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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 41 - LOTTERY GAME REGULATIONS › Section 11VAC5-41-330 - Director may postpone drawing

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The director may postpone any drawing at any time and
				  publicize the postponement if he finds that the postponement will best serve
				  and protect the public interest.
Statutory Authority
§ 58.1-4007 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 41 - LOTTERY GAME REGULATIONS › Section 11VAC5-41-340 - Director's decision final

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All decisions of the director regarding ticket validation
				  shall be final.
Statutory Authority
§ 58.1-4007 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-10 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Department" or "Virginia Lottery" means the independent
				  agency responsible for the administration of the Virginia Lottery pursuant to
				  Chapters 40 (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.) and 41 (§ 58.1-4100 et seq.) of
				  Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Self-excluded individual" means any individual whose name is
				  included, at the individual's own request, on the self-exclusion list
				  maintained by the department.
"Self-exclusion list" means a list maintained by the
				  department of names of individuals who, pursuant to this chapter, have
				  voluntarily agreed to refrain from (i) playing any account-based lottery game
				  authorized under the provisions of the Virginia Lottery Law; (ii) participating
				  in sports betting, as defined in § 58.1-4030 of the Code of Virginia;
				  (iii) participating in casino gaming, as defined in § 58.1-4100 of the
				  Code of Virginia; and (iv) participating in gaming activities administered by
				  the Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs or the Virginia Racing
				  Commission. Self-excluded individuals whose names are on the self-exclusion
				  list are prohibited from collecting any winnings or recovering any losses
				  resulting from violation of the restrictions to which such individuals have
				  agreed.
"Targeted mailing" means an advertisement or promotional
				  offer directed to an individual on the basis of specific criteria, such as
				  being a member or former member of a casino rewards club, a former sports
				  betting participant, or a participant in social games. "Targeted mailing" does
				  not include mass mailings made to an entire area or zip code nor does it
				  include an advertisement that arrives in a packet of five or more non-gaming
				  advertisements if such packet of advertisements is addressed to "resident,"
				  "occupant," or some similar wording and not to a specific individual. "Targeted
				  mailing" further does not include any internet "pop-up" advertisement that
				  appears on an individual's computer or mobile device on the basis of the
				  individual's internet protocol address.
"Thing of value" means anything of value that may be used to
				  engage in lottery, sports betting, or casino gaming activity, including cash
				  and other forms of payment permissible under Chapters 40 (§ 58.1-4000 et
				  seq.) and 41 (§ 58.1-4100 et seq.) of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia,
				  as well as free play offers and incentives.
"Winnings" means the aggregate total of proceeds from each
				  individual winning lottery ticket or sports wager or casino game and shall not
				  be reduced by any individual losses resulting from such
				  activities.
Statutory Authority: §§ 58.1-4007 and 58.1-4015.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-20 - Request for self-exclusion

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A. An individual
				may be placed on the department's self-exclusion list by submitting a request
				in the form and manner required by this section.
B. An individual requesting placement on the
				self-exclusion list shall submit a completed request for self-exclusion over
				the internet or as otherwise required by this chapter. If an individual
				requests to be placed on the self-exclusion for life list, such request shall
				be made in person at department headquarters or any other location specified by
				the department.
C. An individual
				requesting placement on the self-exclusion for life list shall submit, in
				person, a completed request for self-exclusion as required by this chapter. The
				request shall be delivered to department headquarters or any other location
				specified by the department.
D. A
				request for self-exclusion shall be in a form prescribed by the department that
				shall include:
1. The following identifying
				information concerning the individual submitting the request:
a. Name, including any aliases or
				nicknames;
b. Date of
				birth;
c. Street and mailing
				address of current residence;
d.
				Telephone number;
e. Social
				Security Number, which information is voluntarily provided in accordance with
				§ 7 of the Privacy Act (5 USC §
												552a) ; and
f. Valid identification credentials
				containing the individual's signature and a photograph of the
				individual.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-30 - Self-exclusion list

