{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-621.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 36-621.02","heading":"Rules and regulations governing conduct of sports wagering.","body":"(a)\nTo ensure fair and honest play in sports wagering and to protect the economic welfare and interests of the District and participants of sports wagering, the CFO, or delegate, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of sports wagering, which shall include the following:\n(1)\nAcceptance of wagers on a sports event or a series of sports events;\n(2)\nMaximum wagers that may be accepted by an operator from any one individual or on a sports event;\n(3)\nType of wagering tickets that may be used;\n(4)\nMethod of issuing tickets;\n(5)\nMethod of accounting to be used by an operator;\n(6)\nRequirements relating to how fees and taxes are to be remitted, including whether the fees and taxes shall be required to be remitted electronically;\n(7)\nMethods of age verification;\n(8)\nPosting of house rules;\n(9)\nPlayer exclusion requirements;\n(10)\nFacilities to be used by operators;\n(11)\nTypes of records that shall be required to be maintained;\n(12)\nUse of credit and checks;\n(13)\nType of system for sports wagering;\n(14)\nProtections for an individual placing a wager;\n(15)\nRequirements for training the employees of an operator concerning compulsive and problem gambling, and for displaying on an operator's website and sports wagering facility information about available programs to prevent, treat, or monitor compulsive or problem gambling;\n(16)\nAdvertising guidelines, including specific language concerning minors; and\n(17)\nReporting of the sources of data that operators use to resolve sports wagers.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nThe Office shall establish internal control standards for the administration of sports wagering, sports wagering equipment and systems, or other items used to conduct sports wagering, as well as maintenance of financial records and other required records.\n(2)\nThe Office shall solicit input from the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on suggestions for regulations to minimize underage drinking and sports wagering by visibly intoxicated patrons at a designated sports wagering facility.\n\n(c)\nSports wagering shall occur only over mobile or online applications or in the specific locations within a designated sports wagering facility that have been approved by the Office; provided, that the applications or locations may be modified or relocated pursuant to regulation.\n\n(d)\nMobile or online sports wagering shall be operated only by a Class A sports wagering operator or its management services provider or a Class C sports wagering operator or its management services provider and the licensees shall accept only mobile or online sports wagers from persons physically located in the District of Columbia.\n\n(e)\nConsistent with the intent of the United States Congress as articulated in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, approved October 13, 2006 (120 Stat. 1952; 31 U.S.C. § 5361 et seq.), the intermediate routing of electronic data relating sports wagering authorized under this subchapter shall not determine the location or locations in which such wagers are initiated and received.\".\n\n(f)\nA Class A sports wagering operator or its management services provider, or a Class C sports wagering operator or its management services provider, shall be permitted to begin offering mobile or online sports betting to persons physically located in the District of Columbia as of July 15, 2024; provided, that it holds a license or temporary license. Such operator or provider shall be permitted to offer a mobile sports wagering platform and wagering markets consistent with those it offers in another jurisdiction in which it is licensed in the United States.","path":["Title 36. Trade Practices.","Chapter 6. Lottery, Gaming, and Sports Wagering.","Subchapter II. Sports Wagering."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/36-621.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9f454fab842b036de60fb304c4fffe9c9fb0602a49c38c80fb547a94c5c5ed30","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-621.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-621.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}