Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. An applicant for a mobile sports wagering
license shall submit an application to:
(1)
The SWARC in the format and time specified by the SWARC; and
(2) As specified in COMAR 36.10.02, the
Commission.
B. If an
application submitted to the Commission is timely and complies with the
requirements in COMAR 36.10.02, the Commission staff shall:
(1) Determine whether the applicant meets
qualification requirements as described in COMAR 36.10.03, and this chapter;
and
(2) Notify the SWARC of the
Commission's qualification determination.
C. The SWARC may not award a license to an
applicant that the Commission has found not qualified.
D. After the Commission notifies SWARC that
it has determined an applicant is qualified, the SWARC shall:
(1) Evaluate an applicant for license award;
and
(2) Notify the Commission of
its license award decision.
E. The Commission may not issue a mobile
sports wagering license to an applicant until SWARC has notified the Commission
that it has awarded a license to the applicant.
F. After SWARC awards a license, the
applicant is an awardee.
G. Agency
staff shall determine whether the awardee has met applicable technical and
operational requirements in this chapter for a mobile sports wagering license,
and determine whether it meets the Commission's requirements for:
(1) Payment of the application fee of
$500,000;
(2) Evidence of a
performance bond in the amount of $1,500,000;
(3) Fees and qualification requirements under
COMAR 36.10.02 and 36.10.03;
(4)
Hours of operation;
(5) Technical
specifications;
(6) Internal
controls under COMAR 36.10.13;
(7)
Sports wagering platform;
(8)
Sports wagering equipment;
(9)
Sports wagering data information center;
(10) Sports wagering operations;
(11) Types of sporting event wagers to be
offered;
(12) Testing and
controlled demonstrations;
(13)
Awardee's employees are:
(a) Licensed as
sports wagering employees; and
(b)
Trained in the performance of their responsibilities;
(14) Awardee's preparations to conduct safe
and secure sports wagering; and
(15) Awardee has complied with any additional
precommencement conditions imposed by the Commission.
H. If Commission staff determines that the
awardee meets the requirements of §G of this regulation, staff shall issue
the license.
I. Renewal.
(1) A mobile sports wagering licensee may
apply for renewal, and the Commission may renew the license if the licensee:
(a) Submits an application for renewal to the
Commission at least 6 months before the mobile sports wagering licensee's
license expires;
(b) Continues to
comply with all licensing requirements;
(c) Submits to a background investigation
under COMAR 36.10.02, and pays all associated fees; and
(d) Pays a license renewal fee.
(2) The renewal fee for a mobile
sports wagering license is the amount equal to 1 percent of the licensee's
average annual gross sports wagering revenues proceeds from sports wagering for
the preceding 3-year period, less any proceeds the licensee remitted in
accordance with State Government Article, §
9-1E-12, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
