  conditions under which information may be disclosed. Any information about a
				  player-us sports wagering account that is not subject to disclosure pursuant to
				  the privacy policy shall be kept confidential, except where the release is
				  required by law or requested by the corporation. Player information shall be
				  securely erased from hard disks, magnetic tapes, solid state memory, and other
				  devices before the device is decommissioned. If erasure is not possible, the
				  storage device must be destroyed.
D. An operator shall ensure that wagering on
				  its sports wagering platform complies with the Act, these rules, and any
				  requirements of the corporation. An operator shall comply with AML standards,
				  Federal and state law, and the limitations set forth in
				  R.S.
				  47:9099.
E. The operator shall have procedures that do
				  all of the following prior to operating in this state:
1. prevent unauthorized withdrawals from a
				  sports wagering account by the operator or others;
2. make clear that funds in a sports wagering
				  account are not the property of the operator and are not available to the
				  operator-us creditors;
3. ensure
				  any amounts won by a player from a sports wager is deposited into the player-us
				  account within one day from the time of the event, unless the wager is part of
				  an investigation;
4. ensure players
				  can withdraw the funds maintained in their sports wagering accounts in
				  accordance with the Act and these rules;
5. allows a player to permanently close his
				  sports wagering account at any time for any reason;
6. offers players access to their play
				  history and account details;
7.
				  prevent all persons from tampering with or interfering with the operation of
				  sports wagering or sports wagering equipment.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1137 - Prohibited Parish; Geolocation, Geofencing; Proxy Servers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator shall not allow a player to
				  place a sports wager while located in a prohibited parish.
B. The operator shall implement and abide by
				  protocols and procedures to ensure a player is not utilizing remote desktop
				  software, rootkits, virtualization, proxy servers, virtual private network,
				  spoofing, or other means to disguise their physical location or their computer
				  or device-us physical location when conducting a sports wagering transaction.
				  Operator shall use, at a minimum:
1.
				  geolocation and geo-fencing techniques and capability; and
2. commercially reasonable standards for the
				  detection and restriction of remote desktop software, rootkits, virtualization,
				  proxy servers, virtual private networks, spoofing, or other means of disguising
				  one-us location.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1139 - Sports Wagering Account; Player Registration Required

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A person shall register with an operator
				  prior to placing a sports wager on a sports wagering platform through a website
				  or mobile application. Operator shall not allow any person to place a sports
				  wager on its sports wagering platform through a website or mobile application
				  unless that person is registered and maintains a sports wagering account.
				  Nothing in this section shall prohibit an operator from accepting anonymous
				  wagers at a sports wagering mechanism on the licensed premises in accordance
				  with the Act, these rules, and internal controls.
1. The operator shall include sports wagering
				  account procedures necessary to setup and register for an account in the
				  internal controls submitted for approval prior to implementation.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1141 - Limitation on Active Accounts; Obligations to Players