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A. The
				department shall maintain the official self-exclusion list and shall transmit
				notification of any addition to or deletion from the list to:
1. Each Virginia sports betting permit
				holder;
2. Each Virginia casino
				gaming establishment;
3. The Office
				of Charitable and Regulatory Programs; and
4. The Virginia Racing Commission.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-40 - Duties of sports betting permit holder and casino gaming establishment

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A. Sports
				betting permit holders and casino gaming establishments shall establish
				procedures that are designed, to the greatest extent practicable, to:
1. Prevent an individual on the
				self-exclusion list from opening a new sports betting or casino gaming player's
				account and from entering onto the gaming floor of a casino;
2. Identify and suspend any sports betting or
				casino gaming accounts of an individual on the self-exclusion list;
3. Refund any remaining balance to an
				individual on the self-exclusion list consistent with the department's
				regulations and the department-approved internal controls of the permit holder
				or casino;
4. Ensure that
				self-excluded individuals do not receive, either from the permit holder or
				casino or any agent thereof, targeted mailings, telemarketing promotions,
				player club materials, or other targeted promotional materials relating to
				sports betting or casino gaming; and
5. Enforce the provisions of this
				chapter.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-50 - Removal from self-exclusion list

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A. Upon
				expiration of the period of self-exclusion requested pursuant to
				11VAC5-60-20,
				the department shall remove the individual's name from the self-exclusion list
				and notify each sports betting permit holder, each casino gaming establishment,
				the Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs, and the Virginia Racing
				Commission of the removal.
B.
				Within seven days of receipt of notice from the department, the parties
				notified in subsection A of this section shall delete the name of the
				individual from the parties' self-exclusion lists.
Statutory Authority: §§ 58.1-4007 and 58.1-4015.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 60 - SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-60-60 - Forfeiture of winnings by self-excluded individual

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A. If a sports
				betting permit holder or casino gaming establishment detects or is notified of
				the presence of a suspected self-excluded individual who has engaged in or is
				engaging in gaming activity, the permit holder or casino gaming establishment
				shall take reasonable measures to verify that the individual is self-excluded
				and the evidence of the individual's exclusion.
B. Upon verification of the individual's
				self-excluded status, the sports betting permit holder or casino gaming
				establishment shall:
1. Immediately prohibit
				access to the individual's sports betting or casino gaming player's account,
				prohibit any further gaming activity, return the balance accrued prior to the
				exclusion request, and seize any winnings that accrue after the exclusion
				request; and
2. Issue a Payout
				Receipt and Notice of Forfeiture to the excluded player in person or via
				electronic or regular mail, containing the following:
a. The total value and a detailed description
				of winnings that were seized;
b.
				The date of the incident;
c. The
				name of the self-excluded individual, if known, and basis for determining the
				individual is a self-excluded individual;
d. The street and mailing address of the
				self-excluded individual, if known, at which the individual may be notified
				regarding any future proceedings;
e. The date of the in-person, internet, or
				mobile wagering session during which the self-excluded individual was engaged
				in gaming; and
f. Notice to the
				self-excluded individual that the department shall be seeking forfeiture of the
				winnings seized, that the individual has the right to be heard about the
				forfeiture, and that failure to respond to a forfeiture notice from the
				department shall be deemed a waiver of the right to be heard.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-20 - Application process

