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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="12-114" title_number="12" title_name="Gaming -- Statewide Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “eSports competition” means a competition involving video games, including first–person shooters, real–time strategy games, and multiplayer online battle arenas in which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>players compete against each other; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the dominant element determining the results is the relative skill of the players.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An organization conducting an eSports competition may offer prize money or merchandise to winning participants in the eSports competition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Comptroller may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
