Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart O - Fantasy Contests › Chapter 1205a - FANTASY CONTESTS › Section 1205a.2 - Procedures to govern the conduct of fantasy contests

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Each fantasy contest license holder shall
				  establish and implement procedures governing the conduct of fantasy contests,
				  as approved by the Board.
(b) The
				  governing procedures must include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A participant may not be eligible to
				  engage in a fantasy contest by a licensed operator without first establishing a
				  fantasy contest account, unless the fantasy contest is through a fantasy
				  contest terminal in a licensed facility.
(2) Prior to a participant engaging in a
				  fantasy contest or making a deposit in a fantasy contest account, the licensed
				  operator shall verify the age, location and identity of the participant. A
				  person under 18 years of age located in this Commonwealth may not engage in a
				  fantasy contest by a licensed operator. If the participant is utilizing a
				  fantasy contest terminal in a licensed facility, the participant shall be 21
				  years of age or older to engage in a fantasy contest.
(3) Each time a participant enters his
				  registered fantasy account, he shall enter his unique username and password, or
				  other means as approved by the Board, to verify his identity.
(4) Prior to accepting of a participant's
				  entry fee for a specific fantasy contest, all Board-approved rules, prizes and
				  award values must be posted on the specific fantasy contest homepage in a clear
				  and decipherable manner.
(5)
				  Provisions to prohibit a participant who is not a beginner from participating
				  in beginner fantasy contests, except as provided by
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				  Pa.C.S. §
												325(4.1)(ii) (relating to
				  conditions of licensure). If a participant who is not a beginner attempts to
				  and successfully enters a beginner contest, the participant's contest entry
				  shall be voided, the participant's account shall be temporarily suspended from
				  all further fantasy contest participation for 15 days and the licensed operator
				  shall ban the participant from further participation in beginner fantasy
				  contests offered by the licensed operator.
(6) Provisions to prohibit a highly
				  experienced player from participating in fantasy contests that exclude highly
				  experienced players. In accordance with
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				  Pa.C.S. §
												325(4.2) if a participant who
				  is a highly experienced player attempts to and successfully enters a fantasy
				  contest for which the participant is ineligible, the participant's contest
				  entry shall be voided, the participant's account shall be suspended and the
				  licensed operator shall ban the individual from further participation in
				  fantasy contests offered by the licensed operator.
(7) Upon the creation of a fantasy contest
				  account or the engagement of a fantasy contest terminal in a licensed facility,
				  the licensed operator shall require the participant to identify any
				  professional sports in which he currently engages in and which are subject to a
				  fantasy contest and shall limit the participant's account from entering into
				  contests of that sport.
(8)
				  Allowing a person to restrict himself from entering a fantasy contest or
				  accessing a fantasy contest account for a specific period of time as determined
				  by the participant and implement procedures to prevent the person from
				  participating in the licensed operator's fantasy contests.
(9) Allowing a person to restrict the total
				  amount of deposits that the participant may pay to the licensed operator for a
				  specific time period established by the participant and implement procedures to
				  prevent the participant from exceeding the limit.
(10) Establishing procedures to monitor for
				  and prevent the use of scripts.
(11) Establishing procedures determining when
				  a fantasy contest locks and when no further entries or substitutions can be
				  made. The procedures must require that the prize stipulated in the entry rules
				  is available and can be demonstrated upon request of the Board.
(12) A process for a fantasy contest operator
				  to receive and respond to participant complaints and reconciling a
				  participant's fantasy contest account.