Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-403

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Section R19-2-403 - Adw Permit Applications

A. A person, association, or corporation desiring to operate advance deposit wagering and open accounts for residents of Arizona shall file with the Department both a paper and electronic permit application that contains the information required in A.R.S. § 5-107. All electronic submissions shall be compatible with the Department's computer system and software. If any addendum to the permit application cannot be submitted electronically, the applicant shall submit the addendum in a paper copy.

B. An ADW permittee shall contract only with ADWPs licensed by the Department.

C. An ADWP shall pay daily the Regulatory Wagering Assessment (RWA) to the Department.

D. An ADWP shall provide daily wagering information to the Department and the contracted racetrack permittee for verification of RWA and source market fees at a time and in a manner specified by the Department.

E. A racetrack permittee shall verify that the total RWA paid each day for the both the racetrack's and the ADW's wagering activity is correct.

F. The following reports shall be available for inspection upon request by the Department in a form acceptable to the Department and at a place of the Department's choosing within a reasonable time:

1. ADW handle and related pari-mutuel data such as commission and breakage sorted by date, track or event, race and pool or by Source such as customer account; in total or detail;

2. Reports for taxation purposes;

3. Customer complaints;

4. List of active accounts;

5. List of excluded persons;

6. List of account holders;

7. Log of all system accesses; and

8. List of all deposits, withdrawals, wagers and winning payouts, in summary or detail.

G. An ADWP shall certify that the ADWP will provide the Department unrestricted access to all records and financial information of the ADWP, including all account information. The ADWP shall make this information available to the Department upon notice from the Department to the extent that disclosure is not expressly prohibited by law. Department access to and use of information concerning wager transactions and ADWP customers shall be considered proprietary and shall not be disclosed publicly, except as may be required by law. This information may be shared for multi-jurisdiction investigative purposes. An ADWP shall report to the Department any known or suspected rule violations by any person involving ADWP and cooperate in any subsequent investigations.

H. An ADWP shall detail each method used for placing wagers through the ADW system and specify what information and place of recording constitutes proof of a wager placed through each wagering method.

I. An ADWP shall give access to the Department, or its designee, for review and audit of all records. The ADWP or applicant shall make the required information available at the ADWP's location during business hours. The Department may require an ADWP to submit an annual audited financial statement.

J. The Department may conduct investigations and inspections or request additional information from an ADWP or applicant if required to determine whether to approve an application.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-403

Adopted effective April 3, 1984 (Supp. 84-2). Amended paragraphs (16) and (17) effective August 21, 1985 (Supp. 85-4). Repealed effective December 14, 1994 (Supp. 94-4). R19-2-403 recodified from R4-27-403 (Supp. 95-1). New Section adopted effective February 26, 1996, pursuant to an exemption from the rulemaking process (Supp. 96-1). Amended effective July 22, 1998, pursuant to an exemption from the rulemaking process (Supp. 98-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 532, effective January 29, 1999 (Supp. 99-1). New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2874, effective 10/10/2014.

Section R19-2-403 was adopted and subsequently amended under an exemption from the provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1005(A)(18). Exemption from the rulemaking process means that the agency did not submit these rules to the Secretary of State's Office for publication in the Register as proposed rules, the agency was not required to accept public comment, and the rules were not approved by either the Governor's Regulatory Review Council or the Attorney General.