Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3775 - Ohio Casino Control Commission - Sports Gaming › Chapter 3775-1 - General Provisions › Section 3775-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The words and terms defined in section 3775.01 of the
			 Revised Code are used in this agency as they are defined in that section,
			 unless otherwise specified.
(B)
								As used in
			 Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder, the
			 following words have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
			 indicates otherwise:
(1)
									"Advertisement" means a notice, announcement, or
			 communication to the public, or any specific member(s) thereof, made by a
			 sports gaming proprietor or on its behalf, designed to solicit or entice a
			 person to participate in the sports gaming offerings of a sports gaming
			 proprietor through broadcasting, publication, or any other means of
			 dissemination in this state.
(2)
									"Affiliate
			 marketer" means a person who conducts promotion, marketing, advertising or
			 patron recruitment for a sports gaming proprietor in this state either:
(a)
										Through a website
			 or mobile application; or
(b)
										In exchange for a commission or variable fee based upon
			 the number of users recruited, wagering activity generated, revenue generated,
			 or any other metric.
(3)
									 "Application"
			 means the total written materials, including the instructions, forms, and other
			 documents issued by the commission, comprising an applicant's request for a
			 license.
(4)
									"Appointing professional sports organization" means a
			 professional sports organization that is a member of a league, association, or
			 organization that prevents the professional sports organization from being
			 subject to the regulatory control of the Ohio casino control commission or from
			 otherwise operating under a sports gaming proprietor license.
(5)
									"Beneficial and
			 proprietary interest" means a direct or indirect interest of five per cent or
			 more.
(6)
									"Conduct" means to back, promote, organize, manage,
			 carry on, sponsor, or prepare for the operation of sports gaming in this state
			 and includes participating in the conduct at issue.
(7)
									"License" or
			 "plenary license" means the complete and approved document issued by the
			 commission that indicates that an applicant has been chosen for licensure and
			 has met all requirements set forth in Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code and the
			 rules adopted thereunder.
(8)
									"Licensee" means any person who holds a valid plenary
			 or provisional license.
(9)
									"Person" has the same meaning as in section
			 3772.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(10)
									"Person in control" means any person meeting division
			 (C) of section 3775.03 of the Revised Code but does not include persons in
			 control of an appointing professional sports organization.
(11)
									"Provisional
			 license" means a complete and approved document issued by the commission that
			 indicates an applicant has been chosen for temporary licensure in accordance
			 with Section 4 of Amended House Bill 29 of the 134th General
			 Assembly.
(12)
									"Sports gaming employee" means any individual required
			 to obtain a sports gaming occupational license under Chapter 3775. of the
			 Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(13)
									"Sports gaming
			 equipment" has the same meaning in division (P) of section 3775.01 of the
			 Revised Code, but does not include any device, software, or component that does
			 not affect the operational integrity of sports gaming, as determined by the
			 executive director.
(14)
									"Sports gaming proprietor" has the same meaning as in
			 division (T) of section 3775.01 of the Revised Code and includes "mobile
			 management services provider" and "management services provider" to the extent
			 any sports gaming proprietor has contracted its rights, duties, and liabilities
			 to the mobile management services provider or management services provider
			 under division (E) of sections 3775.05 and 3775.051 of the Revised
			 Code.
(15)
									"Sports gaming system" means:
(a)
										The sports gaming
			 equipment necessary to allow a participant to place, review, or modify wagers,
			 as allowed by the sports gaming proprietor, as well as be paid for winning
			 wagers;
(b)
										The sports gaming equipment the proprietor uses to
			 review, manage, and report information related to user accounts, wager
			 placement, or wager outcome. This does not include the equipment or
			 communications technology simply used to access the sports gaming system or the
			 intermediary software that connects the user to their financial institution;
			 and
(c)
										Any other sports gaming equipment that the executive
			 director determines is related to the sports gaming system.
(16)
									
			 "Suspicious sports gaming activity" means unusual sports gaming activity that
			 cannot be explained and is indicative of any of the following: match fixing,
			 the manipulation of a sport, misuse of inside information, a potential breach
			 of a sports governing body's internal rules or code of conduct pertaining to
			 sports gaming, any other conduct that corrupts the outcome of a sport, and any
			 other prohibited activity.
(17)
									"Unusual sports
			 gaming activity" means an abnormal betting or wagering activity or pattern
			 exhibited by a patron or patrons. This activity or pattern may include abnormal
			 wager amounts or changes to wager volume based upon expected wager amount,
			 sport type, or wager type.