Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 809 - Public Protection Cabinet - Kentucky Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 10 - Technical Criteria › Section 809 KAR 10:002 - Standards for sports wagering

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 230
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				230.260 requires the commission to
				"promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the conduct
				of sports wagering."KRS 230.361 states the "racing
				commission shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish a fully
				functioning sports wagering system...."KRS 230.808
				lists the categories of sporting events that may be wagered upon and permits a
				sports governing body to submit a request to the commission to restrict, limit,
				or exclude a type, form, or category of sports wagering. This administrative
				regulation establishes standards for sports wagering in Kentucky, including
				authorized and prohibited sporting events and types of wagers and data sources
				for sports wagering.
Section 1.
			 Authorized and Prohibited Sporting Events and Types of Wagers.
(1) Sporting events that may be wagered upon
			 include those listed in
			 KRS
			 230.808.
(2) Of those events listed in
			 KRS
			 230.808, only those categories of sporting
			 events and their types of wager authorized by the racing commission in
			 accordance with Section 2 of this administrative regulation and posted on the
			 racing commission's Web site may be offered for sports wagering by a
			 licensee.
(3) Notwithstanding any
			 contrary provisions of this regulation, any wager which complies with the
			 following criteria and does not involve any criteria listed in subsection (4)
			 of this section is generally approved and does not need specific approval under
			 Section 2 of this administrative regulation prior to being offered by a
			 licensee:
(a) It is decided based on an
			 outcome or outcomes determined because of a sporting event or sporting events
			 sanctioned by a sports governing body or equivalent that is approved by the
			 racing commission;
(b) It is based
			 on statistical results that can be verified by a data source, box score,
			 aggregation of box scores, or other statistical analysis;
(c) It is based on the performance of a
			 single or group of rostered or otherwise registered participants; and
(d) It is based on the result of an outcome
			 on the field of play.
(4) A licensee shall not offer sports
			 wagering on:
(a) Any electronic sporting event
			 that:
1. Is not sanctioned by an approved
			 sports governing body or equivalent; or
2. Has not been approved by the racing
			 commission pursuant to the regulations established in Section 2 of this
			 administrative regulation;
(b) Any occurrence of injuries or
			 penalties;
(c) Any outcome of
			 replay reviews;
(d) Any
			 disciplinary proceedings against a participant in a sporting event;
(e) Any amateur youth sporting events in
			 which the majority of participants are under the age of eighteen (18) or are
			 competing on behalf of or under the sponsorship of one or more public or
			 private preschools or public or private elementary, middle or junior high, or
			 high schools;
(f) Any sporting
			 event or type of wager in which the outcome has already been determined and is
			 publicly known;
(g) Any dog or
			 horse races; and
(h) Any categories
			 of sporting event or type of wager until the sporting event or type of wager
			 has been approved by the racing commission in accordance with Section 2 of this
			 administrative regulation.