Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1214 – Certain sports wagers prohibited
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1. Prohibited wagers. An operator may not, with respect to a sports event of a sport governing body headquartered in the United States, offer or accept wagers on the occurrence of injuries or penalties, the outcome of player disciplinary rulings or replay reviews.
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1214
- Director: means the director of the Gambling Control Unit within the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Operator: includes a facility operator and a mobile operator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- Sports event: means any professional sports or athletic event, collegiate sports or athletic event or amateur sports or athletic event, including but not limited to an Olympic or international sports or athletic event, a motor vehicle race or an electronic sports event, commonly referred to as "e-sports. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- Sports governing body: means an organization that is headquartered in the United States and prescribes final rules and enforces codes of conduct with respect to a sports event and participants in the sports event. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- Sports wagering: means the business of accepting wagers on sports events or portions of sports events, the individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event or a combination of any of the same by any system or method of wagering approved by the director, including, but not limited to, in person on the property of a facility operator or via a mobile operator's mobile applications and digital platforms that use communications technology to accept wagers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Request from sports governing body. A sports governing body may submit to the director in writing a request to restrict, limit or exclude a certain type, form or category of sports wagering with respect to sports events of that sports governing body if the sports governing body believes that that type, form or category of sports wagering with respect to sports events of that sports governing body may undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of that sports governing body or sports events of that sports governing body. The director shall request comment from operators on all requests under this subsection. After giving due consideration to all comments received, the director shall, upon a demonstration of good cause from the sports governing body that the type, form or category of sports wagering is likely to undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of that sports governing body or sports events of that sports governing body, grant the request. The director shall respond to a 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, no later than 7 days after the request is made. If the director determines that the sports governing body is more likely than not to prevail in successfully demonstrating good cause for its request, the director may provisionally grant the request of the sports governing body until the director makes a final determination as to whether the sports governing body has demonstrated good cause. Absent such a provisional grant by the director, an operator may continue to offer sports wagering on sports events that are the subject of that request during the pendency of the director’s consideration of the request.
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).