Section 3775.11 | Online sports pools.
(A) A type A sports gaming proprietor may operate one or more online sports pool web sites and accompanying mobile applications through which the sports gaming proprietor accepts wagers from individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically located in this state. The sports gaming proprietor shall use location based technology to prohibit individuals who are not physically present in this state from participating in sports gaming through an online sports pool.
(B)(1) As used in division (B) of this section, "sports gaming account" means an electronic account that an individual may establish for the purpose of sports gaming, including making deposits and withdrawals, wagering amounts, and receiving payouts on winning wagers.
(2) A sports gaming proprietor may accept a wager from an individual through an online sports pool only using the individual's sports gaming account. The sports gaming account shall be in the individual's full legal name and shall not be in the name of any beneficiary, custodian, joint trust, corporation, partnership, or other organization or entity.
(3) A sports gaming account may be established and funded in person through employees or sales agents of a sports gaming proprietor or, pursuant to rules adopted by the Ohio casino control commission, over the internet through a sports gaming proprietor's web site or mobile application in a manner that complies with the sports gaming proprietor's internal controls.
(C) The server responsible for accepting wagers through an online sports pool shall be located in a secure facility in this state.
(D) An online sports pool web site and its accompanying mobile application shall include the name or logo of each of the following in a conspicuous manner:
(1) The type A sports gaming proprietor;
(2) The mobile management services provider that operates the online sports pool on behalf of the type A sports gaming proprietor, if applicable.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- March 23, 2022 – Enacted by House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly [ View March 23, 2022 Version ]