Arizona Laws 5-1315. Prohibited wagers
A. A person may not wager on any of the following:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 5-1315
- Department: means the department of gaming. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Event wagering operator: means either:
(a) An owner or operator of an Arizona professional sports team or franchise, an operator of a sports facility in this state that hosts an annual tournament on the PGA tour or a promoter of a national association for stock car auto racing national touring race in this state, or the designee of such an owner, operator or promoter, who is licensed to offer event wagering under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Person: means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, Indian tribe or an entity fully owned by an Indian tribe, or any other organization or group of persons. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Sports event: means a professional sport or athletic event, a collegiate sport or athletic event, a motor race event, an e-sport event or an olympic event. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Injuries, penalties and other types or forms of event wagering under this chapter that are contrary to law.
2. Individual actions, events, occurrences or nonoccurrences to be determined during a collegiate sports event, including on the performance or nonperformance of a team or individual participant during a collegiate sports event. This paragraph does not prohibit wagers on the overall outcome of a collegiate sports event or seasonal awards based on a player’s cumulative overall play.
B. An event wagering operator may offer only parlay and proposition bets of the type or category as prescribed by the department. The department shall prescribe the types and categories of parlay and proposition bets that may be offered in this state, if any.
C. An event wagering operator, professional sports team, league, association or institution of higher education may submit to the department in writing a request to prohibit a type or form of event wagering, or to prohibit a category of persons from event wagering, if the event wagering operator, team, league, association or institution believes that such event wagering by type, form or category is contrary to public policy, unfair to consumers or affects the integrity or perceived integrity of a particular sport or the sports betting industry. Such a request shall provide a reasonable amount of time for the department to conduct due diligence before decision-making, absent the need to proceed on an emergency basis.
D. The department shall review a request made pursuant to subsection C of this section to determine if good cause exists to grant the request. In making a determination under this section, the department shall seek input from licensees unless the emergency nature of the matter does not provide sufficient time for such due diligence. The department shall respond to the request concerning a particular event before the start of the event, or if it is not feasible to respond before the start of the event, as soon as practicable.