Section 18C-914 - Integrity of competition and prohibited events(a) A sports governing body may submit to the Commission in writing a request to restrict, limit, or exclude a certain type, form, or category of sports wagering with respect to sporting events of such body, if the sports governing body believes that such type, form, or category of sports wagering with respect to sporting events of such body may undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of such body or sporting events of such body. The Commission shall request comment from interactive sports wagering operators on all such requests. After giving due consideration to all comments received, the Commission shall, upon a demonstration of good cause from the requestor that such type, form, or category of sports wagering is likely to undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of such body or sporting events of such body, grant the request. The Commission shall respond to a request concerning a particular event before the start of the event, or if it is not feasible to respond before the start of the event, no later than seven days after the request is made. If the Commission determines that the requestor is more likely than not to prevail in successfully demonstrating good cause for its request, the Commission may provisionally grant the request of the sports governing body until the Commission makes a final determination as to whether the requestor has demonstrated good cause. Absent such a provisional grant by the Commission, interactive sports wagering operators may continue to offer sports wagering on sporting events that are the subject of such a request during the pendency of the Commission's consideration of the applicable request.(b) The Commission and interactive sports wagering operators shall cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing bodies or law enforcement agencies, including using commercially reasonable efforts to provide or facilitate the provision of sports wagering information. All disclosures under this section are subject to an interactive sports wagering operator's obligations to comply with all federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including those relating to privacy and personally identifiable information.(c) Interactive sports wagering operators are not required to use official league data for determining any of the following: (1) The results of tier one sports wagers on sporting events of any organization whether headquartered in the United States or elsewhere.(2) The results of tier two sports wagers on sporting events of organizations that are not headquartered in the United States.(d) A sports governing body may notify the Commission that it desires interactive sports wagering operators to use official league data to settle tier two sports wagers on sporting events of such sports governing body. Notification shall be made in the form and manner as the Commission may require. The Commission shall notify each interactive sports wagering operator of a sports governing body's notification within five days of the Commission's receipt of the notification. If a sports governing body does not so notify the Commission, an interactive sports wagering operator is not required to use official league data for determining the results of tier two sports wagers on sporting events of that sports governing body.(e) Within 60 days of the Commission notifying each interactive sports wagering operator of a sports governing body notification to the Commission, or longer period as may be agreed between the sports governing body and the applicable interactive sports wagering operator, interactive sports wagering operators shall use only official league data to determine the results of tier two sports wagers on sporting events of that sports governing body, unless any of the following apply: (1) The sports governing body or its designee cannot provide a feed of official league data to determine the results of a particular type of tier two sports wager, in which case interactive sports wagering operators are not required to use official league data for determining the results of the applicable tier two sports wager until such time as such a data feed becomes available from the sports governing body on commercially reasonable terms and conditions.(2) An interactive sports wagering operator can demonstrate to the Commission that the sports governing body or its designee will not provide a feed of official league data to the interactive sports wagering operator on commercially reasonable terms and conditions.(3) The designee of the sports governing body does not obtain a sports wagering supplier license from the Commission to provide official league data to interactive sports wagering operators to determine the results of tier two sports wagers, if and to the extent required by law.(f) During the pendency of the Commission's determination as to whether a sports governing body or its designee will provide a feed of official league data on commercially reasonable terms, an interactive sports wagering operator is not required to use official league data for determining the results of tier two sports wagers. The Commission's determination shall be made within 60 days of the interactive sports wagering operator notifying the Commission that it desires to demonstrate that the sports governing body or its designees will not provide a feed of official league data to the sports wagering operator on commercially reasonable terms. The following is a non-exclusive list of factors the Commission may consider in evaluating whether official league data is being offered on commercially reasonable terms and conditions for purposes of this subsection and subsections (d) and (e) of this section:(1) The extent to which interactive sports wagering operators have purchased the same or similar official league data on the same or similar terms, particularly in jurisdictions where such purchase was not required by law, or was required by law, but only if offered on commercially reasonable terms.(2) The nature and quantity of the official league data, including its speed, accuracy, reliability, and overall quality, as compared to comparable non-official data.(3) The quality and complexity of the process used to collect and distribute the official league data as compared to comparable non-official data.(4) The availability of a sports governing body's tier two official league data to an interactive sports wagering operator from more than one authorized source.(5) Market information, including price and other terms and conditions, regarding the purchase by interactive sports wagering operators of comparable data for the purpose of settling sports wagers in this State and other jurisdictions.(6) The extent to which sports governing bodies or their designees have made data used to settle tier two sports wagers available to interactive sports wagering operators and any terms and conditions relating to the use of that data.(7) Any other information the Commission deems relevant.(g) Interactive sports wagering operators shall, as soon as practicable, report to the Commission any information relating to abnormal betting activity or patterns that may indicate a concern with the integrity of a sporting event or events, or any other conduct that corrupts a sports wagering outcome of a sporting event or events for purposes of financial gain, including match fixing. The interactive sports wagering operator making such a report shall also simultaneously report such information to the relevant sports governing body.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18C-914
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 42, s. 1, eff. 1/8/2024.