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New York Prohibited Participant

Persons prohibited from engaging in sports wagering activities include:
  1. Any individual placing a mobile sports wager as an agent or proxy;
  2. Any person identified to the New York Sports Gaming Commission by a sports governing body that the Commission agrees is a person who should be a prohibited sports bettor;
  3. Any principal, key employee or casino gaming employee of a casino and its affiliates, except as may be permitted by the New York Sports Gaming Commission;
  4. Any non-gaming employee at the casino that hosts the server or other equipment of a mobile sports wagering licensee;
  5. Any contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, or officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, of a casino sports wagering licensee if such person is directly involved in the operation or observation of sports wagering, or the processing of sports wagering claims or payments;
  6. Any employee of a mobile sports wagering licensee and its affiliates, except as may be permitted by the New York Sports Gaming Commission;
  7. Any contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, or officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, of a mobile sports wagering licensee if such person is directly involved in the operation or observation of mobile sports wagering, or the processing of mobile sports wagering claims or payments;
  8. Any person subject to a contract with the New York State Gaming Commission if such contract contains a provision prohibiting such person from participating in sports wagering;
  9. Any spouse, child, sibling or parent residing in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons where the foregoing person is prohibited from participating in mobile sports wagering;
  10. Any officer or employee of the New York State Gaming Commission;
  11. Any minor; and
  12. Any person on any exclusion list.

In addition, any person whose participation may undermine the integrity of wagering on a sports event or the conduct of such sports event itself is prohibited from wagering on such sports event. This includes:

  1. Any athlete, player, coach, referee or other game official, physician, trainer, sports agent, owner or employee or independent contractor of a team, player union and umpire union personnel, and employee, referee, coach or official of a sports governing body, team employee or governing body employee, in any sports event overseen by such person’s sports governing body;
  2. Any athlete whose performance may be used to determine, in whole or in part, the outcome of mobile sports wagering;
  3. Any person with access to material, non-public confidential information about a sports event that is the subject of such wagering; and
  4. Any person who holds a position of authority or influence sufficient to exert influence over the participants in a sports event that is the subject of a mobile sports wager.