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A.
				General provisions.
1. Upon filing of an
				online application for a permit, license, or registration, the applicant shall
				pay by wire transfer the applicable investigation and nonrefundable application
				fees established by the board by regulation.
2. If an application for a permit, license,
				or registration must be submitted to the director by a particular date, the
				application shall be delivered to the director not later than 11:59:59 p.m. on
				the last day of the specified period, and an application submitted after the
				deadline will not be accepted or considered by the director.
3. Applications and required fees for permits
				will be accepted by the director only during the initial permit application
				period and, thereafter, during an annual permit application period, as defined
				in this chapter.
a. The initial application
				period begins October 15, 2020, and ends October 31, 2020, at 11:59:59 p.m. The
				initial permit application period does not apply to applications other than
				permit holder applications.
b. In
				2021 and succeeding years, the annual permit application period begins May 15
				and ends May 31 at 11:59:59 p.m. The annual permit application period does not
				apply to applications other than permit holder applications.
4. Applications and required fees
				for licenses and registrations may be accepted by the director at any time
				following October 12, 2020. 5. An applicant may not submit an application
				earlier than one year after the director has:
a. Taken final action on a denial of a
				previous permit, license, or registration application involving the
				applicant;
b. Taken final action on
				a sanction resulting in revocation of a previous permit, license, or
				registration application involving the applicant; or
c. Provided a permit holder, licensee,
				registrant, or individual with written notice of termination of a temporary
				permit, license, or registration.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-30 - Consent for investigation

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A. An
				individual who is required to provide personal and background information under
				this chapter shall provide a statement that irrevocably gives consent to the
				director, department staff and its investigative contractors, and persons
				authorized by the director to:
1. Verify all
				information provided in the application; and
2. Conduct a background investigation of the
				individual.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-40 - Waiver of requirement

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A. A
				waiver of requirements in general.
1. The
				director may waive any of the grounds for denial or renewal of a permit,
				license, or registration.
2. The
				director may waive the grounds for denial under this section only after the
				director determines that denial would limit the number of applicants, permit
				holders, licensees, or registrants in a manner contrary to the best interests
				of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-50 - Sports betting permit applications

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A. An application for a sports betting permit
				shall consist of two parts and shall include:
1. A narrative description in an electronic
				format of the applicant's plan for offering a sports betting platform in the
				Commonwealth; and
2. Information to
				be provided to the department in an electronic format for the purposes of
				allowing the department to conduct its background investigation.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-60 - Principal applications

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A. An
				applicant for a principal license who is associated with a sports betting
				permit applicant shall submit the principal application together with the
				permit application.
B. A principal
				who will be employed in a managerial capacity for a sports betting platform on
				behalf of a permit holder:
1. Shall submit
				the application separately from the application for the sports betting permit;
				and
2. May submit the application
				together with a supplier license application.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-70 - Sports betting supplier applications

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A. An applicant for a sports betting supplier
				license shall be made using the electronic form required by the
				department.
B. A principal who will
				be employed in a managerial capacity for a sports betting platform may submit
				the principal application together with a supplier license application.
C. The application for a sports
				betting supplier license shall include all information required by department
				staff.
D. The application for a
				supplier license to operate a permit holder's sports betting platform shall be
				made using the electronic form required by the department.
E. The application for a supplier license to
				operate a permit holder's sports betting platform shall be accompanied by a
				wire transfer of $125,000, $10,000 of which shall be considered an
				application/license fee, with the remainder constituting a refundable initial
				deposit toward the department's administrative costs to conduct the background
				investigation of the applicant and its employees and directors.
F. An applicant for a supplier license to
				operate a sports betting platform shall identify those individuals who will be
				employed in a managerial capacity on the platform.
G. The application for a supplier license
				other than to operate a permit holder's sports betting platform shall be
				accompanied by a wire transfer of $50,000, $5,000 of which shall be considered
				an application/license fee, with the remainder constituting a refundable
				initial deposit toward the department's administrative costs to conduct the
				background investigation of the applicant and its employees and
				directors.
H. The term of a
				supplier license shall be three years form the date of issuance.
I. At least 60 days before the end of the
				term of a supplier license, a supplier shall submit a:
1. Renewal application in the form required
				by the department; and
2.
				Nonrefundable wire transfer of $50,000 as an application/license fee and
				background investigation fee.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-80 - Sports betting vendor registrations

