Maine Revised Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 33 – Regulation of Fantasy Contests
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- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Beginner fantasy contestant: means an individual who has entered fewer than 51 fantasy contests offered by a single fantasy contest operator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101
- Board of directors: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Designated family member: means the spouse, child, grandchild, parent or sibling of the owner of a new personal sports mobile dealership who in the case of the owner's death is entitled to inherit the ownership interest in the new personal sports mobile dealership under the terms of the owner's will or who in the case of an incapacitated owner of a new personal sports mobile dealership has been appointed by a court as the legal representative of the new personal sports mobile dealer's property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242
- Director: means the director of the Gambling Control Unit within the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101
- Entry fee: means cash or a cash equivalent that is required to be paid by a fantasy contestant to a fantasy contest operator in order to participate in a fantasy contest. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101
- Fantasy contest: means a simulated game or contest in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101Fantasy contest operator: means a person that offers a platform for the playing of fantasy contests and that administers a fantasy contest for which a prize of value is awarded. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101 Fantasy contestant: means an individual who participates in a fantasy contest offered by a fantasy contest operator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101 Franchisee: means a personal sports mobile dealer to whom a franchise is offered or granted. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Franchisor: means a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler who grants a franchise to a personal sports mobile dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Gross fantasy contest revenues: means the amount determined by subtracting the total of all sums paid out by a fantasy contest operator as cash prizes to all fantasy contestants from the total of all entry fees that the fantasy contest operator collects from all fantasy contestants and multiplying the result by the resident percentage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101 Highly experienced fantasy contestant: means a fantasy contestant who has:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101manufacturer: includes the terms "franchisor" "distributor" "distributor branch" "wholesaler" "factory branch" and "factory representative. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 New personal sports mobile: means a personal sports mobile that has not been sold previously to any person except a distributor or wholesaler or personal sports mobile dealer for resale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 person: includes any other entity in which the person has a majority interest or effectively controls, as well as the individual officers, directors and other persons in active control of the activities of each such entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Personal sports mobile: means any snowmobile as defined in Title 12, section 13001, subsection 25; any all-terrain vehicle as defined in Title 12, section 13001, subsection 3; any motorcycle as defined in Title 29?A, section 101, subsection 38; and any personal watercraft as defined in Title 12, section 13001, subsection 23. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Personal sports mobile dealer: means any person who sells or solicits or advertises the sale of new or used personal sports mobiles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Platform: means an online or electronic method by which access to a fantasy contest is provided, including, but not limited to, a website, personal digital device, such as a device commonly known as a smartphone, or other application providing access to a fantasy contest. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101 Resident percentage: means , for each fantasy contest, the percentage, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, obtained by dividing the total amount of entry fees collected from fantasy contestants located in the State by the total amount of entry fees collected from all fantasy contestants. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1101 Sale: means the issuance, transfer, agreement for transfer, exchange, pledge, hypothecation or mortgage in any form, whether by transfer in trust or otherwise, of any personal sports mobile or interest in a personal sports mobile or of any franchise related to a personal sports mobile; and any option, subscription or other contract or solicitation looking to a sale, or any offer or attempt to sell in any form, whether spoken or written. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242 Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision. wholesaler: means any person that sells or distributes new or used personal sports mobiles to personal sports mobile dealers or that maintains distributor representatives within this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1242