(1) Proxy servers.
Fantasy sports operators shall not allow fantasy sports players to use proxy
servers for the purpose of misrepresenting their identity or location in order
to engage in fantasy sports contests.
(2) Location verification. In order to
prevent the unauthorized use of a player's account, a fantasy sports operator
offering daily fantasy sports contests must use technologically and
commercially reasonable measures to reasonably detect the physical location of
a player attempting to access his or her account and to monitor for
simultaneous logins to a single account from geographically inconsistent
locations. A fantasy sports operator may use a third party to provide these
location services.
(a) The geolocation service
or application must be able to perform as follows:
1. Detect location notwithstanding the use of
a proxy server;
2. Detect location
when routing through a Virtual Private Network (VPN);
3. Use GPS data when the player seeks access
from a mobile device or network and prohibit users from entering contests or
depositing funds if GPS is not turned on;
4. Check location each time the player
attempts to enter a contest or make a deposit;
5. Utilize a mechanism to alert the fantasy
sports operator if an account is being accessed from geographically
inconsistent locations. For example, technology that alerts the fantasy sports
operator that login locations were identified that would be impossible to
travel between in the time reported.
(b) The fantasy sports operator should
implement procedures to disable account access if the fantasy sports operator
receives information that an account is being accessed from a location that
indicates that there is a likelihood of unauthorized or improper
access.
(3) Scripts. A
fantasy sports operator shall not permit the use of unauthorized scripts that
give players an unfair advantage over other players in fantasy sports contests
and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to monitor for and prevent the
use of such scripts.
(a) Authorized scripts
shall be programs or scripts that are incorporated as a game feature and shall
be clearly and conspicuously published and thereby made available to all
players.
(b) A script that is not
authorized under section (a) will be deemed to offer an unfair advantage over
other players, for reasons including, but not limited to, its potential use to:
1. Facilitate entry of multiple contests with
a single line-up;
2. Facilitate
changes in many line-ups at one time;
3. Facilitate use of commercial products
designed and distributed by third parties to identify advantageous game
strategies; or
4. Gather
information about the performance of others for the purpose of identifying or
entering contests against daily fantasy sports players who are less likely to
be successful.
(c) A
fantasy sports operator may prohibit the use of any and all scripts.
