{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-230.805","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 230.805","heading":"Racing and gaming corporation to institute system of sports wagering --","body":"Service providers -- Requirements -- Sports wagering account registration --\nLimitation on accounts -- Administrative regulations.\n(1) The corporation shall ins titute a system of sports wagering in conformance with\nfederal law, this chapter, and by administrative regulations promulgated under the\nauthority of KRS 230.215.\n(2) Sports wagering shall not be offered in this state except as authorized by this\nsection and KRS 230.811. A track that holds a license to operate sports wagering\nmay contract with sports wagering service providers to conduct or manage sports\nwagering operations as authorized by this chapter. Sports wagering may be\nprovided at a licensed facili ty for sports wagering or online through a website or\nmobile application. The licensed facility for sports wagering or a sports wagering\nservice provider may provide sports wagering through a website or mobile interface\nas approved by the corporation. The corporation may provide temporary licenses to\nlicensed facilities for sports wagering or sports wagering service providers, if the\ncorporation deems that the information submitted by them is sufficient to determine\nthe applicant's suitability. The corporat ion may promulgate administrative\nregulations to establish the suitability for temporary and ordinary license\napplications for licensed facilities for sports wagering, sports wagering service\nproviders, and any related parties.\n(3) Sports wagering licensee s and service providers that accept wagers online via\nwebsites and mobile applications shall impose the following requirements:\n(a) Prior to placing a wager online via websites or mobile applications operated\nby either a sports wagering licensee or a servi ce provider, a patron shall\nregister the patron's sports wagering account with the operating sports\nwagering licensee or service provider either in person at a licensed facility for\nsports wagering or remotely through the service provider's website or mobi le\napplication;\n(b) 1. The registration process shall include attestation that the patron meets\nthe requirements to place a wager with a sports wagering licensee or\nservice provider in this state.\n2. Prior to verification of a patron's identity, a sports w agering licensee or\nservice provider shall not allow the patron to engage in sports wagering,\nmake a deposit, or process a withdrawal via the patron's sports wagering\naccount.\n3. A sports wagering licensee or service provider shall implement\ncommercially a nd technologically reasonable procedures to prevent\naccess to sports wagering by any person under the age of twenty -one\n(21):\na. At a licensed facility; and\nb. Online via website or mobile application.\n4. A sports wagering licensee or service provider may use information\nobtained from third parties to verify that a person is authorized to open\nan account, place wagers, and make deposits and withdrawals;\n(c) A sports wagering licensee or service provider sha ll adopt an account\nregistration policy to ensure that all patrons are authorized to place a wager\nwith a sports wagering licensee or service provider within the Commonwealth\nof Kentucky. This policy shall include, without limitation, a mechanism by\nwhich to:\n1. Verify the name and age of the patron;\n2. Verify that the patron is not prohibited from placing a wager; and\n3. Obtain the following information:\na. A physical address other than a post office box;\nb. A phone number;\nc. A unique user name; and\nd. An email account;\n(d) A sports wagering licensee or service provider shall use all commercially and\ntechnologically reasonable means to ensure that each patron is limited to one\n(1) account with that service provider in the Commonwealth, but nothing in\nthis paragraph restricts a patron from holding other sports wagering accounts\nin other jurisdictions;\n(e) A sports wagering licensee or service provider, in addition to complying with\nstate and federal law pertaining to the protection of the private, personal\ninformation of patrons, shall use all other commercially and technologically\nreasonable means to protect this information consistent with industry\nstandards;\n(f) A sports wagering licensee or service provider shall use all commercially and\ntechnologically reasonable means to verify the identity of the patron making a\ndeposit or withdrawal;\n(g) A sports wagering licensee or service provider shall utilize geolocation or\ngeofencing technology to ensure that wagers are only accepted from patrons\nwho are physically located in the Commonwealth. A sports wagering licensee\nor service provider shall maintain in this state its servers used to transmit\ninformation for purposes of accepting or paying out wagers on a sporting\nevent placed by patrons in this state;\n(h) A patron may fund the patron's account using any acceptable form of payment\nor advance deposit method, which shall include the use of cash, cash\nequivalents, credit cards, debit cards, automated clearing house, other\nelectronic methods, and any other form of payment authorized by the\ncorporation; and\n(i) The corporation may enter into agreements with other jurisdictions or entities\nto facilitate, administer, and regulate multijurisdictional sports betting by\nsports betting operators to the extent that entering  into the agreement is\nconsistent with state and federal laws and the sports betting agreement is\nconducted only in the United States.