Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 31 > Chapter 25 > Subchapter 1 - Authority of the Department

• Board: means the Board of Liquor and Lottery. See
• Collegiate sports event: means a sports or athletic event participated in or offered or sponsored by a public or private institution that offers educational services beyond the secondary level. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery or designee. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Liquor and Lottery. See
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Mobile sports wagering platform: means the combination of hardware, software, and data networks that are used to manage, administer, record, or control sports wagers through mobile devices or the Internet. See
• Operator: means a party who is authorized by contract or agreement with the Department to conduct a sportsbook. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Prohibited sports bettor: means :

• Sports event: means an event at which two or more persons participate in a sports or athletic event. See
• Sports governing body: means the organization that prescribes final rules and enforces codes of conduct with respect to a sporting event and the participants in a sporting event. See
• Sports wager: means cash or cash equivalent paid by an individual to participate in sports wagering. See
• Sports wagering: includes single game bets, teaser bets, parlays, over-under bets, money line bets, pools, exchange wagering, in-game wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets, and straight bets. See
• Sportsbook: means the business of accepting sports wagers on any sports event by any system or method of wagering. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• Type of wager: means the form of a wager offered by an operator, such as those described in subdivision (15)(C) of this section. See