205 CMR 238.01
Definitions
As used in 205 CMR 238.00, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Cash means currency or coin.
Cash Equivalent means a certified check, cashier's check, treasurer's check, personal check,
travelers' check, money order, or other instrument as specified by the Commission.
Check means as defined in M.G.L. c. 106, ยงยง 3 through 104.
Chief Sports Wagering Executive means the individual responsible for the daily conduct of a
Sports Wagering Operator's business. Unless the Chief Sports Wagering Executive also serves
as the Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Wagering Operator, the Chief Sports Wagering
Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Wagering Operator.
Confidential Information means information related to a Sports Wagering Account, the placing
of any Wager or any other sensitive information related to the operation of Sports Wagering
including the amount credited to, debited from, withdrawn from, or present in any particular
Sports Wagering Account; the amount of money Wagered by a particular patron on any event
or series of events; the unique patron ID or username and authentication credentials that identify
the patron; the identities of particular Sporting Events on which the patron is Wagering or has
Wagered; or the location from which the patron is Wagering, has Wagered, or has accessed their
Sports Wagering Account. Confidential Information may also include Personally Identifiable
Information.
Personally Identifiable Information means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is
reasonablycapable of being associated with, or could reasonablybe linked, directlyor indirectly,
with a particular patron, individual or household. Personally Identifiable Information includes,
but is not limited to, Personal Information as that phrase is defined in M.G.L. c. 93H and
201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the
Commonwealth. PersonallyIdentifiableInformation mayalso include Confidential Information.
Segregated Account means a financial account that segregates funds owned by patrons and that
is restricted to funds owned by patrons in the United States, and not comingled with the Sports
Wagering Operator's operational funds.
Sports Wagering Counter means any a window in a structure approved by the Commission
within a Gaming Establishment or Sports Wagering Facility from which a Ticket Writer
conducts Sports Wagering transactions.
Sports Wagering Liability means the amounts accepted by the Sports Wagering Operator on
Sports Wagers whose outcomes have not been determined and amounts owed but unpaid on
winning Sports Wagering tickets or vouchers.
Ticket Writer means a person assigned the responsibility for the operation of a Ticket Writer
Station.
Ticket Writer Station means a point of sale used by a Ticket Writer for the execution or
formalization of Sports Wagers placed on behalf of a patron.