Section 3775.07 | Type C sports gaming hosts.
(A)(1) The owner of a facility with a 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) The commission shall issue a type C sports gaming host license to any eligible applicant that the state lottery commission recommends. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, an applicant for an initial or renewed type C sports gaming host license is not required to undergo a criminal background check or licensure suitability investigation in order to receive the license. The commission shall investigate the applicant to determine whether the applicant is eligible for the license and to ensure that the applicant complies with all applicable provisions of this chapter and of the rules of the commission.
(B) An applicant for an initial or renewed type C sports gaming host license shall apply for the license on a form prescribed by the commission and shall pay a nonrefundable application fee in an amount prescribed by the commission by rule.
(C) Upon receiving an initial or renewed type C sports gaming host license, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable license fee of one thousand dollars.
(D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, a type C sports gaming proprietor and a type C sports gaming host may enter into an agreement specifying the terms under which the type C sports gaming host offers sports gaming through the type C sports gaming proprietor, such as terms requiring the type C sports gaming proprietor and the type C sports gaming host to share the proceeds of sports gaming conducted at the type C sports gaming host's facility. A type C sports gaming proprietor shall notify the Ohio casino control commission of each type C sports gaming host that offers sports gaming through the type C sports gaming proprietor.
(2) A type C sports gaming proprietor shall not require a type C sports gaming host to pay any portion of the cost of acquiring, installing, operating, adapting, or maintaining any self-service sports gaming terminal in a type C sports gaming host's facility.
(3) Subject to the terms of the type C sports gaming hosts's agreement with a type C sports gaming proprietor, a type C sports gaming host may offer sports gaming through a different type C sports gaming proprietor than the one identified in the type C sports gaming host's license application during the period of the license. The type C sports gaming proprietor shall notify the commission of the change before the change takes effect, in accordance with the rules of the commission.
(E) A type C sports gaming host license shall be valid for a term of three years. In order to renew a type C sports gaming host license, the licensee shall apply to the commission for a renewed license in the same manner as for an initial license.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:49 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- March 23, 2022 – Enacted by House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly [ View March 23, 2022 Version ]
- October 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]