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A. Any person not approved by the director as
				a registered sports betting vendor may not perform vendor functions for a
				permit holder or sports betting supplier within the Commonwealth.
B. An applicant for a sports betting vendor
				registration shall complete and submit the electronic application form required
				by the department.
C. The
				application for a sports betting vendor registration shall include all
				information required by department staff.
D. The application for a sports betting
				vendor registration shall be accompanied by a wire transfer of nonrefundable
				$500 application/registration fee toward the department's administrative costs
				to conduct the background investigation of the applicant.
E. The term of a sports betting vendor
				registration shall be three years from the date of issuance.
F. At least 60 days before the end of the
				term of a vendor registration, a vendor registrant shall submit a:
1. Renewal application in the form required
				by the department, and
2.
				Nonrefundable wire transfer of $500 as an application/registration fee and
				background investigation fee.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-90 - Sports betting employee applications

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A. Any individual not holding a valid sports
				betting employee license issued by the director may not be employed by a permit
				holder or sports betting supplier to work within the borders of the
				Commonwealth as a sports betting employee.
B. The director may issue a sports betting
				employee license to an individual upon:
1.
				Payment of all required application/license and background investigation
				fees;
2. Submission of a completed
				license application to the director;
3. Disclosure of all personal and background
				information and other information required by department staff;
4. Signed consent for investigation required
				under this chapter;
5. Unless
				exempt, issuance of any applicable bond required under this chapter;
6. Receipt of at least a conditional offer of
				employment as a sports betting employee from a permit holder or sports betting
				supplier that has:
a. Obtained a bond if
				required under this chapter; and
b.
				Performed, at a minimum, criminal, credit, and tax checks, employment
				verification, and a national database search;
7. Provided confirmation that within the 365
				days before the application is submitted, the applicant has not served as a
				Virginia Lottery Board member or been employed by the department; and
8. Provided the director with sufficient
				information, documentation, and assurances to establish by clear and convincing
				evidence that the individual (i) meets the applicable requirements of the laws
				of Virginia and this chapter and (ii) is otherwise qualified for a sports
				betting employee license.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-100 - Bonds

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A. The director may
				require an applicant, permit holder, licensee, or registrant to obtain a bond
				before the director issues or reissues a permit, license, or
				registration.
B. A sports betting
				employee may be exempted from obtaining a bond if the employee is involved in
				activities that the director has determined do not require a bond to protect
				the public interest.
C. A bond
				shall be for the benefit of the Commonwealth for the faithful performance of
				the requirements imposed by the laws of Virginia and this chapter, shall be
				renewable annually, and may not be canceled without at least 30 days written
				notice submitted to the director. The original bond shall be submitted to the
				director.
D. A bond shall be issued
				only by a company that is financially rated A or better by a nationally
				recognized rating agency and that is permitted to transact business in the
				Commonwealth of Virginia.
E. For a
				permit holder, the amount of the bond may not exceed $5 million.
F. As approved by the director, the bond for
				a principal may be included in the bond submitted by the permit holder or
				sports betting supplier.
G. For a
				principal or sports betting employee not covered by a bond under subsection E
				of this chapter, the amount of the bond:
1.
				Shall be determined by the director based on the employee's level of
				responsibility and the Commonwealth's risk of exposure to liability for the
				employee's performance; and
2. May
				not exceed $150,000.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-110 - Denial of a permit, license or registration

