They can be mundane, for sure, but rulemaking is an important part of the process in preparing a state for debuting its sports betting apparatus.
The North Carolina Lottery Commission’s sports betting committee met for about 30 minutes November 7 working on a second set of proposed rules.
The first set of rules dealt with basic sports betting. The second set added other details, such as marketing guidelines when mobile sportsbooks go live in the state.
“I did want to thank the folks on staff for putting together all this in a very quick, obviously, and thoughtful way,” Lottery Commission Chairman Ripley Rand told Sports Handle. “I don’t think anybody on this committee or the commission itself signed up to be reading hundreds and thousands of pages of proposed rules, but the staff has made this process go probably as easily as it can go up to this point.”
Legislation requires the state’s mobile wagering market to be up and running by mid-June of 2024.
Marketing guidelines prohibit operators from using “free” or “risk free” wording when talking about promotions that aren’t without risk.
Marketing can’t appear “on any college or university campus, or in college or university news outlets such as school newspapers and college or university radio or television broadcasts.”
Since the legal age to gamble is 21, regulations need to take every step to keep underage people from placing bets. Still other proposals dealt with signing up for mobile sports betting accounts, with the typical information when signing up for an account.
When a bettor wins $10,000 or wagers that amount the sportsbook needs to collect multiple sources of identification.
This second set of rules will conclude the open public comment period on November 27, with a public hearing November 20.
Public comments from the first set of rules drew criticism of banning pick’em-style daily fantasy games.
The sports betting committee will meet on November 14 to discuss public comments and recommend changes before the lottery commission adopts the rules.