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An operator shall:
1. limit each authorized player to one active
				  and continuously used account and username;
2. implement rules and procedures to suspend
				  all accounts of any player that establishes or seeks to establish more than one
				  username or more than one account, whether directly or by use of another person
				  as a proxy;
3. publish parental
				  control procedures to facilitate parents or guardians to exclude minors from
				  access to a sports wagering platform. The procedures shall include a link or
				  toll-free number to call for help in establishing such parental
				  controls;
4. make clear conspicuous
				  statements that are not inaccurate or misleading concerning the conduct of
				  sports wagering;
5. permit any
				  player to permanently close an account registered to the player at any time and
				  for any reason;
6. implement
				  measures to protect the privacy and online security of players, their sports
				  wagering account, and their personal financial information and personal patron
				  data.
7. not allow a player to
				  transfer funds from a sports wagering account to another player-us sports
				  wagering account.
8. employ a
				  mechanism that can detect and prevent any sports wagering or withdrawal
				  activity initiated by a player that would result in a negative balance of a
				  sports wagering account.
9. allow a
				  player to withdraw the funds maintained in his sports wagering account within
				  five business days of the request being made. For purposes of this Paragraph, a
				  request for withdrawal is considered honored if it is processed by the operator
				  but delayed by a payment processor, credit card issuer, or by the custodian of
				  a financial account through no fault, action, or inaction of the operator. If
				  an operator has requested documentation from a player in order to facilitate
				  the withdrawal, the time waiting for such documentation shall not be factored
				  into the five business days for approval.
a.
				  An operator may decline to honor a player-us request to withdraw funds only if
				  the operator believes in good faith that the player engaged in fraudulent
				  conduct or other conduct that would put the operator in violation of the Act or
				  these rules. In such cases, the operator may withhold the funds for a
				  reasonable investigatory period until the investigation is resolved, if the
				  operator conducts its investigation in a reasonable and expedient
				  fashion.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1143 - Charging for Inactive Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  An operator shall not charge a player for an inactive sports wagering
				  account.
B. No player shall be
				  charged for failure to deposit certain amounts of cash or cash equivalent into
				  a sports wagering account.
C. The
				  operator shall follow state law as it regards unclaimed property for inactive
				  accounts.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1145 - Protection for Problem or Compulsive Gamblers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Self-Restriction
1. The operator shall allow a player to
				  restrict themselves from placing a sports wager or accessing a sports wagering
				  account for a specific period of time, minimum of which shall be 30 days, as
				  determined by the player and shall implement procedures to prevent the person
				  from placing sports wagers.
2. The
				  operator shall develop and maintain an online self-restriction form and a
				  process to exclude any person from placing a sports wager who completes and
				  submits the form to the operator and shall provide a mechanism on its sports
				  wagering platforms to access the online selfrestriction form. The operator
				  shall retain each submitted online self-restriction form and restrict such
				  persons from placing a sports wager and may close the player-us sports wagering
				  account for the specified time.
3.
				  Online self-restriction is different than submitting for the state-us
				  self-exclusion list. When a player chooses the option of self-restriction, the
				  operator shall notify the requester of the option to also self-exclude with the
				  state.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1147 - Advertising, Mandatory Signage

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  The corporation and the operator shall not advertise sports wagering to a
				  person by phone, email, or any other form of individually targeted
				  advertisement or marketing material if the person has self-restricted or is
				  excluded pursuant to the provisions of the Act or these rules, or if the person
				  is otherwise barred from participating in sports wagering (including, but not
				  limited to, advertisements targeted to persons under the age of 21).
B. Advertisements and marketing material
				  shall not depict minors.
C. The
				  corporation and the operator shall not advertise or run promotional activities
				  at any primary or secondary schools, as defined by Louisiana law and including
				  elementary, middle, and high schools, or sports venues exclusively used for
				  primary or secondary schools.
D.
				  The corporation and the operator shall ensure that all advertisements of sports
				  wagering do not target prohibited players, persons under the age of 21, or
				  self-restricted or excluded persons.
E. The corporation and the operator shall not
				  misrepresent the frequency or extent of winning in any advertisement.
F. The corporation and the operator shall
				  provide on its sports wagering platform, any websites, and in any print
				  advertisement of sports wagering for such the toll-free telephone number
				  available for information and referral services regarding compulsive or problem
				  gambling.
G. The corporation and
				  the operator shall ensure that all advertising, public relations activities,
				  and marketing campaigns comply with this Section and do not: contain false or
				  misleading information; fail to disclose conditions or limiting factors
				  associated with the advertisement; use a font, type size, location, lighting,
				  illustration, graphic depiction or color obscuring conditions or limiting
				  factors associated with the advertisement; consist of indecent or offensive
				  graphics or audio, or both; encourage players to chase their losses or
				  re-invest their winnings; or suggest that sports wagering is a means of solving
				  financial problems.
H. The operator
				  shall retain a copy of all advertising and marketing materials intended to
				  promote any sports wagering operation in the State of Louisiana, which shall be
				  made available to the corporation upon request.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1149 - Sports Events

