Arizona Laws 5-1207. Department of gaming; authority
The department shall adopt rules to implement this chapter as provided in Title 41, Chapter 6, including rules that do all of the following:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 5-1207
- Applicant: means any person that has applied for a license as a fantasy sports contest operator or that has been approved for any act related to fantasy sports contests. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- Department: means the department of gaming. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- Fantasy sports contest: means a simulated game or contest that is offered to the public with an entry fee and that meets all of the following conditions:
(a) No fantasy sports contest team is composed of the entire roster of a real-world sports team. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Key employee: means an employee of a fantasy sports contest operator who has the power to exercise significant influence over decisions concerning the fantasy sports contest operator. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- License: means an approval that is issued by the department to any person or entity to be involved in a fantasy sports operation. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- operator: means a person that is engaged in the business of professionally conducting paid fantasy sports contests for cash or other prizes or awards for members of the general public that requires cash or cash equivalent as an entry fee to be paid by a member of the general public who participates in a paid fantasy sports contest. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
- player: means an individual who participates in a fantasy sports contest offered by a fantasy sports contest operator. See Arizona Laws 5-1201
1. Require a fantasy sports contest operator to implement commercially reasonable procedures to prohibit access to both of the following:
(a) Individuals who request to restrict themselves from playing fantasy sports contests.
(b) Individuals who are under twenty-one years of age.
2. Prescribe requirements related to beginning players and highly experienced players.
3. Suspend the account of a fantasy sports contest player who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
4. Provide a fantasy sports contest player with access to information on playing responsibly and how to ask for assistance for compulsive play behavior.
5. Require an applicant for a fantasy sports contest operator license to designate at least one key employee as a condition of obtaining a license.
6. Include any other rule the department determines is necessary to ensure the integrity of fantasy sports contests.