R 432.534a Integrity monitoring and suspicious behavior.

Rule 534a. (1) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must employ personnel responsible for ensuring the proper operation and integrity of fantasy contests and reviewing and addressing all reports of suspicious behavior including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Any person entering or participating in a fantasy contest who is engaging in or attempting to engage in, or who is reasonably suspected of, cheating, theft, embezzlement, collusion, use of funds derived from illegal activity, money laundering, or any other illegal activities. (b) Any person that is reasonably suspected of misrepresenting their identity or using false identification to establish or attempt to establish a fantasy contest player account. (c) Suspected criminal activity related to any aspect of fantasy contests. (d) Any unusual or suspicious fantasy contest activity or patterns that indicate a concern regarding the integrity of a fantasy contest or fantasy contest platform. This includes, but is not limited to, unusual or suspicious fantasy contest activity or patterns that cannot be explained and are indicative of any of the following: (i) Match-fixing. (ii) The manipulation of an athletic event. (iii) Misuse of inside information. (iv) A potential breach of a sports governing body’s internal rules or code of conduct pertaining to fantasy contests. (v) Any other conduct that corrupts the outcome of an athletic event. (e) Any other conduct that corrupts the outcome of a fantasy contest. (f) Any activity or fantasy contests that violate any applicable state or federal law. (2) A licensed management company must promptly notify any affected fantasy contest operators for which it manages day-to-day fantasy contest operations of any suspicious behavior or issues impacting the integrity of fantasy contests. (3) If the board receives information regarding the integrity of athletic events on which fantasy contests are based, the board may, to the extent allowed or provided for in the act and these rules, share the information with a fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, sports governing body, sports team, law enforcement entity, regulatory agency, or other person the board considers appropriate. (4) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must maintain the confidentiality of information provided by a sports governing body to the fantasy contest operator or licensed management company related to suspicious behavior or the integrity of an athletic event, unless disclosure is required by the board, any applicable law, or a lawful order of a court. (5) A fantasy contest operator or licensed management company must maintain records demonstrating its compliance with this rule, including all reports of suspicious behavior and any supporting documentation, for not less than 3 years and must provide the records to the board on request.