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Operator
				  shall not offer sports wagering on sports events or subjects prohibited by the
				  Act, these rules, or the corporation.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1151 - Sports Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator
				  shall not accept any sports wager on a sports event unless it has received
				  approval from the corporation to conduct that type or category of sports wager.
				  A type of sports wager refers to the method of determining the outcome of the
				  sports wager. The category refers to the kind of event being wagered on. For
				  all particular categories or sports wager types approved by the Act or these
				  rules or later approved by the corporation for its first use may be used on
				  multiple events by the operator without further approval.
1. If an operator accepts a sports wager on
				  an unapproved sports event, the operator shall void and refund all sports
				  wagers associated with that sports event. If any sports wagers for unapproved
				  sports events cannot be refunded in full, the operator shall immediately
				  provide the corporation with a report detailing such sports wagers and the
				  reasons therefore.
2. The
				  corporation maintains the right to disapprove of the source of data for any
				  reason including, but not limited to, the type of sports wager and method of
				  data collection.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1153 - Unusual and Suspicious Wagering Activity

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator shall employ a system to
				  identify irregularities in volume or odds and swings that could signal
				  suspicious wagering activities that should require further
				  investigation.
B. The operator
				  shall have internal controls in place to identify unusual wagering activity and
				  report such to the corporation.
C.
				  An operator receiving a report of suspicious wagering activity shall be
				  permitted to cancel related wagers after receiving approval from the
				  corporation and in accordance with approved procedures as set forth in internal
				  controls.
D. All information and
				  data received pursuant to this Section by the corporation related to unusual or
				  suspicious wagering activity shall be considered confidential and shall not be
				  revealed in whole or in part, except upon the lawful order of a court of
				  competent jurisdiction or, with any law enforcement entity, member club, sports
				  governing body, or regulatory agency that the corporation deems
				  appropriate.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1155 - Sports Wagering Mechanisms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Sports
				  wagering mechanisms shall be linked to the sports wagering operator-us sports
				  wagering platform.
B. Sports
				  wagering mechanisms or the platform shall be capable of generating a
				  transaction report which documents each completed transaction. Unless otherwise
				  approved by the corporation, the report shall include, at a minimum:
1. the date and time;
2. a description of the
				  transaction;
3. the value of
				  non-cash transactions;
4. the value
				  of currency inserted;
5. the value
				  of all promotional play;
6. the
				  value of all sports wagering tickets dispensed.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter C - Rules; Operations › Section XV-1157 - Retail Establishment Contract

