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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 36.10.10.03" title_num="36" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="10" heading="Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definitions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In this regulation, the following terms have the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Advertisement” means any material that is:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Disseminated to the public through broadcasting, publication, mail, or any other means; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Intended to encourage sports wagering.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Billboard advertisement” means a roadside sign, aviation banner, or event banner that is intended to encourage sports wagering.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Gambling assistance message” means a phrase approved by the Commission to encourage responsible play.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>“Printed advertisement” means an advertisement that appears in or on a sign, direct mailing, poster, brochure or other written material and is intended to encourage sports wagering.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>“Online advertisement” means an advertisement that appears on a website, an application in social media, or otherwise on the internet that is intended to encourage sports wagering.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>“Responsible gambling awareness materials” means a sticker, a brochure, a wallet card, or other material that conveys only problem gambling resource information.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>“Underage warning message” means the phrase: No bettor under the age of 21 is permitted to participate in sports wagering.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Post signage approved by the Commission that prominently bears the gambling assistance message and the underage warning message at each customer entrance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include banners or other notifications on the sports wagering websites that bear the gambling assistance message and the underage warning message;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include the gambling assistance message on an advertisement that is intended to encourage sports wagering;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensure that a printed advertisement bears the gambling assistance message and meets requirements of COMAR 36.10.13.43 and 36.03.03.08;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Ensure that a billboard bearing a printed advertisement bears the gambling assistance message and meets requirements of COMAR 36.10.13.43 and 36.03.03.08;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensure that a radio, television, video, online, or social media advertisement bears the gambling assistance message and meets requirements of COMAR 36.10.13.43 and 36.03.03.08;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Ensure that the gambling assistance message is printed on a paper product that is associated with bettor consumption of food or beverage if the paper product is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Special ordered; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Branded with the sports wagering licensees logo;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Ensure that the gambling assistance message is printed on a sports wagering ticket or sports wagering voucher;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Place in the sports wagering facility and sports wagering platform responsible gambling awareness information according to its responsible gaming plan required under COMAR 36.10.10.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Ensure that an advertisement for sports wagering, video lottery terminal, or table game play does not include language that suggests an outcome is guaranteed or without risk; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Ensure that advertisements for sports wagering includes a gambling assistance message that complies:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For signs, direct mail materials, posters, and other printed advertisements the font height of the gambling assistance message shall be the greater of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The same size as the majority of the text in the advertisement; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Three percent of the height or width, whichever is greater, of the advertisement;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For billboards, the font height of the gambling assistance message shall be at least 5 percent of the height or width, whichever is greater, of the face of the billboard;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For video and television advertisements:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The gambling assistance message shall be visible for the entire duration of the advertisement, with a font size at least 3 percent of the image height or width;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The gambling assistance message shall appear from the first instance sports wagering or a licensed operator is displayed or mentioned for not less than 3 seconds, and again on a final screen for the final 3 seconds of the advertisement;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The font height shall be at least 3 percent of the height or width, whichever is greater, of the image during the advertisement; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The font height shall be at least 8 percent of the height or width, whichever is greater, of the image on the final screen; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>For websites and social media:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The gambling assistance message shall be posted on each webpage or profile page, and on any gaming-related advertisement posted on those pages;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The font height of the gambling assistance message shall be at least the same size as the majority of the text used on the webpage or profile page; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>For advertisements posted on the webpage or profile page, the font height shall comply with the requirements in §B(11)(a) of this regulation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>