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A. In addition to the hearing requirements in
				subsection C of this section, the process set out in subsection B of this
				section shall precede a hearing by the board on the denial of a permit,
				license, or registration application.
B. After reviewing an application submitted
				for a permit, license, or registration, department staff may recommend that the
				director deny the application of an applicant who:
1. Has not established by clear and
				convincing evidence that the applicant meets applicable qualifications set out
				in the Virginia sports betting law and this chapter, including demonstration of
				the good character, honesty, and integrity of the applicant and its principals
				and employees; or
2. Has violated:
a. A provision of the sports betting law;
b. A provision of this chapter or
				any other chapter related to sports betting; or
c. A condition set by the director.
3. If department staff
				recommends that the director deny a permit, license, or registration, the
				director or the director's designee shall promptly provide the applicant with
				written notice of:
a. The recommendation and
				the basis therefor; and
b. The
				applicant's right to request an Informal Fact-Finding Conference with the
				director or the director's designee as provided by Article 1, Chapter 40
				(§
											58.1-4007 )
				of the Code of Virginia.
4. An applicant may submit to the director a
				written request for an Informal Fact-Finding Conference within 15 days of the
				date of the notice described in subdivision 3 of this subsection.
5. If an applicant fails to timely submit a
				request under subdivision 4 of this subsection, the director may adopt as final
				the recommendation of department staff.
6. During an Informal Fact-Finding
				Conference, an applicant may:
a. Be
				represented by counsel; and
b.
				Present evidence as to why the permit, license, or registration should be
				granted;
7. If after the
				Informal Fact-Finding Conference, the applicant is dissatisfied with the
				decision of the director, the applicant may submit to the board, in writing:
a. A request for hearing before the board on
				the decision of the director; and
b. The applicant's legal and factual bases
				for disagreeing with the recommendation of the director.
8. An applicant may submit a hearing request
				to the board within 15 days of the date of the recommendation of the director
				after the Informal Fact-Finding Conference.
9. If an applicant fails to timely submit a
				written hearing request under subdivision 8 of this subsection, the director's
				decision shall be adopted as final.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-120 - Sanctions

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A. In addition to
				any other permissible enforcement action, the director may impose sanctions on
				a permit holder, licensee, or registrant.
B. Permissible sanctions against a permit
				holder include:
1. Suspension or revocation
				of the permit; and
2. A monetary
				penalty of up to $1,000 per day per violation.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-130 - Reserved

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Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-140 - Reserve and insurance requirements

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A. A permit holder shall maintain a reserve
				in the form of cash, cash equivalents, irrevocable letter of credit, or bond,
				or a combination thereof, in an amount approved by the director to cover the
				outstanding liability of the permit holder to players. A bond used by a permit
				holder to maintain any portion of its reserve shall comply with the bond
				requirements of 11VAC5-70-100. A permit holder may not remove, release, or
				withdraw funds from its reserves without the written approval of the director.
				Permit holders shall at all times also maintain cash reserves in amounts to be
				established by board regulation.
B.
				The amount in the reserve fund shall be at least $500,000 and equal or exceed
				the aggregate sum of:
1. Funds held by the
				permit holder in player accounts;
2. The total amount of funds accepted by the
				permit holder as wagers on sports events with outcomes that have not been
				determined; and
3. Money owed but
				unpaid by the permit holder to players on winning wagers.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-150 - Liability pooling

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A. A
				permit holder may offset loss and manage risk, directly or with a third party
				approved by the director, through the use of a liquidity pool in Virginia or,
				if the permit holder or its affiliate is licensed to operate a sports betting
				business in a permissible jurisdiction, in that permissible
				jurisdiction.
B. A permit holder's
				use of a liquidity pool does not eliminate the permit holder's reserve
				obligations under 11VAC5-70-140.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-170 - Permissible wagers

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A. A
				permit holder may accept a wager from a player on sporting events, including:
1. A proposition wager, except a proposition
				wager on college sports or a proposition wager placed on any type of possible
				injury, unsportsmanlike conduct, or any other officiating call;
2. A bet placed before or after the sporting
				event has started; or
3. A bet
				placed after the sporting event has started, in compliance with §
										58.1-4036
				of the Code of Virginia and 11VAC5-70-190.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-180 - Requests from sports governing bodies

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A. If a sports governing body has a good
				faith, reasonable basis to believe such restriction, limitation or prohibition
				is reasonably necessary to protect the integrity or the public's confidence in
				the integrity of the sports governing body, by written request in the form and
				format required by the director, a sports governing body may ask the director
				to restrict, limit, or prohibit sports betting on its sporting events, or to
				restrict the types of bets on such sporting events that may be offered by a
				permit holder.
B. For any request
				made by a sports governing body under subsection A of this section:
1. The requester shall bear the burden of
				establishing to the satisfaction of the director that the relevant betting or
				other activity poses a significant and unreasonable integrity risk;
2. The director shall seek input from
				affected permit holders before making a determination on the request;
				and
3. If the director grants the
				request, the board shall promulgate by regulation such restrictions,
				limitations, or prohibitions as appropriate.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-190 - Use of official league data

