Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 10 - SPORTS WAGERING PROVISIONS › Chapter 36.10.06 - Specific Requirements for Other Licenses Required for Sports Wagering › Section 36.10.06.11 - Sports Wagering Vendor Registration and Certification

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Definitions.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Commission" means Agency staff in this
				regulation.
(2) Sports Wagering
				Vendor.
(a) "Sports wagering vendor" means a
				person:
(i) That provides goods or services
				or anticipates providing, within a calendar year, goods or services to a
				licensed sports wagering facility, mobile sports wagering licensee, online
				sports wagering operator, sports wagering facility operator, or sports wagering
				contractor of $50,000 or more and is not required to be issued a sports
				wagering license or sports wagering contractor license under State Government
				Article, Title 9, Subtitle 1E, Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(ii) For whom the Commission determines
				registration as a sports wagering vendor is necessary.
(b) "Sports wagering vendor" does not
				include:
(i) Public utilities that provide
				water, sewerage, electricity; or natural gas;
(ii) Insurance companies that provide
				insurance to a sports wagering license applicant or licensee or its
				employees;
(iii) Employee benefit
				and retirement plans, including 401(k) plans and employee stock purchase
				programs;
(iv) Professional
				associations that receive funds from the sports wagering license applicant or
				licensee for the cost of enrollment, activities, and membership;
(v) Units of federal, State, county, or
				municipal government;
(vi)
				Manufacturers of alcoholic beverages;
(vii) State-chartered or federally chartered
				banks or savings and loan associations;
(viii) Providers of professional services,
				including accountants, attorneys, engineers or architects, and others
				identified by Agency staff to be providers of professional services;
(ix) Telecommunication, satellite, or
				internet services;
(x) Parcel
				shipping and delivery services;
(xi) Persons that engage in efforts to
				influence legislative or administrative action on behalf of a sports wagering
				license applicant or licensee for economic consideration;
(xii) Educational or training opportunities
				for facility employees;
(xiii)
				Unless the individual is an independent evaluator, professional or amateur
				entertainers, sports figures, social media personalities, or other celebrities
				engaged by a sports wagering licensee to appear at a licensee-sponsored
				entertainment or promotional event;
(xiv) Representatives of a media outlet or
				provider of a simulcast service;
(xv) A vendor that provides, or anticipates
				providing, within a calendar year a combined total value of nongaming related
				goods and services to a State-licensed sports wagering facility, mobile sports
				wagering licensee, online sports wagering operator, sports wagering facility
				operator, or sports wagering contractor of less than $50,000; or
(xvi) A vendor for which the Commission
				determines registration is not necessary.