Ohio Code 3775.09 – Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses
(A) An applicant for a sports gaming license, other than a type C sports gaming host license, shall establish the applicant’s suitability for the license by clear and convincing evidence.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3775.09
- Applicant: means a person that applies to the Ohio casino control commission for a license under this chapter. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Commission: means the Ohio casino control commission. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Management services provider: means a person that contracts with a type B sports gaming proprietor under section 3775. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Mobile management services provider: means a person that contracts with a type A sports gaming proprietor under section 3775. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Professional sports organization: means any of the following:
(1) The owner of a professional sports team in this state that is a member of the national football league, the national hockey league, major league baseball, major league soccer, or the national basketball association;
(2) The owner of a sports facility in this state that hosts an annual tournament on the professional golf association tour or a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of the owner, if the owner is a nonprofit corporation or organization;
(3) A promoter of a national association for stock car auto racing national touring race conducted in this state. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- sports gaming: includes any system or method of wagering on sporting events that the Ohio casino control commission approves, including exchange wagering, parlays, spreads, over-under, moneyline, in-game wagering, single game bets, teaser bets, in-play bets, proposition bets, pools, pari-mutuel sports wagering pools, or straight bets. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Sports gaming license: means a sports gaming proprietor license, a mobile management services provider license, a management services provider license, a sports gaming occupational license, a type C sports gaming host license, or a sports gaming supplier license issued by the Ohio casino control commission under this chapter. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- Sports gaming proprietor: means a person licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming in this state as a type A, type B, or type C sports gaming proprietor. See Ohio Code 3775.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Video lottery sales agent: means an agent of the state lottery authorized to operate video lottery terminals under section 3770. See Ohio Code 3775.01
(B) The Ohio casino control commission shall not grant a sports gaming license, other than a type C sports gaming host license, to an applicant if evidence satisfactory to the commission exists that the applicant has done any of the following:
(1) Knowingly made a false statement to the commission;
(2) Been suspended from operating a gambling game, gaming device, or gaming operation, or had a license revoked by any governmental unit of a national, state, or local body exercising governmental functions;
(3) Been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as defined in section 3772.07 of the Revised Code;
(4) Been directly involved in or employed by any offshore wagering market that illegally serviced the United States or otherwise accepted illegal wagers from individuals located in the United States on or after April 16, 2015.
(C) The commission may deny a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider license to any applicant, reprimand any sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider, or suspend or revoke a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider license if any of the following are true:
(1) The applicant or licensee has not demonstrated to the commission’s satisfaction financial responsibility sufficient to adequately meet the requirements of the enterprise.
(2) The applicant or licensee is not the true owner of the business or is not the sole owner and has not disclosed the existence or identity of other persons who have an ownership interest in the business.
(3) The applicant or licensee is a corporation that sells more than five per cent of the corporation’s voting stock, or more than five per cent of the voting stock of a corporation that controls the corporation, or sells the corporation’s assets, other than those bought and sold in the ordinary course of business, or any interest in the assets, to any person who, under division (C) of section 3775.03 of the Revised Code, must meet the qualifications of a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider, as applicable, and who has not already been determined by the commission to have met the applicable qualifications.
(D)(1) The commission shall revoke a sports gaming proprietor license that was issued or renewed because of the preference described in division (A) of section 3775.041 of the Revised Code if the sports gaming proprietor ceases to qualify as a professional sports organization, if the casino operator ceases to be a casino operator, or if the video lottery sales agent ceases to be a video lottery sales agent, as applicable.
(2) The commission shall revoke a type C sports gaming host license if the licensee ceases to hold a valid class D liquor permit for the facility issued under Chapter 4303 of the Revised Code.
(E) The commission shall not grant a sports gaming license to any of the following persons:
(1) A nonprofit corporation or organization;
(2) An individual who is under twenty-one years of age;
(3) An employee of the commission.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM