Rule 3770:2-8-04 | Responsibilities of excluded facilities and excluded entities under the jurisdiction of the Ohio lottery commission.
(A) This rule applies only to excluded facilities and excluded entities in their capacity as either a video lottery sales agent or type C sports gaming proprietor under the jurisdiction of the Ohio lottery commission.
(B) Each excluded facility will maintain a system for indicating whether an individual is in the Ohio VEP and will have approved procedures to update that system with changes in the enrollment status of these individuals at least once every seven days.
(C) Each excluded entity will have approved procedures to download and maintain the list of Ohio VEP participants at least once every seven days.
(D) Video lottery sales agents will immediately notify Ohio lottery commission staff if an Ohio VEP participant is found on the premises.
(E) Within seventy-two hours of an Ohio VEP participant being found at an excluded facility or submitting a sports gaming claim to an excluded entity will provide to the Ohio lottery commission, in writing, the following:
(1) The individual's name;
(2) The individual's date of birth;
(3) The circumstances of the individual's violation or attempted violation of the Ohio VEP;
(4) The individual's gaming activity, if any; and
(5) The amount of any prize won, claimed, or attempted to be claimed including, but not limited to jackpots, credits, vouchers and/or sports betting tickets/vouchers.
(F) Nothing in this rule mandates an excluded facility to notify the Ohio lottery commission of an individual found on premises who was on property solely for purposes of:
(1) Seeking removal from the Ohio VEP; or
(2) Claiming payments owed to the participant.
(G) Each excluded facility and excluded entity will comply with the Ohio lottery commission's operating standards to reports on Ohio VEP participants who violated the terms of the Ohio VEP contained in Chapters 3770:2-8 and 3772-12 of the Administrative Code.
(H) Any amounts of money or things of value reported in paragraph (E)(5) of this rule will be remitted to the Ohio lottery commission in accordance with financial processing procedures. Each excluded entity will notify an Ohio lottery commission employee if an Ohio VEP participant attempts to claim a prize that is reportable to the IRS. Any amounts of money will be remitted to the Ohio lottery commission in accordance with financial processing procedures.
(I) Nothing in this chapter will preclude an excluded facility, an excluded entity, or its employees and agents from seeking payment of a debt from an Ohio vep participant if the debt was accrued prior to the individual's participation in the Ohio VEP program.
(J) No sports gaming wager that is currently pending at the time of a participant's enrollment in the Ohio vep may be voided or canceled by either party solely due to that participant's enrollment.
Last updated February 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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