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A. In this section, "official league data"
				means statistics, results, outcomes, and other data relating to a professional
				sports event obtained by a permit holder under an agreement with a sports
				governing body or with an entity expressly authorized by a sports governing
				body for determining the outcome of a bet placed after the sporting event has
				started.
B. Unless a sports
				governing body, pursuant to this section, has requested that permit holders use
				official league data to settle bets, a permit holder may use any lawful data
				source for determining the result of a wager. A permit holder shall not
				purchase or use any personal biometric data unless the permit holder has
				received written permission from the athlete.
C. A permit holder shall report to the
				director the data source that it uses to resolve sports wagers. The director
				may disapprove of a data source for any reason, including the type of wager and
				method of data collection.
D. A
				sports governing body may submit a request to the director in the form and
				format required by the director to require permit holders to use official
				league data to settle those bets placed after a sporting event has
				started.
E. Within 60 days after
				notification from the director to do so, permit holders shall use only official
				league data to determine the results of bets placed after a sporting event has
				started.
F. Subsection E of this
				section shall not apply if:
1. The sports
				governing body is unable to provide, on commercially reasonable terms as
				determined by the director, a feed of official league data; or
2. A permit holder demonstrates to the
				director that a sports governing body has not provided or offered to provide a
				feed of official league data to the permit holder on commercially reasonable
				terms, by providing the director with sufficient information to show:
a. The availability of a sports governing
				body's official league data for such bets from more than one authorized
				source;
b. Market information
				regarding the purchase, in Virginia and in other states, by permit holders of
				data from all authorized sources;
c. The nature and quantity of the data,
				including the quality and complexity of the process used for collecting the
				data; and
d. Any other information
				the director requires.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-200 - System integrity and security assessment

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A. Within 90 days after beginning operations
				and annually thereafter, a permit holder shall engage an independent testing
				laboratory or an independent firm approved by the director to perform a system
				integrity and security assessment of its sports betting operations.
B. The scope of the integrity and security
				assessment shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
1. A vulnerability assessment of internal,
				external, and wireless networks with the intent of identifying vulnerabilities
				of all devices, internet sports betting platforms, and applications
				transferring, storing, or processing personally identifiable information (PII)
				or other sensitive information connected to or present on the networks;
2. A penetration test of all
				internal, external, and wireless networks to confirm if identified
				vulnerabilities of all devices, internet sports betting platforms, and
				applications are susceptible to compromise;
3. A technical security control assessment
				against the provisions of the sports betting law and this chapter consistent
				with generally accepted professional standards and as approved by the
				director;
4. An evaluation of
				information security services, cloud services, payment services (financial
				institutions, payment processors, etc.), location services, and any other
				services that may be offered directly by the permit holder or involve the use
				of third parties; and
5. Any other
				specific criteria or standards for the integrity and security assessment
				required by the director.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-210 - Minors and prohibited players

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A. A permit holder may not permit wagers to
				be placed by minors and shall maintain a system approved by the director
				through which it verifies that wagers are not made by minors.
B. A permit holder shall submit to the
				director for approval its methodology for verifying the age of an individual
				who wishes to place a wager on a sporting event and shall notify the director
				before making changes to its methodology or replacing a sports betting supplier
				or vendor who provides age verification services for the permit
				holder.
C. A permit holder shall
				prevent a minor from collecting payouts or winnings from its sports betting
				operation.
D. A permit holder shall
				confidentially maintain the Virginia Lottery Exclusion List of prohibited
				individuals that is provided to permit holders by the director and shall
				prevent prohibited individuals from placing wagers through its platform. A
				permit holder shall maintain a system approved by the director through which
				the permit holder verifies that wagers are not placed by such prohibited
				individuals.
E. A permit holder
				shall submit to the director for approval its screening methodology for
				preventing prohibited individuals from utilizing its sports betting platform
				and shall notify the director before making any changes to its methodology.
F. A permit holder shall prohibit
				a prohibited individual from placing a wager on a sporting event and from
				collecting payouts or winnings.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-220 - Integrity monitoring

