Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY
Subtitle 10 - SPORTS WAGERING PROVISIONS
Chapter 36.10.05 - Specific Requirements for Mobile Sports Wagering Licenses
Section 36.10.05.05 - Minority Business Enterprise Participation Goals and Reporting Requirements

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 36.10.05.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024

A. These requirements pertain to all mobile sports wagering licensees.

B. In this regulation, "license" and "licensee" refers to the mobile sports wagering licensee.

C. If a licensee contracts with an online sports wagering operator licensee to conduct its mobile sports wagering operations, the licensee remains responsible for compliance with the requirements in this regulation.

D. On or before 6 months after the Commission issues a license, the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the licensee, shall establish a clear plan for setting reasonable and appropriate minority business enterprise participation goals and procedures for the procurement of goods and services related to sports wagering, including procurement of construction, equipment, and ongoing services.

E. The licensee shall provide all information required or requested by the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Commission.

F. To the extent practicable and authorized by the United States Constitution, a licensee shall comply with the State's Minority Business Program.

G. Annual Required Reporting.

(1) On or before July 1 of each year, a licensee shall report to the Commission:

(a) The number of minority and women owners of the licensee;

(b) The ownership interest of any minority and women owners of the licensee;

(d) The number of current contracts the licensee has with minority- and women-owned subcontractors; and

(e) Any other information the Commission requires.

(2) On or before September 1 of each year, all licensees shall report to the Commission the following data, broken down by categories defined by the Commission:

(a) The operation of sports wagering in the State; and

(b) Sports wagering revenues from the immediately preceding fiscal year, including:

(i) Handle;

(ii) Hold;

(iii) Hold percentage; and

(iv) Proceeds.

H. December 1, 2025 Report to the General Assembly.

(1) The Commission is required to submit a report concerning licenses and sports wagering facility licenses, the subject of which includes:

(a) The racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic diversity of licensees and Class B-1 and B-2 sports facility licensees;

(b) The level of market saturation of sports wagering in the State; and

(c) Whether the number of licenses and Class B-1 and B-2 sports wagering facility licenses that may be issued should be increased.

(2) In order to carry out the requirements of §H(1), licensees shall provide information requested by the Commission on or before June 1, 2025.

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