Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1350-01-.14 - GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION

The Council may suspend or revoke a License or Vendor Registration if the Council finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that:

(1) The Licensee or Registrant no longer has the financial stability, integrity, and responsibility to conduct Interactive Sports Gaming, or serve as a Vendor for Interactive Sports Gaming;

(2) The Licensee, Registrant, or its Key Personnel have been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as established by the Sports Gaming Act;

(3) The Licensee, Registrant or its Key Personnel have been arrested, charged, indicted, or received a target letter from the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with any investigation of offshore sports gaming activities that serviced the United States;

(4) The Licensee, Registrant or its Key Personnel have been arrested, charged with, convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or forfeited bail concerning any criminal offense under the laws of any jurisdiction, other than for a minor traffic offense;

(5) The Licensee, Registrant or its Key Personnel have knowingly made a false statement of a material fact in any application or other communication to the Council, or failed to disclose to the Council its knowing violation of this Rule, as applicable;

(6) The Licensee, Registrant or its Key Personnel have been indicted on any felony offense, gambling-related offense, or other offense(s) that the Council finds will threaten the integrity of sports wagering in Tennessee and the public interest;

(7) The Licensee or Registrant has had a license to operate any gaming or sports wagering activity suspended or revoked, or been denied from operating any gaming or sports wagering activity by any governmental authority responsible for the regulation of gaming activities in any jurisdiction;

(8) The Licensee or Registrant has failed to timely remit any privilege tax due the State of Tennessee, timely pay any fine assessed by the Council, or timely remit the balance of any application, license, or other fees due the Council;

(9) The Licensee or Registrant, without approval of the Council, has sold, transferred, assigned, gifted or donated, or otherwise disposed of, all or substantially all of its assets, other than those bought and sold in the ordinary course of business, or otherwise entered into an unauthorized change of control;

(10) The Licensee or Registrant has filed, or had filed against it, a proceeding for bankruptcy, liquidation, or insolvency;

(11) The Licensee or Registrant has been served with a complaint, lien, or other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax or obligation required under any law in any jurisdiction, where the Licensee or Registrant has been in breach for one or more years; or

(12) The Licensee or Registrant has materially failed to comply with any of the individual or several provisions of the Rules of the Council.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1350-01-.14

Emergency rules filed December 22, 2021 to become effective January 1, 2022; effective through June 30, 2022. New rules filed March 22, 2022; effective June 20, 2022. Rule was previously numbered 1350-01-.15 but was renumbered 1350-01-.14 with the deletion of original rule 1350-01-.09 filed June 20, 2023 to become effective July 1, 2023; effective through December 28, 2023. Rule was previously numbered 1350-01-.15 but was renumbered 1350-01-.14 with the deletion of original rule 1350-01-.09 filed September 15, 2023; effective 12/14/2023.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-49-104, 4-49-115, 4-49-117, 4-49-121, 4-49-124, 4-49-125, and 4-49-126.