Iowa Admin. Code r. 491-8.1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024
Rule 491-8.1 - Definitions

"Account" means an account approved by the commission for pari-mutuel advance deposit wagering with a complete record of credits, wagers and debits established by a licensee account holder and managed by a licensee or ADWO.

"Administrator" means the administrator of the Iowa racing and gaming commission or the administrator's designee.

"Advance deposit wagering" means a method of pari-mutuel wagering in which an individual may establish an account, deposit money into the account, and use the account balance to pay for pari-mutuel wagering.

"Advance deposit wagering center" means an actual location, the equipment, and the staff of a licensee, ADWO, or both involved in the management, servicing and operation of the pari-mutuel advance deposit wagering for the licensee.

"Advance deposit wagering operator" or "ADWO" means an advance deposit wagering operator licensed by the commission who has entered into an agreement with the licensee of the horse racetrack in Polk County and the Iowa Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association to provide pari-mutuel advance deposit wagering.

"Alternative simulcast operator" or "ASO" means an entity licensed by the commission to provide a system of pari-mutuel wagering at off-track betting venues at facilities licensed by the commission to conduct gambling games in Iowa.

"Authorized receiver" means a receiver that conducts and operates a pari-mutuel wagering system on the results of contests being held or conducted and simulcast from the enclosures of one or more host facilities.

"Betting interest" means a number assigned to a single runner, an entry or a field for wagering purposes.

"Board of stewards" means a board established by the administrator to review conduct by pari-mutuel facilities and their employees that may constitute violations of the rules and statutes relating to pari-mutuel racing. The administrator may serve as a board of one.

"Breakage" means the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered in a pari-mutuel pool exceeds a multiple of ten cents. "Breakage" is the net pool minus payoff.

"Commission" means the Iowa racing and gaming commission.

"Commission representative" means an employee of the commission designated to represent the commission in matters pertaining to the operation of the mutuel department. In the absence of a specifically appointed representative, a commission steward will perform the functions and duties of the commission representative.

"Contest" means a race on which wagers are placed.

"Credits" means all positive inflows of money to an account.

"Dead heat" means that two or more runners have tied at the finish line for the same position in the order of finish.

"Debits" means all negative outflow of money from an account.

"Deposit" means a payment of money into an account.

"Double" means a wager to select the winners of two consecutive races and is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility and shall not be construed as a "quinella double."

"Entry" means two or more runners are coupled in a contest because of common ties and a wager on one of them shall be a wager on all of them.

"Exacta" (may also be known as "perfecta" or "correcta") means a wager selecting the exact order of finish for first and second in that contest and is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility.

"Facility" means an entity licensed by the commission to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in Iowa.

"Field" means when the individual runners competing in a contest exceed the numbering capacity of the totalizator and all runners of the higher number shall be grouped together. A wager on one in the field shall be a wager on all. (No "fields" shall be allowed in greyhound racing.)

"Guest facility" means a facility which offers licensed pari-mutuel wagering on contests conducted by another facility (the host) in either the same state or another jurisdiction.

"Host facility" means the facility conducting a licensed pari-mutuel meeting from which authorized contests or entire performances are simulcast.

"Interstate simulcasting" means the telecast of live audio and visual signals of pari-mutuel racing sent to or received from a state outside the state of Iowa to an authorized racing or gaming facility for the purpose of wagering. For the purposes of this definition, "interstate" also includes foreign jurisdictions.

"Intrastate simulcasting" means the telecast of live audio and visual signals of pari-mutuel racing conducted on a licensed pari-mutuel track within Iowa sent to or received from an authorized pari-mutuel facility within Iowa for the purpose of pari-mutuel wagering.

"Licensee" means a horse racetrack located in Polk County operating under a license issued by the commission.

"Licensee account holder" means any individual at least 21 years of age who successfully completed an application and for whom the licensee or ADWO has opened an account. "Licensee account holder" does not include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate or other formal or nonformal entity.

"Minus pool" means when the total amount of money to be returned to the public exceeds what is in the pool because of the deduction of a commission and because of the rule stipulation that no mutuel tickets shall be paid at less than $1.05 for each $1.00 wagered.

"Mutuel department" means that area of a racetrack where wagers are made and winning tickets are cashed and where the totalizator is installed and any area used directly in the operation of pari-mutuel wagering.

"Mutuel manager" means an employee of the facility who manages the mutuel department.

