Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming
Section 3775.13 | Persons Prohibited From Participating in Sports Gaming.

Effective: March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No individual who is on the Ohio casino control commission's sports gaming exclusion list created under section 3772.031 of the Revised Code shall enter a sports gaming facility or the grounds of a sports gaming facility or participate in the play or operation of sports gaming in this state. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent an individual who is on the commission's sports gaming exclusion list from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor.
(B)(1) A sports gaming proprietor may exclude any individual from entering a sports gaming facility, or the grounds of a sports gaming facility, that is under the control of the sports gaming proprietor and may exclude any individual from participating in the play or operation of sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. The sports gaming proprietor shall keep a list of all excluded individuals. No individual who is on a sports gaming proprietor's exclusion list shall enter a sports gaming facility, or the grounds of a sports gaming facility, that is under the control of the sports gaming proprietor or participate in the play or operation of sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor under this chapter.
(2) If a sports gaming proprietor excludes an individual because the sports gaming proprietor determines that the individual engaged or attempted to engage in any sports gaming related activity that is prohibited under this chapter or under the commission's rules, the sports gaming proprietor shall report that fact to the Ohio casino control commission.
(C)(1) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person who is participating in the sports gaming voluntary exclusion program from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor.
(2) Absent gross negligence, all of the following persons are immune from any type of civil liability on the basis that a person who is participating in the sports gaming voluntary exclusion program enters or accesses a sports gaming facility or participates in sports gaming conducted under this chapter:
(a) The commission or any other agency of this state and its agents or employees;
(b) A sports gaming licensee and its agents or employees.
(D) No sports gaming proprietor, no director, officer, agent, or employee of a sports gaming proprietor, no other person who has a financial interest in a sports gaming proprietor, and no person living in the same household as any of those persons, shall engage in any sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor, other than as part of operating sports gaming or as part of the employee's employment. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent those persons, and any other person who has access to confidential information held by the sports gaming proprietor, from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor.
(E) No member or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission shall knowingly participate in sports gaming conducted by a sports gaming proprietor in this state or participate in sports gaming with any person or entity located outside this state that is directly or indirectly owned or operated by a sports gaming proprietor. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent such a person from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor.
(F)(1) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person involved in a sporting event with respect to which sports gaming is permitted from engaging in any sports gaming with the sports gaming proprietor, based on publicly available information and any information provided by a sports governing body under division (F)(2) of this section.
(2) The Ohio casino control commission shall adopt rules specifying a procedure for a sports governing body to provide to the commission a list of persons who are involved in sporting events, including those persons' full legal names, dates of birth, and social security numbers, for the purpose of preventing those persons from engaging in sports gaming. The commission shall make the list available to each sports gaming proprietor and to the state lottery commission. The Ohio casino control commission, the state lottery commission, and each sports gaming proprietor shall keep the information in the list confidential.
(3) For purposes of division (F) of this section, a person is considered to be involved in a sporting event if the person is an athlete, participant, coach, referee, team owner, or sports governing body with respect to the sporting event; any agent or employee of such an athlete, participant, coach, referee, team owner, or sports governing body; and any agent or employee of an athlete, participant, or referee union with respect to the sporting event.
(G) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person from placing a wager with the sports gaming proprietor on behalf of another person.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM