16-633-38 Me. Code R. § 1

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 633-38-1 - Fantasy Contestant Accounts
1. Fantasy contestant accounts on the fantasy operator's platform must be secured against invalid access or updates using methods approved by the director.
2. All deposit, withdrawal, transfer or adjustment transactions are to be maintained in an audit log.
3. A deposit into a fantasy contestant account made via a credit card transaction or other methods which can produce a sufficient audit trail must not be available for participation until such time as the funds are received from the issuer or the issuer provides an authorization number indicating that the funds are authorized.
4. Positive fantasy contestant identification. A fantasy contest operator shall use commercially and technologically reasonable means to independently verify the identity of the individual before the withdrawal of any monies held by the fantasy contest operator can be made.
5. An account is considered to be inactive if the fantasy contestant has not logged into the account for at least three (3) years. The fantasy contest operator's published Terms and Conditions must address how the operator will handle any remaining funds in inactive accounts. Inactive accounts containing fantasy contestant funds must be protected against unauthorized access or withdrawal.
6. Fantasy operators must have in place redundancies or other data-recovery protections enabling them to recover records of monetary transactions.
7. Payments from an account are to be paid (including funds transfer) directly to an account with a financial institution in the name of the fantasy contestant or made payable to the fantasy contestant and forwarded to the fantasy contestant's address or through another method that is not prohibited by Federal or State law. The name and address are to be the name and address as held in fantasy contestant registration details.
8. A fantasy contest operator must have in place security or authorization procedures to ensure that only authorized adjustments can be made to fantasy contestant accounts.
9. It shall not be possible to transfer funds between two fantasy contestant accounts.

16-633 C.M.R. ch. 38, § 1