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Can I offer contests that involve skill-based games in Missouri? What are the requirements?

Offering Skill-Based Contests in Missouri

Yes, it is possible to offer skill-based contests in Missouri, but a license is required. The Missouri Gaming Commission requires a Fantasy Sports Contest Operator (FSCO) license for offering fantasy sports contests (FSCs) for play in Missouri [1.1].

Requirements for Obtaining an FSCO License

To become licensed as an FSCO, the applicant must submit an application, a personal disclosure form, and a renewal form [3.1]. The applicant shall be responsible for ensuring the FSCO Personal Disclosure Form is completed by those key persons, employees, or other individuals requested by the commission. The requested FSCO Personal Disclosure Forms and the required fingerprint sets shall be submitted within thirty (30) days of the commission’s request [3.1].

Additional Games of Skill

In addition to the games of skill defined in the Missouri Gaming Commission’s regulations, the commission may approve other games of skill upon receiving a petition requesting approval of a gambling game from any applicant or licensee [1.2]. The commission may set the matter for hearing by serving the applicant or licensee with written notice of the time and place of the hearing not less than five days prior to the date of the hearing and posting a public notice at each commission office. The commission shall require the applicant or licensee to pay the cost of placing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the applicant’s or licensee’s home dock city or county. The burden of proof that the gambling game is a game of skill is at all times on the petitioner. The petitioner shall have the affirmative responsibility of establishing the petitioner’s case by a preponderance of evidence including: (a) Is it in the best interest of gaming to allow the game; and (b) Is the gambling game a game of chance or a game of skill? [1.2]

Conclusion

Therefore, to offer skill-based contests in Missouri, you must obtain an FSCO license from the Missouri Gaming Commission and comply with the operational requirements set forth by the commission. Additionally, if you wish to offer a game of skill that is not already defined in the commission’s regulations, you may petition the commission for approval.

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