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A. A
				permit holder shall maintain membership in the Global Lottery Monitoring System
				(GLMS), the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Service (SWIMA), or other
				integrity monitoring association or contract with an integrity monitoring
				system provider as approved by the department.
B. A permit holder shall have controls in
				place to identify unusual or suspicious wagering activity and report such
				activity to the director according to the integrity monitoring system
				procedures approved by the director.
C. A permit holder shall ensure that its
				integrity monitoring system procedures provide for the sharing of information
				with each other permit holder.
D. A
				permit holder shall review information and reports from other permit holders
				and, as approved by the director, notify other permit holders of any similar
				activity. A permit holder shall comply with the specific reporting requirements
				designated in its internal control standards.
E. A permit holder shall immediately notify
				the director of suspicious wagering activity, including previously reported
				unusual wagering activity rising to the level of suspicious wagering
				activity.
F. A permit holder that
				reports on suspicious wagering activity may suspend wagering on a sporting
				event related to the report.
G. A
				permit holder may void or cancel wagers related to suspicious wagering activity
				only after receiving the approval of the director.
H. A permit holder's integrity monitoring
				system shall be accessible to the director via remote access and shall produce,
				at a minimum:
1. Reports of all unusual
				wagering activity;
2. Reports of
				accounts showing unusual wagering activity subsequently determined to be
				suspicious wagering activity;
3.
				Reports of all activity initially deemed suspicious wagering activity;
				and
4. A summary of actions taken
				in response to all such reports.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-250 - Reporting requirements

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A. A
				permit holder shall report to the director by January 15 of each year:
1. The total amount of wagers received from
				players in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the immediately preceding calendar
				year;
2. The adjusted gross revenue
				of the permit holder in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the immediately
				preceding calendar year;
3. The
				aggregate annual payout of the permit holder for the immediately preceding
				calendar year; and
4. Any
				additional information required by the director.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-260 - House rules

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A. A permit
				holder shall adopt comprehensive house rules that shall be submitted to the
				director for approval with the initial application for a permit. Amendments to
				the House Rules shall be submitted to the director for approval.
B. House Rules shall address at least the
				following items:
1. A method for the
				calculation and payment of winning wagers;
2. The effect of schedule changes;
3. The method of notifying players of odds or
				proposition changes;
4. Acceptance
				of wagers at terms other than those posted;
5. The method of contacting the permit holder
				for questions and complaints;
6. A
				description of prohibited individuals and others who may be restricted from
				placing a wager;
7. The permissible
				methods of funding a wager; and
8.
				A description of all types of wagers that may be accepted.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-270 - Sports betting platform requirements

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A. All wagers on sporting events authorized
				by the sports betting law and this chapter shall be initiated, received, and
				otherwise made within the Commonwealth of Virginia unless otherwise permitted
				by federal law. Consistent with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
				( 31 USC §§ 5361-5367 ), the intermediate routing of electronic data
				relating to the lawful intrastate sports betting authorized under the sports
				betting law and this chapter shall not determine the location in which such bet
				is initiated and received.
B.
				Before a permit holder is issued its permit, all equipment and software used in
				conjunction with its operation shall be submitted to an independent testing
				laboratory approved by the director.
C. A sports betting platform submitted to an
				approved independent testing laboratory shall contain:
1. A complete, comprehensive, technically
				accurate description and explanation of the sports betting platform;
2. Detailed operating procedures of the
				sports betting platform;
3. A
				description of the risk management framework, including:
a. User access controls for all permit holder
				personnel;
b. Information regarding
				segregation of duties;
c.
				Information regarding automated risk-management procedures;
d. Information regarding identifying and
				reporting fraud and suspicious activity;
e. Controls for ensuring regulatory
				compliance;
f. A description of AML
				compliance standards;
g. A
				description of all software applications that comprise the system;
h. A description of all types of wagers
				available to be offered by the system;
i. A description of all types of third-party
				systems proposed for utilization; and
j. A description of the method proposed by
				the permit holder to prevent past posting.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-280 - Geolocation systems

