Section 20. Authorization to conduct account wagering

A. No person shall conduct account wagering in the Commonwealth unless he has applied for and has been granted an account wagering license by the commission. No account wagering license shall be granted by the commission unless the applicant meets the criteria specified in §§ 59.1-369 and 59.1-392.1 of the Code of Virginia and these regulations.

B. An account wagering license shall be valid for the calendar year in which it is issued.

C. An application shall include, on a form prescribed by the commission, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all officers and directors. It shall solicit the same information for an account wagering license, to the extent relevant, as required for an unlimited license as specified in 11VAC10-20-30 (Applicant's affidavit), 11VAC10-20-40 (Disclosure of ownership and control), 11VAC10-20-50 (Disclosure of character information), and subdivision 1 of 11VAC10-20-80 (Disclosure of financial resources) of the commission's regulations with the following modifications:

1. The first paragraph of the applicant's affidavit shall state that the application is made for a license to conduct account wagering in the Commonwealth;

2. The applicant must disclose any agreements or understandings that the applicant or any individual or entity identified pursuant to 11VAC10-20-40 has entered into with a person or persons other than the applicant regarding ownership or operation of the applicant and must provide copies of any such agreements or understandings with the application; and

3. The disclosure of character information that is required by 11VAC10-20-50 must be made if the applicant, any individual or entity that owns a 5.0% or greater equity interest in the applicant, or any person or entity that will exercise any degree of management or control of the applicant has committed any of the acts or otherwise meets any of the criteria listed in 11VAC10-20-50. Nothing in this subsection shall require an applicant to include with its application copies of employment agreements unless requested by the commission.

D. As part of the application process, the license applicant also shall submit a detailed plan, including a detailed budget of the cost of implementation, of how its proposed account wagering system would operate including internal controls procedures. The commission may require changes in a proposed plan of operations as a condition of granting a request. No subsequent material changes in the system's operation may occur unless ordered by the commission or until approval is obtained from the commission after it receives a written request.

E. The commission may conduct investigations or inspections or request additional information from the applicant for a license and its officers, directors, managers and equity holders, as applicable, holding 5.0% or more of the applicant's equity interest as it deems appropriate in determining if the applicant has the financial resources to conduct account wagering, and whether to allow the applicant to conduct account wagering.

F. Before being granted its original account wagering license, and every six months thereafter, the account wagering licensee shall furnish the commission with proof that the account holders will be guaranteed the full value of their accounts regardless of the acts of the account wagering licensee or any other entity. If the proof offered to the commission is not acceptable to the commission, the commission may require the account wagering licensee to purchase a bond or other form of insurance guaranteeing that the account holders receive the full value of their accounts.

G. An application to renew an account wagering license for each succeeding calendar year is due in the offices of the commission by 5 p.m. on December 1 on a form prescribed by the commission.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 20, Issue 22, eff. September 27, 2004; amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. September 9, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.