Ohio Revised Code Search

...The Ohio athletic commission and the commission's executive director shall not issue a license or permit to conduct public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions in a municipal corporation or the unincorporated portion of a township if the commission or the commission's executive director determines that the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees has in effect an ordinanc...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3773.06 or 3773.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3773.32, 3773.40, 3773.44, 3773.45, 3773.46, or 3773.47, division (A) of section 3773.54, or division (B) of section 3773.33 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3773.48 or 3773.49 of the Revised Code is guilty o...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Commission" means the Ohio casino control commission. (B) "Entry fee" means cash or cash equivalent that a fantasy contest operator requires to be paid by a fantasy contest player to participate in a fantasy contest. (C) "Fantasy contest" means a simulated game or contest with an entry fee that satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) The value of all prizes and awards offered ...

...(A) A fantasy contest operator may not offer a fantasy contest in this state without first obtaining a license from the commission. (B)(1) In order to obtain or renew a license to operate fantasy contests in this state, a fantasy contest operator shall pay to the commission a nonrefundable license fee. (2) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, a license may be renewed. ...

...The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as are necessary to complete the functions and address the subjects enumerated in division (A) of this section. (A) The commission may adopt, and as advisable and necessary may amend or repeal, rules that include all of the following: (1) Prohibiting fantasy contest operator's employees, relatives living in the same household as those emplo...

...(A) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain in a place secure from theft, loss, or destruction all of the records required to be maintained by this chapter for at least five years from the date of the record's creation. (B) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain accurate, complete, legible, and permanent records, whether in electronic or other format, of any books, records, or docu...

...A fantasy contest operator offering a fantasy contest in this state shall conduct sufficient auditing as determined by the commission.

...ased upon any university, college, high school, or youth sporting event; ( 2) Allow the use of scripts unless the scripts are made readily available to all fantasy contest players; ( 3) Employ false, deceptive, or misleading advertising, or advertising that is not based upon fact; or (4) Target players that have restricted themselves from entering fantasy contests under the procedures for doing so as required b...

...The commission, in an adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may penalize, limit, condition, restrict, suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew the license of any licensee or applicant. The commission may take into account any relevant aggravating or mitigating factors without in any manner limiting the authority of the commission to impose the level and type of discipline the commission cons...

...(A) Any information concerning the fantasy contest operator's internal procedures, personal information, financial information, trade secret information, and information protected by the attorney-client privilege submitted, collected, or gathered in relation to an application or license under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political subdivision as a record under sect...

...Fantasy contests offered in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code are exempt from Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code.

...clude an event for primary or secondary school students, whether conducted or sponsored by a primary or secondary school or by another person, or the individual performance statistics of athletes or participants in such an event. (3) "Sporting event" includes an event that involves athletes or participants who are under eighteen years of age, or the individual performance statistics of athletes or participants in ...

...(A) The Ohio casino control commission shall have jurisdiction over all persons conducting or participating in the conduct of sports gaming authorized by this chapter or by sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code, including the authority to license, regulate, investigate, and penalize those persons in a manner that is consistent with the commission's authority with respect to casino gaming. In all cases in wh...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person shall operate, conduct, or assist in operating or conducting sports gaming in this state without first obtaining an appropriate sports gaming license from the Ohio casino control commission. (2) The state lottery commission is not required to receive a sports gaming license in order to operate lottery sports gaming under sections 3770...

...(A)(1) A type A sports gaming proprietor license authorizes a sports gaming proprietor to offer sports gaming through one or more online sports pools. (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided under division (A)(2)(b) of this section, the Ohio casino control commission shall license not more than twenty-five type A sports gaming proprietors at any one time. (b) When twenty-five type A sports gaming proprietors are lice...

...(A) In issuing initial and renewed type A and type B sports gaming proprietor licenses, the Ohio casino control commission shall give preference to applicants that are professional sports organizations, casino operators, or video lottery sales agents, subject to the factors described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, as applicable. The commission shall give equal preference to professional sports organization...

...(A)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, a type A sports gaming proprietor may contract with not more than one mobile management services provider to offer sports gaming on the sports gaming proprietor's behalf, in a manner authorized under the contract. (b) A type A sports gaming proprietor that is a professional sports organization or is a casino operator or video lottery sale...

...(A)(1) A type B sports gaming proprietor may contract with one management services provider to offer sports gaming at a sports gaming facility on the sports gaming proprietor's behalf, in a manner authorized under the contract. (2)(a) If the holder of a type B sports gaming proprietor license is a professional sports organization and is a member of a league, association, or organization that prevents the holder fro...

...(A)(1) An individual whose duties include any of the following shall hold an appropriate and valid sports gaming occupational license issued by the Ohio casino control commission at all times: (a) Accepting wagers on sporting events on behalf of a sports gaming proprietor; (b) Handling money as part of operating sports gaming on behalf of a sports gaming proprietor, including a cashier, change person, count team,...

...(A)(1) The owner of a facility with an A-1-A, A-1c, D-1, D-2, or D-5 liquor permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code who offers sports gaming through a type C sports gaming proprietor using self-service or clerk-operated sports gaming terminals located at the facility shall hold an appropriate and valid type C sports gaming host license issued by the Ohio casino control commission at all times. (2) Th...

...(A) A sports gaming supplier shall hold an appropriate and valid sports gaming supplier license issued by the Ohio casino control commission at all times. The commission may accept another jurisdiction's license, if the commission determines it has similar licensing requirements, as evidence that the applicant meets the requirements for a license issued under this section. The commission shall issue a sports gaming s...

...(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. (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 t...

...(A) The director of administrative services shall engage an independent consultant to conduct a study to determine whether, and the extent to which, qualified persons experience discrimination or disadvantage in the sports gaming industry on the basis of their membership in a racial minority group, their color or ethnicity, their gender, or their disability. The director shall provide the results of the study to the ...

...not pose a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of this state; (2) Adopt comprehensive house rules for game play governing sports gaming transactions with its patrons, including rules that specify the amounts to be paid on winning wagers and the effect of schedule changes, and submit them to the Ohio casino control commission for approval before implementing them. The sports gaming propri...