"Net pool" means the amount remaining in each separate pari-mutuel pool after the takeout percentage, as provided for by Iowa Code section 99D.11, has been deducted.

"Odds" means the approximate payoffs per dollar based on win pool wagering only on each betting interest for finishing first without a dead heat with another betting interest.

"Official" means that the order of finish for the race is "official" and that payoff prices based upon the "official" order of finish shall be posted.

"Order of finish" means the finishing order of each runner from first place to last place in each race. For horse racing only, the order of finish may be changed by the stewards for a rule infraction prior to posting of the official order of finish.

"Pari-mutuel pool" means the total amount of money wagered on each separate pari-mutuel pool for payoff purposes.

"Payoff" means the amount distributed to holders of valid winning pari-mutuel tickets in each pool as determined by the official order of finish and includes the amount wagered and profit.

"Place" means a runner finishing second.

"Place pool" means the total amount of money wagered on all betting interests in each race to finish first or second.

"Post time" means the scheduled starting time for a contest.

"Proper identification" means a form of identification accepted in the normal course of business to establish that the person making a transaction is a licensee account holder.

"Quinella" means a wager selecting two runners to finish first and second, regardless of the order of finish, and is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility.

"Quinella double" means a wager which consists of selecting the quinella in each of two designated contests and is an entirely separate pool from all other pools and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility.

"Runner" means each entrant in a contest, designated by a number as a betting interest.

"Sales transaction data" means the data between totalizator ticket-issuing machines and the totalizator central processing unit for the purpose of accepting wagers and generating, canceling and cashing pari-mutuel tickets and the financial information resulting from the processing of sales transaction data, such as handle.

"Secure personal identification code" means an alpha-numeric character code provided by a licensee account holder as a means by which the licensee or ADWO may verify a wager or account transaction as authorized by the licensee account holder.

"Show" means a runner finishing third.

"Show pool" means the total amount of money wagered on all betting interests in each contest to finish either first, second or third.

"Source market fee" or "host fee" means the part of a wager that is made on any race by a person who is a licensee account holder and that is returned to the licensee and the Iowa Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association pursuant to the terms of a negotiated agreement as required by 491-8.6 (99D).

"Steward" means a racing official appointed or approved by the commission to perform the supervisory and regulatory duties relating to pari-mutuel racing.

"Superfecta" means a wager selecting the exact order of finish for first, second, third, and fourth in that contest and is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility.

"Totalizator" means a machine for registering wagers and computing odds and payoffs based upon data supplied by each pari-mutuel ticket-issuing machine.

"Trifecta" means a wager selecting the exact order of finish for first, second, and third in that race and is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pool conducted by the facility.

"Tri-superfecta" means a wager selecting the exact order of finish for first, second and third in the first designated tri-super contest combined with selecting the exact order of finish for first, second, third and fourth in the second designated tri-super contest.

"Twin quinella" means a wager in which the bettor selects the first two finishers, regardless of order, in each of two designated contests. Each winning ticket for the twin quinella must be exchanged for a free ticket on the second twin quinella contest in order to remain eligible for the second-half twin quinella pool.

"Twin superfecta" means a wager in which the bettor selects the first four finishers, in their exact order, in each of two designated contests. Each winning ticket for the first twin superfecta contest must be exchanged for a free ticket on the second twin superfecta contest in order to remain eligible for the second-half twin superfecta pool.

"Twin trifecta" means a wager in which the bettor selects the three runners that will finish first, second, and third in the exact order as officially posted in each of the two designated twin trifecta races.

"Underpayment" means when the payoff to the public resulting from errors in calculating pools and errors occurring in the communication in payoffs results in less money returned to the public than is actually due.

"Win" means a runner finishing first.

"Win pool" means the total amount wagered on all betting interests in each contest to finish first.

"Withdrawal" means a payment of money from an account by the licensee or ADWO to the licensee account holder when properly requested by the licensee account holder.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 491-8.1

ARC 0734C, IAB 5/15/2013, effective 6/19/2013
Amended by IAB March 27, 2019/Volume XLI, Number 20, effective 5/1/2019
Amended by IAB August 28, 2019/Volume XLII, Number 5, effective 7/31/2019
Amended by IAB April 8, 2020/Volume XLII, Number 21, effective 5/13/2020
Amended by IAB February 10, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 17, effective 3/17/2021
Amended by IAB February 9, 2022/Volume XLIV, Number 16, effective 3/16/2022
Amended by IAB February 22, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 17, effective 3/29/2023