Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 11 - SPORTS WAGERING APPLICATION REVIEW COMMISSION › Chapter 36.11.01 - General Provisions › Section 36.11.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In addition to
				the terms defined in State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitles 1A and 1E,
				Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 36.01, 36.03, 36.04, and 36.10, which
				have the same meanings in this subtitle, the terms in §C of this
				regulation have the meanings indicated.
B. If a term identified in §A of this
				regulation is defined differently in this subtitle, the definitions in this
				subtitle apply.
C. Terms Defined.
(1) "Applicant" means a person who, as
				required under State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 1E, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, submits to SWARC a SWARC application for a competitive
				license.
(2) "Award" or "license
				award" means the act of SWARC approving the SWARC application of an applicant
				that meets the requirements for licensure under State Government Article, Title
				9, Subtitle 1E, Annotated Code of Maryland, for a competitive license, after
				which the Commission may issue the license that is necessary for the applicant
				to commence sports wagering operations.
(3) "Awardee" means a qualified applicant to
				which SWARC has awarded a license.
(4) "Commission" means the State Lottery and
				Gaming Control Commission and, unless context dictates otherwise, includes
				Commission staff.
(5) "Commission
				application" means the application an applicant submits to the Commission to be
				considered for:
(a) Qualification for a
				license to be awarded by SWARC; and
(b) After SWARC awards a license, issuance of
				a license.
(6)
				"Competitive license" means a sports wagering license that is not a sports
				wagering license described in State Government Article, §
										9-1E-15(f)(2),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, and is a:
(a)
				Class B-1 or B-2 sports wagering facility license; or
(b) Mobile sports wagering license.
(7) "eLicensing Portal" or
				"Portal" means the Commission's electronic system by which gaming and sports
				wagering license applications are submitted to the Commission, and which:
(a) May be used by a prospective applicant,
				before submitting its SWARC application and nonrefundable SWARC application
				fee, to begin completing information and uploading documentation an applicant
				is required to submit to the Commission in addition to its SWARC
				application;
(b) Shall be used by
				an applicant to submit its Commission application; and
(c) May not be used to submit a SWARC
				application.
(8)
				"License" means a competitive license that SWARC awards to an
				applicant.
(9) "Person" has the
				meaning stated in State Government Article, §
										1-101, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(10) Personal Net
				Worth.
(a) "Personal net worth" means the net
				value of the assets held by an individual, including the individual's share of
				assets held jointly or as community property with the individual's spouse,
				after total liabilities are deducted.
(b) "Personal net worth" does not include:
(i) The individual's ownership interest in
				the applicant;
(ii) The
				individual's equity in the individual's primary place of residence;
(iii) Any mortgage or loan secured by the
				individual's primary place of residence as a liability; or
(iv) The cash value of any qualified
				retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts.
(11) "Sports wagering
				law" means the law codified at State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 1E,
				Annotated Code of Maryland, COMAR 36.10, and this subtitle, by which sports
				wagering is regulated in the State.
(12) "Submit" means to deliver any document
				requested by SWARC or the Commission to SWARC or the Commission, as applicable:
(a) To the address and in the manner
				specified by SWARC or the Commission that ensures its receipt by SWARC or the
				Commission, as applicable; and
(b)
				Which is considered delivered only upon actual receipt by SWARC or the
				Commission, as applicable.
(13) "SWARC":
(a) Means the Sports Wagering Application
				Review Commission established by State Government Article, §
											9-1E-15, Annotated
				Code of Maryland; and
(b) Unless
				context dictates otherwise, includes staff to SWARC as provided in State
				Government Article, §
											9-1E-15, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(14)
				"SWARC application":
(a) Means the forms,
				information, and documentation that an applicant is required to submit to SWARC
				to be considered for the award of a competitive license; and
(b) Does not mean any form, information, or
				documentation that a prospective applicant completes in, or uploads to, the
				eLicensing Portal.
(15)
				"SWARC application fee" means the nonrefundable application fee specified in
				State Government Article, §
										9-1E-06(b),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, that is:
(a)
				$250,000 for a Class B-1 facility license;
(b) $50,000 for a Class B-2 facility license;
				and
(c) $500,000 for a mobile
				license.