Code of Massachusetts Regulations
205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION
Title 205 CMR 238.00 - Additional Uniform Standards of Accounting Procedures and Internal Controls for Sports Wagering
Section 238.01 - Definitions

As used in 205 CMR 238.00, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Cash means currency or coin.

Cash Equivalent means a certified check, cashier's check, treasurer's check, personal check, travelers' check, money order, or other instrument as specified by the Commission.

Check means as defined in M.G.L. c. 106, §§ 3 through 104.

Chief Sports Wagering Executive means the individual responsible for the daily conduct of a Sports Wagering Operator's business. Unless the Chief Sports Wagering Executive also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Wagering Operator, the Chief Sports Wagering Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Wagering Operator.

Confidential Information means information related to a Sports Wagering Account, the placing of any Wager or any other sensitive information related to the operation of Sports Wagering including the amount credited to, debited from, withdrawn from, or present in any particular Sports Wagering Account; the amount of money Wagered by a particular patron on any event or series of events; the unique patron ID or username and authentication credentials that identify the patron; the identities of particular Sporting Events on which the patron is Wagering or has Wagered; or the location from which the patron is Wagering, has Wagered, or has accessed their Sports Wagering Account. Confidential Information may also include Personally Identifiable Information.

Personally Identifiable Information means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular patron, individual or household. Personally Identifiable Information includes, but is not limited to, Personal Information as that phrase is defined in M.G.L. c. 93H and 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth. Personally Identifiable Information may also include Confidential Information.

Segregated Account means a financial account that segregates funds owned by patrons and that is restricted to funds owned by patrons in the United States, and not comingled with the Sports Wagering Operator's operational funds.

Sports Wagering Counter means any a window in a structure approved by the Commission within a Gaming Establishment or Sports Wagering Facility from which a Ticket Writer conducts Sports Wagering transactions.

Ticket Writer means a person assigned the responsibility for the operation of a Ticket Writer Station.

Ticket Writer Station means a point of sale used by a Ticket Writer for the execution or formalization of Sports Wagers placed on behalf of a patron.