Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Michigan Gaming Control Board › Internet Sports Betting › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 432.711 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 711. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the lawful sports betting
				  act, 2019 PA 149, MCL 432.401 to 432.419.
(b) "Affiliate" means a person that, directly
				  or indirectly, through 1 or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by a
				  sports betting operator.
(c)
				  "Affiliate marketer" means a person involved in promoting, marketing, and
				  directing business to online gaming sites who is compensated based on the
				  volume of customer referrals to an online gaming site or customer activity,
				  including but not limited to, number of registrations, number of depositing
				  registrations, or wagering activity, or both.
(d) "Agent" means any individual who is
				  employed by any agency of this state, other than the board, the state police,
				  or attorney general, and who is assigned to perform full-time services on
				  behalf of or for the benefit of the board regardless of the title or position
				  held by that individual.
(e)
				  "Authorized participant session" means the period of time that an authorized
				  participant is logged on to an internet sports betting platform.
(f) "Conflict of interest" means a situation,
				  relationship, or association in which the private interest of employees,
				  agents, and contractors of the board may influence the judgment of the
				  employee, agent, or contractor in the performance of his or her public duty
				  under the act.
(g) "Contractor"
				  means any individual not employed by this state who performs services on behalf
				  of or for the benefit of the board and requires unescorted access to board
				  facilities.
(h) "Event category"
				  means a specific type of athletic event or other event governed by a specific
				  sports governing body or other oversight body (for example, professional
				  basketball governed by the National Basketball Association).
(i) "Event wagering system" means the
				  hardware, software, firmware, communications technology, other equipment, as
				  well as the sports betting operator procedures implemented to allow an
				  authorized participant to participate in wagering, and, if supported, the
				  corresponding equipment related to the display of the wager outcomes, and other
				  similar information necessary to facilitate an authorized participants
				  participation. The event wagering system provides the authorized participant
				  with the means to place and manage wagers. The event wagering system provides
				  the sports betting operator with the means to review internet sports betting
				  accounts, if supported, suspend events, generate various wagering/financial
				  transaction and account reports, input outcomes for events, and set any
				  configurable parameters. The term does not include computer equipment or
				  communications technology used by an authorized participant to access the
				  internet sports betting platform. Unless otherwise specified in these rules,
				  the term internet sports betting platform includes the entire event wagering
				  system.
(j) "Excluded person" means
				  any individual who has been involuntarily placed in the responsible gaming
				  database by the executive director and who is prohibited from establishing an
				  internet sports betting account or participating in internet sports betting, or
				  both, offered under the act or these rules.
(k) "Executive Director" means the executive
				  director of the Michigan gaming control board, appointed under section 4 of the
				  Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.204.
(l) "Independent integrity monitoring
				  provider" means an independent person who is registered with the board as a
				  vendor and who receives reports of unusual wagering activity from a sports
				  betting operator or internet sports betting platform provider for the purpose
				  of assisting in identifying suspicious wagering activity.
(m) "Key person" means any of the following
				  except as otherwise provided in paragraph (vii):
(i) A director of the applicant.
(ii) A managerial employee of the applicant
				  that performs the function of principal executive officer, principal operations
				  officer, or principal accounting officer.
(iii)A person who holds more than 5%
				  ownership interest in the applicant.
(iv) An affiliate of the applicant.
(v) A director of an affiliate of the
				  applicant.
(vi) A managerial
				  employee of an affiliate of an applicant that performs the function of
				  principal executive officer, principal operations officer, or principal
				  accounting officer.
(vii) Key
				  person does not include an elected or appointed representative of any applicant
				  or licensee that is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in this state
				  unless the representative is also a full-time employee of the applicants or
				  licensees internet sports betting operations. A key person for an Indian tribe
				  includes a primary management official of the applicant who has management
				  responsibilities for the applicants internet sports betting
				  operations.