Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1215 – Abnormal wagering activity
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1. Duty to report. An operator shall, as soon as practicable, report to the director any information relating to abnormal wagering activity or patterns that may indicate a concern with the integrity of a sports event or any other conduct that corrupts a wagering outcome of a sports event for purposes of financial gain, including match fixing. An operator shall concurrently report that information to the relevant sports governing body.
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1215
- Director: means the director of the Gambling Control Unit within the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1202
- 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
2. Cooperation efforts. An operator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing bodies or law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to using commercially reasonable efforts to provide or facilitate the provision of wagering information.
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
3. Information confidentiality. The director and operators shall maintain the confidentiality of information provided by a sports governing body for purposes of investigating or preventing the conduct described in this section, unless disclosure is otherwise required by the director or by law or unless the sports governing body consents to disclosure.
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
4. Information use and disclosure. With respect to any information provided by an operator to a sports governing body relating to conduct described in this section, a sports governing body:
A. May use such information only for integrity-monitoring purposes and may not use the information for any commercial or other purpose; and [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
B. Shall maintain the confidentiality of the information, unless disclosure is otherwise required by the director or by law or unless the operator consents to disclosure, except that the sports governing body may make disclosures necessary to conduct and resolve integrity-related investigations and may publicly disclose such information if required by the sports governing body’s integrity policies or if determined by the sports governing body in its reasonable judgment to be necessary to maintain the actual or perceived integrity of its sports events. Prior to any public disclosure that would identify the operator by name, the sports governing body shall provide that operator with notice of the disclosure and an opportunity to object to the disclosure. [PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6 (NEW).