Fantasy Sports (Exemption) Regulations, 2016

L.N. 271 of 2016

LOTTERIES AND OTHER GAMES ACT

(CAP. 438)

Fantasy Sports (Exemption) Regulations, 2016

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 78 of the

Lotteries and Other Games Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and

Digital, Maritime and Services Economy, after consultation with the

Malta Gaming Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Fantasy Sports Citation and

commencement.

(Exemption) Regulations, 2016.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st August,

2016.

(1)

In these regulations unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

requires -

"Act" means the Lotteries and Other Games Act;

"Authority" means the Malta Gaming Authority established

under article 9 of the Act;

"Fantasy Sports" and, or "Fantasy Sports Game" means a

contest played for money or money’s worth whereby the winning

outcome is determined predominantly through the skill or knowledge

of the player, and where the results are determined by the

accumulation of statistical results of the performance of a number of

individuals in sporting events, but shall not include the forecast of the

score, point spread or any other future occurrence of one or multiple

events, and for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of a "bet" as

defined in the Act shall not be applicable.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in these

regulations and which are not defined herein shall have the same

meaning assigned to them in the Act.

(3) In these regulations, if there is any conflict between the

English and Maltese texts, the English text shall prevail.

The offering of a Fantasy Sports Game shall, by means of Exemption.

these regulations, be deemed exempt from the requirement to obtain a

licence in terms of the Act and, or the Remote Gaming Regulations. S.L. 438.04

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, the Regulatory

instruments.

Authority may subject any person offering a Fantasy Sports Game to

a requirement to notify the Authority of its operation, and, or to such

standards, requirements or any other instrument as it may deem fit in

pursuance of the functions of the Authority in terms of article 11 of

the Act, and which instruments may be of a binding nature

Provided that a breach of such binding instrument issued in

terms of this regulation may be deemed to be an offence against the

Act.

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