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A contract between the operator and a
				  retail establishment shall include the following requirements.
1. The operator may suspend or terminate the
				  contract in the event of suspension or termination of the retail establishment
				  permit. No person may operate as a retail establishment without a
				  permit.
2. A sports wagering
				  mechanism shall be located only in an area where accessibility is limited to
				  patrons 21 years of age or older.
3. In consideration for the hosting of a
				  sports wagering mechanism, the retail establishment shall be paid the greater
				  of the following each month.
a. One and one
				  half percent of the cash accumulated in the sports wagering mechanism located
				  on the retail establishment-us premises.
b. Ten percent of the net gaming proceeds of
				  all wagers placed by patrons through a sports wagering mechanism located on the
				  premises of the retail establishment and wagers placed through an operator
				  website or mobile application while the patron is located on the premises of
				  the retail establishment.
4. The monies owed to the retail
				  establishment shall be remitted to the retail establishment within 20 days of
				  the end of each calendar month for the immediately preceding calendar
				  month.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter D - Audit and Accounting › Section XV-1159 - Audit and Accounting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator must meet specific auditing
				  and accounting obligations as set forth below, including, but not limited to:
1. the operator shall have a complete
				  corporate financial audit conducted annually, at its own expense. The audit
				  must follow generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) (or the appropriate
				  non-U.S. equivalent). A copy of the operator-us audited financial statement
				  shall be provided within one quarter after the close of the operator-us fiscal
				  year;
2. the operator shall provide
				  the corporation with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 10-K reports (or
				  the appropriate non-U.S. equivalent) as they are issued, together with any
				  other reports required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange
				  Act or 1934, as amended;
3. a
				  third-party review of the operator-us Louisiana operations must also be
				  conducted annually. This audit will be a SOC 2 Type 2, SOC for Service
				  Organizations: Trust Services Criteria and shall be paid for by the operator.
				  For this review the operator will suggest, for the corporation-us approval, the
				  firm(s) to perform the work. All relevant aspects shall be conducted pursuant
				  to auditing standards as issued by the American Institute of Certified Public
				  Accountants. The SOC 2 Type 2 audit shall be completed and submitted to the
				  corporation by March 31 of each year;
4. the operator is required to maintain its
				  books, records, and all other evidence pertaining to the contract in accordance
				  with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (or the appropriate
				  non-U.S. equivalent) and such other procedures specified by the corporation.
				  These records shall be available to the Lottery, its internal auditors, or
				  external auditors (and other designees) at all times during the contract period
				  and for five years from the contract expiration date or the final payment on
				  the contract, whichever is later.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter D - Audit and Accounting › Section XV-1161 - Segregation of Funds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator
				  shall segregate sports wagering account funds from operational funds.
B. The operator contract with the permitted
				  operator vendor for sports wagering account services shall require the operator
				  vendor to maintain crime insurance in an amount determined by the operator and
				  the corporation. Such insurance shall cover any loss due to any fraudulent or
				  dishonest act on the part of the permitted operator-us officers, employees,
				  agents, or subcontractors. Such an event, in the sole discretion of the
				  corporation, could be grounds for termination of the operator vendor permit
				  whether or not the losses arising as a result thereof were paid under the crime
				  insurance policy.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter E - Computer Systems and Sports Wagering Platforms; Security › Section XV-1163 - Computer Systems and Sports Wagering Platforms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator shall use a sports wagering
				  platform to offer, conduct, or operate sports wagering in accordance with the
				  Act and rules set forth by the corporation.
1.
				  The operator shall comply with, and the corporation adopts and incorporates by
				  reference, the Gaming Laboratories International, LLC Standard, GLI-33:
				  Standards for Event Wagering systems and its Appendices, version 1.1 and any
				  future amendments and updates thereto. The GLI-33 standards are intended to
				  supplement rather than supplant other technical standards and requirements
				  under these rules.
2. The operator
				  may provide evidence of compliance with GLI-33 in other states where the
				  operator has an existing sports wagering platform until the operator can
				  certify the sports wagering platform in Louisiana.
3. A sports wagering platform utilized to
				  conduct sports wagering shall meet the specifications of these rules and any
				  additional technical specifications prescribed by the corporation.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter E - Computer Systems and Sports Wagering Platforms; Security › Section XV-1165 - Sports Wagering Platform Quality Assurance Testing Program

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A. Any modifications to the operator-us
				  sports wagering platform shall comply with the corporation-us Quality Assurance
				  Testing Program. At a minimum, all software modifications shall be submitted in
				  a functional specifications document detailing all software changes. Prior to
				  deployment, the corporation-us Quality Assurance team shall conduct testing to
				  ensure that all modifications to the sports wagering platform perform as
				  detailed in the functional specifications document. The corporation must
				  approve all software modifications, including deviations from the functional
				  specifications document discovered in testing by the corporation-us Quality
				  Assurance team prior to the software deployment.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter E - Computer Systems and Sports Wagering Platforms; Security › Section XV-1167 - Information Security Management and Data Security

