Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-420

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R19-2-420 - Interstate Common Pool Wagering

A. General provisions.

1. All contracts governing participation by a racetrack permittee in interstate common pools shall be submitted to the Department. All parties to the contracts shall certify to the other parties that each will provide the others or their regulatory bodies full and prompt access to necessary requested records.

2. Individual wagering transactions are made at the point of sale in the state where placed. Pari-mutuel pools are combined solely for computing odds and calculating payoffs but will be held separate for auditing and all other purposes.

3. The content and format of the visual display of racing and wagering information at facilities in other jurisdictions where wagering is permitted in the interstate common pool need not be identical to the information permitted or required to be displayed under these rules.

4. A racetrack permittee may participate in common pool wagering only on the same type of racing as authorized by the permit for live racing conducted by the racetrack permittee.

B. Participation in interstate common pools by receiving racetrack permittee.

1. With prior approval of the Department, pari-mutuel wagering pools may be combined with corresponding wagering pools at the sending facility outside of this state.

2. The Department may permit adjustment of the takeout from the pari-mutuel pool so the takeout rate in this jurisdiction is identical to that at the sending track (within the limits permitted by state law).

3. Where takeout rates in the merged pool are not identical, the net price calculation shall be the method by which the differing takeout rates are applied.

4. Rules of racing established for the contest in the sending track apply to the merged pool.

5. If, for any reason, it becomes impossible to merge successfully the bets placed into the interstate common pool, the racetrack permittee shall declare the accepted bets void and make refunds in accordance with applicable rules except that, with permission of the Department, the racetrack permittee may determine to make payoffs in accordance with payoff prices that would have been in effect if prices for the pool of bets were calculated without regard to wagers placed elsewhere or pay winning tickets at the payoff prices at the sending track. The permittee shall publish the chosen policy under this subsection in the daily racing program and on the permittee's web site and post the policy in all wagering locations.

C. Participation in merged pools by sending racetrack permittee.

1. With prior approval of the Department, a racetrack permittee conducting a live race meet and pari-mutuel wagering may determine that all or part of the racing program be used for pari-mutuel wagering by sending all or part of the racing program to facilities outside this state and may also determine that pari-mutuel pools at the out-of-state facilities be combined with corresponding wagering pools established by the permittee as the sending track.

2. This Chapter applies to interstate common pools unless the Department specifically determines otherwise.

3. A racetrack permittee shall ensure that any contract for interstate common pools entered contains a provision providing that if, for any reason, it becomes impossible to merge successfully the bets placed in another state into the interstate common pool formed by the racetrack permittee or if, for any reason, the Department's or the racetrack permittee's representative determines that attempting to effect transfer of pool data from the receiving facility may endanger the racetrack permittee's wagering pool, the racetrack permittee has no liability for any measures taken that may result in the receiving facility's wagers not being accepted into the pool.

4. Amounts wagered in an interstate common pool other than amounts wagered within this state are not considered part of the racetrack permittee's pari-mutuel wagering pool for purposes of A.R.S. § 5-111. A racetrack permittee may charge a fee to a receiving facility or location outside this state for the privilege of conducting pari-mutuel wagering on a race and participating in the interstate common pool and for payment of costs incurred to transmit the broadcast of the race.

D. Takeout rates in interstate common pools. With prior approval of the Department, a racetrack permittee wishing to participate in an interstate common pool may change its takeout rate (within the limits permitted by state law) to achieve a common pool takeout rate with all other participants in the interstate common pool.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-420

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2874, effective 10/10/2014.