Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 8 - COMMERCE › Chapter 8.22 - BOARD OF HORSE RACING › Subchapter 8.22.39 - Parimutuel Wagering on Fantasy Sports Leagues › Rule 8.22.3913 - UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) As set forth in
				23-4-301, MCA, it is unlawful to
				conduct pool selling or bookmaking or to wager on a fantasy sports league other
				than by the parimutuel system and by being physically present at a licensed
				parimutuel facility.
(2) As set
				forth in 23-4-301, MCA, it is unlawful to
				permit a minor to use the parimutuel system.
(3) As set forth in
				23-4-301, MCA, it is unlawful to
				conduct internet or telephone parimutuel wagering on fantasy sports
				leagues.
(4) No wagers may be
				accepted or paid by a parimutuel facility on a collegiate sport or athletic
				event. A collegiate sport or athletic event is an event offered or sponsored by
				or played in connection with a public or private institution that offers
				educational services beyond the secondary level.
(5) No wager may be accepted or paid by a
				parimutuel facility on any amateur sport or athletic event.
(6) No wager may be accepted or paid by a
				parimutuel facility on any nonsporting event.
(7) Parimutuel facilities shall not accept
				wagers unless made by an individual person, physically present at the
				parimutuel facility site with cash.
(8) Parimutuel facilities shall not accept
				wagers except at licensed premises, and only at betting stations approved by
				the fantasy sports coordinator or the board.
(9) Parimutuel facilities shall not knowingly
				accept money or its equivalent ostensibly as a wager upon a sporting event
				whose outcome has already been determined. A licensed parimutuel network shall
				not create a roster or program for, and a licensed parimutuel facility shall
				not accept a wager on a sporting event unless the date and time at which the
				outcome of the sporting event is determined can be confirmed from reliable
				sources satisfactory to the fantasy sports coordinator or the board, or from
				records created and maintained by the parimutuel network in such manner as the
				fantasy sport coordinator or the board may approve.
(10) Parimutuel facilities shall not accept
				wagers on a sporting event unless league rules for the event have previously
				been submitted by the parimutuel network to the fantasy sports coordinator and
				approved by the coordinator, and then made available to the parimutuel facility
				by the parimutuel network as an option to be used by the parimutuel facility
				for that wagering period.
(11)
				Parimutuel facilities shall not accept wagers on a sporting event unless the
				event has been chosen by the facility for inclusion in that wagering period,
				and the availability of the sporting event posted at the facility. Chosen
				sporting events for each wagering period must be posted on the roster or
				program provided to each patron, and may also be posted by electronic or manual
				means, including printed media. Posted sporting events must be chosen by a
				parimutuel facility for a wagering period prior to the start of the wagering
				period, and no changes to the chosen options shall occur during the wagering
				period.
(12) Parimutuel facilities
				shall not accept any wager in excess of $10,000 unless the following steps have
				all been completed:
(a) obtain the patron's
				name;
(b) obtain the patron's
				permanent address and social security number;
(c) obtain one of the following
				identification credentials from the patron:
(i) driver's license;
(ii) passport;
(iii) nonresident alien identification
				card;
(iv) other reliable
				government-issued identification credentials; or
(v) other picture identification credential
				normally accepted as a means of identification when cashing checks;
				and
(d) examine the
				identification credential obtained to verify the patron's name, and to the
				extent possible, to verify the accuracy of the information obtained.