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A. A
				permit holder shall keep its geolocation system up to date, including
				integrating current solutions in real time that can detect the use of remote
				desktop software, rootkits, virtualization, or any other programs identified by
				the director as having the ability to circumvent geolocation
				measures.
B. At least every 90
				days, the integrity of the geolocation system shall be reviewed by the permit
				holder to ensure that the system detects and mitigates existing and emerging
				location fraud risks.
C. In order
				to prevent unauthorized placement of an internet sports betting wager by an
				individual not within the Commonwealth of Virginia, the sports betting platform
				must utilize a geofencing system to reasonably detect the physical location of
				an individual attempting to access the sports betting platform and place an
				internet sports betting wager and to monitor and block unauthorized attempts to
				place an internet sports betting wager when an individual is not within the
				permitted boundary.
D. The
				geofencing system must ensure that an individual is located within the
				permitted boundary when placing an internet sports betting wager and must be
				equipped to dynamically monitor the individual's location and block
				unauthorized attempts to place an internet sports betting wager when an
				individual is not within the permitted boundary.
E. The director may issue additional
				geolocation requirements in the form of a technical bulletin.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-290 - Player accounts

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A.
				Wagering on sporting events is permitted only by a player who has established a
				player account with an approved permit holder.
B. The information necessary to initiate a
				player account shall be recorded and maintained for a period of five years and
				shall include at least:
1. Player's legal
				name;
2. Player's date of birth;
3. Player's residential address
				(other than a post office box) and mailing address if different;
4. Player's phone number;
5. Player's active email address;
6. Player's social security number ("SSN") or
				equivalent for a foreign player who intends to place a wager within the
				Commonwealth of Virginia, such as a passport or taxpayer identification number.
				The player may enter only the last four digits of a SSN if other factors are
				sufficient to determine the entire nine-digit SSN within a reasonable
				time;
7. Verification that the
				player is not prohibited by the sports betting law or this chapter from
				participating in sports betting; and
8. Document number of the government-issued
				identification credentials entered, or other methodology for remote,
				multi-source authentication, which may include third-party and governmental
				databases, as approved by the director.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-300 - Internal control standards

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A. A permit holder and its sports betting
				platform supplier shall develop and maintain internal control standards that
				meet or exceed industry standards as approved by the director.
B. A permit holder's internal control
				standards shall address at a minimum:
1.
				Safeguarding assets and revenues;
2. Safeguarding player accounts;
3. Requirements for internal and independent
				audits of the permit holder and its sports betting platform supplier;
4. User access controls for all personnel;
5. Segregation of duties among
				personnel;
6. Automated and manual
				risk management procedures;
7.
				Procedures for identifying and reporting fraud, cheating, and suspicious or
				unusual wagering activity;
8.
				Procedures for identifying and preventing sports betting by prohibited
				individuals;
9. Description of its
				AML compliance standards;
10.
				Description of all types of wagers available to be offered by the permit
				holder;
11. Description of all
				integrated third-party hardware, software, or systems;
12. A monitoring system to identify
				irregularities in volume or odds and swings that could signal unusual or
				suspicious wagering activity that should require further investigation;
				and
13. A wager or attempt to wager
				above any maximum wager threshold set by the permit holder that qualifies as
				unusual or suspicious wagering.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Section 11VAC5-70-310 - Information security system

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A permit holder shall implement, maintain, regularly review
				  and revise, and comply with a comprehensive information security system, the
				  purpose of which shall be to take reasonable steps to protect the
				  confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal information of
				  individuals who place a wager with the permit holder, and shall contain
				  administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the size,
				  complexity, nature, and scope of the operations and the sensitivity of the
				  personal information owned, licensed, maintained, handled, or otherwise in the
				  possession of the permit holder.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.