Mich. Admin. Code R. 432.532b - Persons restricted from entering or participating in fantasy contests
Rule 532b.
(1) The
following individuals are prohibited from entering or participating in any
fantasy contest that is based, in whole or in part, on any athletic event in
which the individual participates or with which the individual is otherwise
affiliated, or any athletic event overseen by the sports governing body that
oversees the athletic events in which the individual participates or with which
the individual is otherwise affiliated:
(a) An
athlete.
(b) A coach.
(c) A manager.
(d) An official.
(e) An individual who has the authority or
ability to influence the performance of an athlete in an athletic
event.
(f) An individual with
access to non-public, exclusive information related to an athlete or athletic
event.
(2) An employee
of a sports governing body or any of its member teams, or a person that holds a
5% or greater ownership interest in a sports governing body or any of its
member teams, is prohibited from entering or participating in any fantasy
contest that is based, in whole or in part, on an athletic event overseen by
the sports governing body or in which any of its member teams
participates.
(3) Except as
otherwise provided in subrules (11) and (12) of this rule, a fantasy contest
operator, its owners, directors, officers, and employees, and any relative of
any of these individuals living in the same household, is prohibited from
entering or participating in a fantasy contest offered by the fantasy contest
operator or a licensed management company that manages the day-to-day
operations of the fantasy contest operator.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in subrules
(11) and (12) of this rule, a licensed management company, its owners,
directors, officers, and employees, and any relative of any of these
individuals living in the same household, is prohibited from entering or
participating in a fantasy contest offered by the licensed management company
or a fantasy contest operator for which the licensed management company manages
day-to-day operations.
(5) Except
as otherwise provided in
R 432.513a(9) and
subrule (12) of this rule, a member, the executive director, a board employee,
or an agent is prohibited from establishing a fantasy contest player account
and from entering or participating in a fantasy contest.
(6) A fantasy contest player is prohibited
from allowing another person to access or use his or her fantasy contest player
account and from submitting a fantasy contest entry on behalf of another
person.
(7) An individual whose
fantasy contest player account is in suspended mode under
R 432.548 is prohibited from entering
or participating in a fantasy contest.
(8) An individual who is less than 18 years
of age is prohibited from establishing a fantasy contest player account and
from entering or participating in a fantasy contest.
(9) Except as otherwise directed by the
board, a person that is determined by the board to be a prohibited person under
R 432.511(dd)(v) is
prohibited from establishing a fantasy contest player account and from entering
or participating in a fantasy contest.
(10) A person is prohibited from entering or
participating in a fantasy contest in any manner that violates applicable
state, tribal, or federal law.
(11)
A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company may offer fantasy
contests that are open only to persons described in subrules (3) and (4) of
this rule. Except as otherwise provided in subrule (12) of this rule, a person
described in subrules (3) and (4) of this rule may only enter or participate in
a fantasy contest that is open only to such persons. A person that is not a
person described in subrules (3) and (4) of this rule is prohibited from
entering or participating in a fantasy contest that is open only to persons
described in subrules (3) and (4) of this rule.
(12) A person described in subrules (3) to
(5) of this rule may enter or participate in a fantasy contest using a test
account established by a fantasy contest operator or licensed management
company to test the components or operation of a fantasy contest platform. Test
account activity must not affect the outcome of any fantasy contest entered or
participated in by fantasy contest players, the issuance of prizes or awards to
fantasy contest players, or the computation of any fantasy contest adjusted
revenues. Procedures for establishing and using test accounts must be addressed
in the fantasy contest operator's or licensed management company's procedures
and internal controls.
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