Code of Massachusetts Regulations
205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION
Title 205 CMR 248.00 - Sports Wagering Account Management
Section 248.03 - Account Registration
Universal Citation: 205 MA Code of Regs 205.248
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(1) Any Person registering for a Sports Wagering Account shall provide Personally Identifiable Information to the Sports Wagering Operator. That information shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) Full legal
name;
(b) Date of birth;
(c) Physical address of the Person's
principal residence, which address shall not be a post office box;
(d) Social Security Number, or the last four
digits of the Social Security Number, or an equivalent Federal Identification
Number for a noncitizen patron, such as a passport or taxpayer identification
number;
(e) A telephone number for
the patron; and
(f) Any other
information sufficient to verify the registrant's identity and to prove the
registrant is at least 21 years old.
(2) During the registration process, the registrant shall:
(a) Not be permitted to
register for a Sports Wagering Account if they submit a birth date which
indicates that they are younger than 21 years old;
(b) Be informed on the account application
which information fields are "required," which are not, and the consequences of
not filling in the "required" fields;
(c) Be required to agree to the terms and
conditions and privacy policies of the Sports Wagering Operator;
(d) Be required to acknowledge that they are
prohibited from allowing any other person to access or use their Sports
Wagering Account;
(e) Be required
to consent to the monitoring and recording of the use of their Sports Wagering
Account by the Sports Wagering Operator and the Commission; and
(f) Be required to affirm that the Personally
Identifiable Information provided in accordance with
205
CMR 248.03(1) is
accurate.
(3) For each Sports Wagering Account, the Sports Wagering Operator must establish and maintain an electronic patron file, which must, at a minimum, include the following for each patron:
(a) Unique patron
ID and, if different from the patron ID, the patron's username;
(b) The information provided in accordance
with 205 CMR 248.03(1)
to register the patron and create the Sports
Wagering Account;
(c) The date and
method of identity verification, including, where applicable, the document
number of the government issued identification credential examined and its date
of expiration, if applicable, or, if a government issued identification
credential is not required for registration, the electronic record documenting
the process used to confirm the patron's identity;
(d) The date of the patron's agreements to
the terms and conditions and privacy policies, including those in
205
CMR 248.06, and the date of the patron's
agreement, acknowledgment, consent, and affirmation in accordance with
205
CMR 248.03(2)(c) through
(f);
(e) Account details and current balance,
including any incentive credits, provided, that all restricted wagering credits
and unrestricted funds that may expire shall be maintained
separately;
(f) The date on, and
method by which, the Sports Wagering Account was registered;
(g) Every date on, time at which, and IP
address from which the Sports Wagering Account is accessed;
(h) If the account is active, the debit
instrument used to fund the account, the accountholder's name, and whether the
debit instrument accountholder's name matches that of the patron, unless
impossible; and
(i) The current
status of the Sports Wagering Account (e.g., active, dormant,
closed, suspended, excluded, etc.).
(4) The following information maintained as part of the electronic patron file shall be stored in encrypted form and protected in accordance with all provisions of 205 CMR regarding data privacy and security:
(a) The patron's social security
number, taxpayer identification number, passport number, other government
identification number(s), or portion(s) thereof;
(b) The patron's password(s), PIN(s), or
other authentication credential(s); and
(c) The patron's debit instrument number(s),
debit card number(s), bank account number(s) or other personal financial
information.
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