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A. The operator shall implement, maintain,
				  regularly review and revise, and comply with a comprehensive Information
				  Security Management System (ISMS), the purpose of which shall be to take
				  reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of
				  personal identifying information of individuals who place a wager with the
				  operator, and shall contain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards
				  appropriate to the size, complexity, nature, and scope of the operations and
				  the sensitivity of the personal information owned, licensed, maintained,
				  handled, or otherwise in the possession of the operator. Additional ISMS
				  specifications may be adopted by the corporation.
B. The operators shall comply with all
				  applicable state and federal requirements for data security.
C. Logging of Sports Wagering Platform Data
1. The sports wagering platform shall be
				  designed to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all patron
				  communications and ensure the proper identification of the sender and receiver
				  of all communications. If communications are performed across a public or
				  third-party network, the system shall either encrypt the data packets or
				  utilize a secure communications protocol to ensure the integrity and
				  confidentiality of the transmission.
2. Sports wagering platforms shall employ a
				  mechanism capable of maintaining a separate copy of all of the information
				  required to be logged in this section on a separate and independent logging
				  device capable of being administered by an employee with no incompatible
				  function. If the sports wagering platform can be configured such that any
				  logged data is contained in a secure transaction file, a separate logging
				  device is not required.
3. The
				  operators shall provide upon request, in a format required by the corporation,
				  all online sports betting system data. Sports betting system data includes, but
				  is not limited to, employee data and logs, geo-fence logs, player activity and
				  betting information, and event logs related to the operator-us Louisiana sports
				  wagering operations.
4.
				  Requirements for system specifications and sports wagering platform logging
				  shall be detailed in internal controls.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter E - Computer Systems and Sports Wagering Platforms; Security › Section XV-1169 - Defective and Malfunctioning Devices, Equipment, and Accessories

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A. Operators shall
				  document and maintain any system malfunction or deviation from the sports
				  wagering platform and maintain the data for a minimum period of three
				  years.
B. The sports wagering
				  platform must have sufficient redundancy and modularity so that if any single
				  component or part of a component fails, the functions of the internet sports
				  betting platform and the process of auditing those functions can continue with
				  no critical data loss. If 2 or more components are linked, the process of all
				  internet sports betting operations between the components must not be adversely
				  affected by restart or recovery of either component and upon restart or
				  recovery, the components must immediately synchronize the status of all
				  transactions, data, and configurations with one another.
C. A business continuity and disaster
				  recovery plan must be in place to recover sports wagering operations conducted
				  under the Act if the sports wagering platform-us production environment is
				  rendered inoperable.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1171 - General

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A. The corporation
				  is required by
				  R.S.
				  47:9104 to establish and maintain rules
				  providing for the withholding of sports wagering prizes of persons who have
				  outstanding child support arrearages or delinquent debt as reported to the
				  corporation. Pursuant to that mandate, these rules are intended to provide
				  general guidelines concerning the withholding of lottery prizes of persons with
				  outstanding child support arrearages or delinquent debt.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1173 - Definitions

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A. The following
				  italicized terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these
				  rules:
Arrearage
-outstanding child support or
					 delinquent debt by a debtor or otherwise collectible by the claimant
					 agency.
Claimant Agency
-the Department of Children
					 and Family Services (DCFS) and Office of Debt Recovery.
Debtor
-a person who has been reported by a
					 claimant agency to the corporation pursuant to these rules as having an
					 arrearage, as evidenced by the records of the claimant agency.
Winner
-a person entitled to the payment of
					 a sports wagering prize of $600.00 or more.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1175 - Obtaining Information from Claimant Agency

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A. The corporation shall provide to the
				  claimant agency a computer-readable format for the compilation, storage, and
				  maintenance of a list of debtors by the claimant agency. The list of debtors
				  generated by the claimant agency shall contain their arrearages and such other
				  information as is mutually determined by the corporation and the claimant
				  agency to be necessary and compatible with the goals of
				  R.S.
				  47:9104 and the efficient and effective
				  operation of the corporation and the claimant agency. The corporation shall
				  accept the list as the claimant agency transmits and updates it to the
				  corporation in the prescribed format at the intervals and times as specified by
				  the corporation.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1177 - Confirmation of Child Support Obligations or Delinquent Debt

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A. The corporation shall determine that a
				  winner is a debtor according to the following provisions.
1. Prior to the payment of any sports
				  wagering prize of $600 or more, the corporation-us staff shall determine
				  whether the name of the winner and/or social security
number appears on the most current list of debtors provided
					 to the corporation by the claimant agencies.
2. If the name of the winner appears on a
				  claimant agency-us most current list of debtors, the corporation may contact
				  the claimant agency to confirm the winner-us status as a debtor and verify the
				  amount of his or her arrearage. The corporation shall not be obligated to
				  request confirmation but shall act in accordance with the information it
				  obtains thereby if it does.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1179 - Disbursement of Prize Money to a Debtor.

