Bill Text: NJ A872 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires fantasy sports provider to adopt policy prohibiting its employees from playing fantasy sports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-30 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [A872 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A872-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 872
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires fantasy sports provider to adopt policy prohibiting its employees from playing fantasy sports.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee on June 2, 2016, with amendments.
An Act requiring any fantasy sports provider to adopt a policy prohibiting its employees from playing fantasy sports and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Any organization that provides persons within this State with the opportunity to participate in fantasy sports 1for the opportunity to win a prize of value1 shall adopt and enforce a policy that prohibits any employee of that organization from playing fantasy sports 1in any contest which is open to the public for the opportunity to win a prize of value1 through that organization and through any other fantasy sports organization. Compliance with this requirement shall be a condition of conducting fantasy sports in this State and any fantasy sports organization that fails to adopt, or fails to enforce, such a policy shall be prohibited from offering persons located within this State the ability to participate in fantasy sports.
b. The Attorney General shall be responsible for the enforcement of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill). The Attorney General shall monitor organizations that offer persons located within this State the opportunity to participate in fantasy sports to ensure compliance with this section. If the Attorney General determines that such an organization does not have a policy that is consistent with this section, or if it comes to the attention of the Attorney General that an organization subject to this section is not enforcing such a policy, the Attorney General shall file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking to bar that organization from offering fantasy sports in this State until such time as the Attorney General determines that it is in compliance with this section.
c. As used in this section, "fantasy sports" means 1[games that allow participants to choose professional or collegiate players in a sport and to compete via the Internet against other participants based upon the actual performance of those players] any simulated game or contest with an entry fee in which (1) the value of all prizes and awards offered to winning participants is established and made known to the participants in advance of the contest; (2) all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals, including athletes in the case of sports events; and (3) no winning outcome is based on the score, point spread, or any performance of any single actual team or combination of teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete or player in any single actual event1.
d. The Attorney General shall promulgate such rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after enactment, except that the Attorney General may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
