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Can I offer contests that involve website promotions in Missouri? What are the requirements?

To offer contests that involve website promotions in Missouri, you need to obtain a Fantasy Sports Contest Operator (FSCO) license from the Missouri Gaming Commission [1.1]. The FSCO license allows a person, entity, or division of a corporate entity to offer fantasy sports contests (FSCs) for play by persons located in Missouri in accordance with the Missouri Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act [1.1].

To apply for an FSCO license, you need to complete the Fantasy Sports Contest Operator Application and submit it to the Missouri Gaming Commission [1.1]. You also need to ensure that the FSCO Personal Disclosure Form is completed by those key persons, employees, or other individuals requested by the commission [1.1].

Additionally, you need to submit a written description of your procedures and all supporting documents designed to satisfy the requirements of Chapter 313, RSMo to the commission with the initial application [1.4]. The commission will review your submission and determine whether the procedures submitted satisfy the requirements [1.4]. If the commission finds any insufficiencies, they shall be specified in writing to the licensee, who shall make appropriate alterations [1.4].

Once approved, no licensed operator shall alter its procedures unless and until the change is approved by the commission [1.4]. Each licensed operator shall submit to the commission any change to the approved procedures no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the planned implementation date of the change [1.4].

You also have a continuing duty to disclose in writing any material change in the information provided in the application forms and requested materials submitted to the commission [1.3]. Any change in information that is not material must be disclosed to the commission during the licensee’s next subsequent application for license renewal [1.3].

In addition to the above requirements, licensed operators must comply with the operational requirements for fantasy sports contest operators set forth in 11 CSR 45-40.050 [1.2]. These requirements include maintaining a current set of procedures for players to report complaints, a detailed description of security standards, measures to determine the true identity, date of birth, and address of each player, procedures to clearly and conspicuously publish and facilitate parental control procedures, standards and procedures to monitor FSC to detect the use of unauthorized scripts, procedures to identify highly experienced players, and a method to determine the geographical position of a player at the time of entry into any FSC [1.2].

Each licensed operator shall also take commercially and technologically reasonable measures to comply with the provisions of sections 313.915 and 313.920, RSMo, regarding the verification of each FSC player’s true identity, date of birth, and address, including, but not limited to, independent verification of age using information obtained from independent sources outside of the player seeking to open an account [1.2].

Finally, each licensee shall post a bond and license fee in an amount to be determined by the director depending upon the actual or projected licensee’s sales and payment history, credit record, or both, for each license obtained [3.1].

In summary, to offer contests that involve website promotions in Missouri, you need to obtain an FSCO license from the Missouri Gaming Commission by completing the Fantasy Sports Contest Operator Application, ensuring that the FSCO Personal Disclosure Form is completed, and submitting a written description of your procedures and all supporting documents designed to satisfy the requirements of Chapter 313, RSMo to the commission. You also have a continuing duty to disclose any material change in the information provided in the application forms and requested materials submitted to the commission. Additionally, you must comply with the operational requirements for fantasy sports contest operators set forth in 11 CSR 45-40.050, take commercially and technologically reasonable measures to comply with the provisions of sections 313.915 and 313.920, RSMo, and post a bond and license fee in an amount to be determined by the director [1.1][1.2][3.1].

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Missouri