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Can you summarize MGL Chapter 23N, Section 11?
AUTHORIZATION AND REGULATION OF SPORTS WAGERING > Prohibited activities; requests by sports governing body or players association to restrict certain types of wagering; reporting and investigation of criminal, suspicious or abnormal activities; recording of wagers; background checks
Short Summary
This section of the Massachusetts General Law governs various aspects related to sports wagering. It requires operators to employ commercially reasonable methods to prohibit certain individuals from placing bets, including operators, directors, officers, owners, employees, and relatives living in the same household. It also prohibits athletes, coaches, referees, team owners, employees of a sports governing body or its member teams, and player and referee union personnel from wagering on any sporting event of their sport’s governing body. Operators are required to maintain the security of wagering data, customer data, and other confidential information. The section also allows sports governing bodies or players associations to request the commission to restrict, limit, or exclude certain types of sports wagering if it is contrary to public policy, unfair to consumers, undermines the perceived integrity of the sports governing body or sporting events, or affects the integrity of the sports governing body or sporting events. The commission is responsible for investigating abnormal betting activity, match fixing, and other conduct that corrupts a betting outcome. Operators are required to cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing bodies or law enforcement agencies and report criminal, suspicious, or abnormal activities. They are also required to maintain records of all wagers placed by patrons and conduct background checks on employees for criminal history related to corruption or manipulation of sporting events and association with organized crime.
Whom does it apply to?
Operators, directors, officers, owners, employees, relatives living in the same household, athletes, coaches, referees, team owners, employees of a sports governing body or its member teams, player and referee union personnel, individuals with access to nonpublic confidential information
What does it govern?
Prohibited activities, requests by sports governing body or players association to restrict certain types of wagering, reporting and investigation of criminal, suspicious or abnormal activities, recording of wagers, background checks
What are exemptions?
None mentioned
What are the Penalties?
Not specified
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts