Can I offer contests that involve college sports in Alaska? What are the requirements?

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Requirements for offering contests involving college sports in Alaska

According to [1.3]" >AKST 05.10.030, the Alaska State Athletic Commission may issue a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing, sparring, and wrestling contests, matches, and exhibitions where an admission fee is charged by a club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society. However, boxing contests, sparring or wrestling matches or exhibitions conducted by an elementary school, high school, college, or university, whether public or private, or by the official student association thereof, whether on or off the school, college, or university grounds, where all the participating contestants are bona fide students enrolled in an elementary school, high school, college, or university, inside the state, are not subject to this chapter.

Therefore, if you are planning to offer contests involving college sports in Alaska, you need to obtain a license from the Alaska State Athletic Commission. However, if the contests are conducted by a college or university and all the participating contestants are bona fide students enrolled in an elementary school, high school, college, or university, inside the state, then they are exempt from this chapter.

Conclusion

To summarize, you can offer contests involving college sports in Alaska if you obtain a license from the Alaska State Athletic Commission. However, if the contests are conducted by a college or university and all the participating contestants are bona fide students enrolled in an elementary school, high school, college, or university, inside the state, then they are exempt from this chapter.

Source(s):

• [1.3] License for contest, match, or exhibition where admission fee is charged; exemption.

Jurisdiction

Alaska

• Gaming