R 432.532h
R 432.532h Duty of fantasy contest operators and licensed management companies.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 432.532h
Rule 532h. (1) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must adopt
commercially reasonable procedures and internal controls to prevent a person from
establishing a fantasy contest player account if the person is prohibited from establishing a
fantasy contest player account under R 432.532a to R 432.532g, subject to both of the
following:
(a) If an individual has a fantasy contest player account at the time of exclusion under
R 432.532c, the fantasy contest player account and funds in the account must be addressed
as follows:
(i) The fantasy contest player account must be suspended, closed, or otherwise
restricted so that no further deposits can be made and no further fantasy contest entries can
be submitted until such time as the exclusion is no longer in effect.
(ii) Any funds remaining in the fantasy contest player account must be returned to
the individual or seized as directed by the board.
(b) If an individual has a fantasy contest player account at the time of self-restriction
under R 432.532d, the fantasy contest player account and funds in the account must be
addressed as follows:
(i) The fantasy contest player account must be suspended, closed, or otherwise
restricted so that no further deposits can be made and no further fantasy contest entries can
be submitted until such time as the self-restriction is no longer in effect.
(ii) The individual must be allowed to withdraw all funds in the fantasy contest
player account, except as otherwise provided in these rules or any other applicable state or
federal law.
(2) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must adopt
commercially reasonable procedures and internal controls to prevent a person from
entering or participating in any fantasy contest the person is prohibited from entering or
participating in under R 432.532a to R 432.532g, or from entering or participating in a
fantasy contest in any other manner in violation of R 432.532a to R 432.532g, subject to
both of the following:
(a) If an individual previously submitted fantasy contest entries that are pending at the
time of exclusion under R 432.532c, the fantasy contest entries must be cancelled. The
corresponding entry fees must be refunded to the individual or seized as directed by the
board.
(b) If an individual previously submitted fantasy contest entries that are pending at the
time of self-restriction under R 432.532d, the fantasy contest entries must be cancelled and
the corresponding entry fees must be refunded to the individual.
(3) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must take the
following action regarding any person that knowingly establishes a fantasy contest player
account or enters or participates in a fantasy contest in any manner in violation of R
432.532a to R 432.532g:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of this subrule, the fantasy contest
operator or licensed management company must do all of the following, as applicable:
(i) Suspend the person’s fantasy contest player account for a period considered
appropriate by the fantasy contest operator or licensed management company.
(ii) Cancel any fantasy contest entries submitted by the person for any fantasy
contest the person is prohibited from entering or participating in or that were submitted in
any other manner in violation of R 432.532a to R 432.532g. The corresponding entry fees
must be seized by the fantasy contest operator or licensed management company.
(iii) Seize from the person any prizes or awards obtained from entering or
participating in fantasy contests the person is prohibited from entering or participating in
or that were obtained from entering or participating in fantasy contests in any other manner
in violation of R 432.532a to R 432.532g.
(b) If a fantasy contest operator or licensed management company detects or is
notified that a prohibited person established or used a fantasy contest player account or
entered or participated in a fantasy contest in violation of these rules, the fantasy contest
operator or licensed management company must do all of the following:
(i) Suspend and immediately prohibit access to the fantasy contest player account
established by the prohibited person or used by the prohibited person to submit any fantasy
contest entry or entries or participate in any fantasy contest. Any funds remaining in the
fantasy contest player account must be seized by the fantasy contest operator or licensed
management company.
(ii) Cancel any fantasy contest entries that were submitted by the prohibited person
and are pending at the time the fantasy contest operator or licensed management company
detects or is notified that the person is a prohibited person. The corresponding entry fees
must be seized by the fantasy contest operator or licensed management company.
(iii) Seize from the prohibited person any prizes or awards obtained from entering
or participating in fantasy contests in violation of these rules.
(iv) Maintain records related to the incident and all action taken under this
subdivision. The fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must provide
a written notice to the board, by the fifteenth day of each month, summarizing all incidents
and action taken under this subdivision during the previous month.
(c) The action may include any other action considered appropriate by the fantasy
contest operator or licensed management company or directed by the board, which may
include, but is not limited to, temporarily or permanently restricting the person’s ability
to enter or participate in fantasy contests offered by the fantasy contest operator or licensed
management company.
(4) The procedures and internal controls of a fantasy contest operator or licensed
management company must contain procedures for both of the following:
(a) The maintenance of sufficient information about any fantasy contest player’s or
other person’s activity, such that if a fantasy contest player or other person is discovered
to be using a fantasy contest player account or entering or participating in fantasy contests
in a fraudulent manner or in any other manner in violation of these rules, the fantasy
contest operator or licensed management company and the board have all necessary
information to take appropriate action.
(b) The processing of any prizes, awards, entry fees, and other amounts seized from
a person under this rule.
(5) For purposes of this rule, a fantasy contest entry is considered pending if the outcome
of the fantasy contest in which the fantasy contest entry was entered has not yet been
determined.