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(16) 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 allows 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 shall 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) A wager that complies with the criteria
			 established in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this subsection and that does not
			 involve any criteria listed in subsection (4) of this section shall be approved
			 and shall not need specific approval under Section 2 of this administrative
			 regulation prior to being offered by a licensee. A wager under this subsection
			 shall be based on:
(a) 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
			 in the best interests of sports wagering;
(b) Statistical results that can be verified
			 by a data source, box score, aggregation of box scores, or other statistical
			 analysis;
(c) The performance of a
			 single or group of rostered or otherwise registered participants; and
(d) 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 requirements established in Section 2 of this
			 administrative regulation;
(b) Any occurrence of injuries or
			 penalties;
(c) Any officiating
			 decisions;
(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 (1) 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.