Definitions

Definitions. The terms defined in the Mississippi Gaming Control Act have the same meaning in these regulations as they have in that Act, unless the context otherwise requires. As used in these regulations, the following terms have the following definitions, unless the context requires otherwise. (a) “Act” means the Fantasy Contest Act. (b) “Authorized internet website” means an internet website or any platform operated by a licensed operator. (c) “Commission” means the Mississippi Gaming Commission. (d) “Cash prize” means winnings in the form of cash or cash equivalents and includes credits to a player's account with an operator. (e) “Confidential information” means information related to the play of a fantasy contest by fantasy contest players obtained as a result of or by virtue of a person's employment. (f) “Entry fee” means cash or a cash equivalent that is required to be paid to an operator to participate in a fantasy contest. (g) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. (h) “Fantasy contest” or “contest” means a fantasy or simulated game or contest in which: 1. Winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the players and are determined predominately by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals, including individual athletes in the case of actual sporting events; and 2. Winning outcomes are not based on the score, point spread, or any performance of any single actual sports team or combination of such teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single actual sporting event. (i) “Operator” or “fantasy contest operator” means a person or entity that offers fantasy contests, requires an entry fee, and offers a cash prize. (j) “Highly experienced player” means a person who has either: 1. Entered more than one thousand (1,000) contests offered by a single fantasy contest operator; or 2. Won more than three (3) sports prizes of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) or more from a single fantasy contest operator. (k) “Player” means a person who participates in a fantasy contest offered by an operator. (l) “Prize” means anything of value including, but not limited to, cash or a cash equivalent, contest credits, merchandise, or admission to another contest in which a prize may be awarded. (m) “Registered player” means a person registered pursuant to this section to participate in a fantasy contest on an authorized internet website. (n) “Script” means a list of commands that a fantasy-sports-related computer program can execute to automate processes on a fantasy sports contest platform. (o) “Sporting event” means an athletic game or team competition in which an individual athlete’s performance is used to accumulate statistical results.