\n(4) A track may contract with no more than three (3) service providers at a time to\nconduct and manage services and techn ology which support the operation of sports\nbetting both on the track and online via websites and mobile applications. The\nwebsite or mobile application used to offer sports betting shall be offered only\nunder the same brand as the track or that of the ser vice provider contracted with the\ntrack, or both.\n(5) (a) A track or service provider through an agreement with a licensed track shall\nnot offer sports wagering until the corporation has issued a sports wagering\nlicense to the track, except for temporary l icenses authorized under KRS\n230.814.\n(b) A track or association, or service provider through an agreement with a\nlicensed track, shall not offer fixed -odds wagering until the corporation has\nissued a supplemental fixed-odds wagering license to the track.\n(6) (a) A track licensed under KRS 230.811 may offer sports wagering at a facility\nthat meets the definition of \"track\" in KRS 230.210.\n(b) A simulcast facility may offer sports wagering through an agreement with a\ntrack by using any of that track's already established service providers.\n(7) (a) As used in this subsection, \"minimum bet limit\":\n1. Means the amount a bettor can win, not how much can be staked or\ncollected; and\n2. Includes that the minimum bet limit must be accepted by bookmakers on\nall fixed-odds wagers.\n(b) A track or association licensed under this chapter may conduct fixed -odds\nwagering on horse racing with or without a service provider.\n(c) A track or association or service provider licensed under this chapter shall\nhave a mandatory minimum bet limit of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000)\nper race.\n(d) The betting menu shall be determined by the host track.\n(8) (a) As used in this subsecti on, \"proposition bet\" means a wager on the\nperformance statistics of an individual athlete.\n(b) A sports wagering licensee or service provider shall not offer or accept any\nproposition bets on an individual performance statistic on athletes\nparticipating i n collegiate sporting events for a collegiate team located in\nKentucky if the successful outcome of the wager is contingent upon the\nathlete failing to meet a specified statistical threshold or experiencing a\nnegative performance outcome.\n(9) (a) As used in this subsection:\n1. \"Affiliate\" means an entity that is owned or controlled in whole or in\npart by the licensee; and\n2. \"Beneficial interest\" means participation in the proceeds of prediction\nmarkets or events contracts either as a licensee or operator o f the\nproceeds or an entity that receives prediction market or events contracts\nproceeds in any capacity.\n(b) A track or association that holds a license to conduct horse racing, sports\nwagering, or a licensee offering fantasy contests under this chapter o r its\naffiliate shall not participate in or contract with platforms that offer events\ncontracts through a prediction market in the Commonwealth of Kentucky or\nhave a beneficial interest in the proceeds of prediction markets in the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky.\n(c) A track or association licensed to conduct horse racing, sports wagering, or a\nlicensee offering fantasy contests under this chapter or its affiliate or an entity\nin which it has a beneficial interest shall not contract with a licensed sports\nwagering service provider that:\n1. Offers sports events contracts through a prediction market in the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky; or\n2. Owns, rents, licenses, advertises, operates, is partnered or affiliated\nwith, or has a beneficial interest in, an entity that makes  available to its\nusers in any form a sports prediction market in the Commonwealth of\nKentucky.\n(d) A track or association licensed to conduct horse racing, sports wagering, or a\nlicensee offering fantasy contests under this chapter, its affiliate, or an e ntity\nin which it has a beneficial interest shall not contract with an entity offering\nsports event contracts or a sports prediction market in Kentucky.\n(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) to (d) of this subsection, a track or association\nlicensed to conduc t horse racing, sports wagering, or a licensee offering\nfantasy contests under this chapter found to have violated this section shall\nhave twelve (12) months to cure the violation without any additional penalty\nimposed by the corporation. If the violation is not cured within twelve (12)\nmonths of the violation, the corporation may take administrative action.\n(10) Notwithstanding subsection (9) of this section, this chapter shall not prohibit the\ncorporation or the Department of Revenue from promulgating adm inistrative\nregulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to regulate the conduct or activity\nof prediction markets in the Commonwealth in accordance with applicable federal\nlaw.\n(11) If a track or association holds two (2) or more licenses, only the spec ific license or\nlicensee for which the track or association has violated the terms shall be subject to\nsuspension or revocation or the applicable penalties.\n(12) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a licensed sports wagering\nservice provider or a track or association licensed to conduct horse racing or sports\nwagering or a licensee offering fantasy contests under this chapter from offering\nadvance deposit account wagering as defined in KRS 230.210.","path":["KRS Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58110","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:47Z","sha256":"004f3d07ac1aea10eb6f8f86af31ac09868a354a49c2c25f623839b1f81ea32a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-230.804","next":"us-ky/krs-230.808"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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