Age and Identity Verification

(1) No Sports Wagering Operator shall allow any individual who is either younger than 21 years old, or is a prohibited person, as defined in 205 CMR 238.33(1), to create a Sports Wagering Account. 205 CMR 248.04 shall not be construed to prevent a restricted patron, as defined in 205 CMR 238.32, from creating a Sports Wagering Account and depositing funds to such an account. (2) The Sports Wagering Operator shall employ electronic verification at the time of account establishment with respect to each patron's name, date of birth and Social Security number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number, or other Federal Identification Number, by a Commission-approved national independent reference company or another independent technology approved by the Commission which meets or exceeds the reliability, security, accuracy, privacy and timeliness provided by individual reference service companies. (3) The Sports Wagering Operator shall refuse to establish an account if it finds that any of the information supplied is untrue or incomplete. (4) The Sports Wagering Operator shall at the time of account establishment, utilize identity authentication questions that require a patron to provide information known only to the patron through security questions, unless an alternate method of authentication is approved by the Commission. (5) A Sports Wagering Operator must document and use commercially reasonable standards to confirm that an individual attempting to create a Sports Wagering Account is not a prohibited Person. (6) Upon developing reasonable suspicion that the patron's identification has been compromised, a Sports Wagering Operator must re-verify the patron's identification immediately.