New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69N - SPORTS POOL AND ONLINE SPORTS POOL WAGERING AT CASINOS AND RACETRACKS › Subchapter 1 - CASINO SPORTS WAGERING LICENSES; CASINO AND RACE TRACK SPORTS WAGERING OPERATIONS › Section 13:69N-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Canceled wager" means a wager that has been canceled by the
				  system due to any issue with an event that prevents its completion.
"Former racetrack" means any former racetrack where a horse
				  race meeting was conducted within 15 years prior to the effective date of
				  P.L.
				  2014, c. 62
				  (N.J.S.A.
				  5:12A-7et seq.), excluding premises other
				  than the land contained within the racecourse oval.
"Integrity monitoring provider" means a vendor approved by
				  the Division to receive reports of unusual betting activity from sports pool
				  operators for the purpose of assisting them in identifying "suspicious
				  activity."
"Online sports pool" means a sports wagering operation in
				  which wagers on sports events are made through computers or mobile or
				  interactive devices and accepted in Atlantic City through an online gaming
				  system approved by the Division or are accepted through an online gaming system
				  that is located within the physical location of a racetrack that has been
				  issued approval by the Division to operate an online sports pool.
"Operator" or "sports pool operator" means a casino or a
				  racetrack licensee that has elected to operate a sports pool, either
				  independently or jointly; and any entity with whom a sports wagering licensee
				  contracts to operate a sports pool or online sports pool on its behalf; or a
				  party or parties licensed by the Division to accept parimutuel and
				  non-parimutuel wagers on sports events.
"Prohibited sports event" means any single collegiate sports
				  or athletic event that takes place in New Jersey or a single sports or athletic
				  event in which any New Jersey college or university team participates,
				  regardless of where the event takes place. A "prohibited sports event" does not
				  include the other games of a collegiate sports or athletic tournament in which
				  a New Jersey college or university team participates, nor does it include any
				  games of a collegiate tournament that occur outside New Jersey even though some
				  of the individual games or events are held in New Jersey. A "prohibited sports
				  event" includes all amateur sports events, including all high school sports
				  events, but does not include international sports events in which persons under
				  age 18 make up a minority of the participants. A "prohibited sports event"
				  includes all high school sports events, including high school electronic sports
				  events and high school competitive video game events, and any electronic sports
				  event in which any participant is 17 years old or younger.
"Prohibited sports pool participant" means any person who is
				  prohibited pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69G or
				  N.J.S.A.
				  5:12-119 or
				  5:12-100.n,
				  any individual whose participation may undermine the integrity of the wagering
				  or the sports event, or any person who is prohibited for other good cause,
				  including, but not limited to: any individual placing a wager as an agent or
				  proxy; any person who is an athlete, coach, referee, player, or a referee
				  personnel member, in, or on, any sports event overseen by that person's sports
				  governing body based on publicly available information; a person who holds a
				  position of authority or influence sufficient to exert influence over the
				  participants in a sporting contest, including, but not limited to, coaches,
				  managers, handlers, athletic trainers, or horse trainers; a person with access
				  to certain types of exclusive information on any sports event overseen by that
				  person's sports governing body based on publicly available information, or a
				  person identified by any lists provided by the sports governing body to the
				  Division and the Racing Commission.
"Racetrack" means the physical facility where a permit holder
				  conducts a horse race meeting with pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to a license
				  issued by the New Jersey Racing Commission pursuant to P.L. 1940, c. 17
				  (N.J.S.A.
				  5:5-22et seq.) and includes a former
				  racetrack.
"Racing Commission" means the New Jersey Racing Commission
				  established by P.L. 1940, c. 17, section 1 (N.J.S.A.
				  5:5-22).
"Resettled wager" means a wager where the original settled
				  wager result is modified due to an error or change in the result of the
				  underlying event.
"Settled wager" means a wager that has been resolved with a
				  result of either a win, loss, or push to the patron.
"Sports event" means any sport, athletic contest, or athletic
				  event not prohibited by the Director, including all professional electronic
				  sports and competitive video game events that are not sponsored by high
				  schools, do not include high school teams, and do not include any participant
				  under the age of 18 years.
"Sports pool" means the business of accepting wagers on any
				  sports event by any system or method of wagering.
"Sports pool manager" means a key employee of a casino
				  licensee or racetrack permit holder, or a qualified employee of a casino
				  service industry enterprise, responsible for the operations of sports wagering
				  and final approval of all odds established on any wager made pursuant to this
				  chapter.
"Sports pool system" means all equipment and software used in
				  conjunction with the operation of a sports pool.
"Sports pool ticket" means a printed record issued or an
				  electronic record maintained by the sports pool system that evidences a sports
				  wager.
"Sports pool voucher" means a printed record issued by a
				  sports pool system that may be used to fund a sports wager.
"Sports wagering lounge" means a primary area of at least
				  2,500 square feet where a sports pool is operated within a casino or
				  racetrack.
"Sports wagering satellite lounge" means one or more
				  secondary areas approved by the Division where a sports pool is operated within
				  a casino or racetrack.
"Suspicious betting activity" means unusual betting activity
				  that cannot be explained and is indicative of match fixing, the manipulation of
				  an event, misuse of inside information, or other prohibited activity.
"Temporary sports pool facility" means an area approved by
				  the Division for use in sports pool operations during the construction of a
				  sports pool lounge and include the utilization of designated windows at the
				  current casino cage or racetrack betting window for purposes of placing sports
				  betting wagers and also includes self-service wagering machines located at the
				  racetrack or casino hotel complex.
"Unusual betting activity" means abnormal wagering activity
				  exhibited by patrons and deemed by the sports pool operator as a potential
				  indicator of suspicious activity. Abnormal wagering activity may include the
				  size of a patron's wager or increased wagering volume on a particular event or
				  wager type.
"Voided wager" means a wager voided by a ticket writer with
				  supervisor approval or by a sports pool system for a specific
				  event.