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CHAPTER 215
HB 480-FN - FINAL VERSION
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game bets, teaser bets, parlays, over-under bets, money line bets, pools, exchange wagering, in game
wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets, and straight bets.
XVI. "Tier I sports wager" means a sports wager that is placed before the start of the sports
event and is determined solely by the final score or final outcome of that single sports event.
XVII. "Tier IT sports wager" means an in-play sports wager.
XVIII. "Tier III sports wager" means a sports wager that is neither a tier I or tier IT wager.
287-1:2 Sports Book Authorized. The commission is authorized to operate a sports book for the
purposes of accepting and paying sports wagers by authorized bettors within the state in
conformance with the requirements of this chapter.
287-I:3 Commission Agents. The commission shall conduct sports books for sports wagering
through agents selected through a competitive bid process and approved by the governor and
executive council. Any such contract shall be based on the state receiving a percentage of revenue
from sports wagering activities within the state. The commission shall ensure that an agent
demonstrates financial stability, responsibility, good character, honesty, and integrity. In selecting
an agent, the commission shall consider, at a minimum, the experience and background of the agent,
the agent’s ability to serve proposed locations for sports book retail operations, the agent’s mobile
and Internet capabilities, the agent’s contribution to economic development within the state, the
agent's commitment to prevention of problem gambling, to responsible gaming, and to integrity in
betting. The commission shall select a group of bidders who best meet the criteria set forth in this
paragraph and select from that group the agents whose bids provide the state with the highest
percentage of revenue from the sports wagering activities covered by the bids, provided that the
commission determines that the bidder's commitment. to return said revenue percentage to the state
is consistent with the bidder’s commitment to meet all other criteria specified in the bid request and
in applicable law. All agents shall be subject to criminal and financial background checks as
prescribed by the commission.
287-I:4 Commission Directed Sports Wagering. The commission is further authorized to directly
offer lottery games to authorized bettors within the state in the form of tier III sports wagers
through the commission’s lottery retailers subject to the provisions of this chapter. The commission
may retain vendors to support the commission in operating a sports book and such vendors shall be
selected through a competitive bid process and approved by the governor and executive council.
287-1:5 Sports Book Retail Operations. The commission and its agents are further authorized to
operate physical sports book retail locations within the state for the purposes of accepting tier I and
tier II] sports wagers from authorized bettors and paying prizes relating to those wagers. The sports
book retail locations may be co-located with other commercial businesses or general commercial
retail locations. No more than 10 sports book retail locations may be in operation at any given time.
287-1:6 Local Option for Operation of Sports Book Retail Locations.