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A. The corporation shall disburse sports
				  wagering prize money to a winner who is also a debtor as follows:
1. The corporation shall subtract the
				  debtor-us arrearage and all other amounts required to be withheld from sports
				  wagering prizes from the debtor-us prize, and shall pay the remainder to the
				  debtor. If the remainder is less than zero, the debtor shall not receive a
				  payment.
2. At regular intervals
				  mutually determined by the corporation and the claimant agency, the corporation
				  shall transfer all arrearages withheld by the corporation to the claimant
				  agency.
3. Transfer of the
				  debtor-us arrearages to the claimant agency shall discharge the corporation
				  from any liability to the debtor for payment of any prize money.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1181 - Reliance on Claimant Agency Information.

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A. The corporation may enter into an
				  agreement with the claimant agency entitling the corporation to rely on
				  information it receives from the claimant agency and requiring the claimant
				  agency to defend claims against the corporation for erroneous withholding of
				  prize money in cases in which the corporation acts in accordance with
				  information provided by the claimant agency. Otherwise, the corporation shall
				  not be liable to any person for withholding a sports wagering prize based upon
				  information provided to it by the claimant agency.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 11 - Lottery Sports Wagering › Subchapter F - Special Rules and Regulations on Payment of Prizes › Section XV-1183 - No Third Party Rights Created Hereby.

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A. These rules are not intended to create
				  contractual rights on behalf of any person or impose contractual obligations on
				  the corporation, but are merely intended to provide a procedure for the
				  corporation-us staff to follow in assisting the appropriate state agency in the
				  process of withholding the sports wagering prizes of persons with outstanding
				  arrearages. No third party rights against the corporation arise by virtue of
				  these rules. These rules are subject to modification or change at any time at
				  the sole discretion of the corporation.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:9001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of the Secretary › Subpart 1 - General › Chapter 1 - General Rules and Regulations › Section I-101 - Definitions

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A. As used in these
				  rules and regulations:
Adjudication
- the process for the
					 formulation of a decision or order.
Administrative Procedure Act
- Act 382 of
					 1966 as amended by Act 284 of 1074 and Act 730 of 1975 (R.S. 49:951 et seq.),
					 and any amendments thereto.
Decision
or Order-the whole or any part of
					 the final disposition (whatever its form, whether affirmative, negative,
					 injunctive or declaratory) of the secretary, in any matter other than
					 rulemaking, required by Constitution or statute to be determined on the record
					 after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
Declaratory Ruling or Order
- a statement
					 of limited applicability concerning the rights of specific parties or
					 expressing the opinion of the secretary on a particular subject.
Department
- the Department of Natural
					 Resources, state of Louisiana.
Party
- each person or agency named or
					 admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be
					 admitted and/or heard as a party.
Person
- any individual, partnership,
					 corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private
					 organization of any character, other than the secretary.
Rule
- each statement of general
					 applicability and future effect that implements, interprets or prescribes
					 substantive law or policy, or prescribes the procedure or practice requirements
					 of the secretary. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior rule,
					 but does not include statements concerning only the internal management of the
					 Department of Natural Resources and not affecting private rights or procedures
					 available to the public, declaratory rulings or orders' or intra-agency
					 memoranda.
Rulemaking
- the process employed by the
					 secretary for the formulation of a rule.
Secretary
- the secretary of natural
					 resources, state of Louisiana.
Violation
- a
violation
of
					 any provision of the secretary's rules and regulations.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 36:354(A).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of the Secretary › Subpart 1 - General › Chapter 1 - General Rules and Regulations › Section I-103 - Conflicts

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A. If any conflict
				  should develop between a rule or an order, and a provision of the Louisiana
				  Constitution or a statute which prohibits such rule or order, the provision of
				  the Constitution or statute shall prevail.
B. The Administrative Procedure Act shall
				  govern all rules and regulations of the secretary, and the secretary shall have
				  all power conferred by that Act.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 36:354(A).