038-10 Wyo. Code R. § 10-1

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 10-1 - Definitions

(a) ASSOCIATION WHICH ACCEPTS THE WAGER means the guest association where the bettor contributes his money to the pari-mutuel pool and receives a pari-mutuel ticket.

(b) AUTHORIZED USER means a person authorized by the Commission to receive, to decode and to use for legal purposes the simulcast signal of pari-mutuel events.

(c) COMBINED PARI-MUTUEL POOLS (combined pools) means the pari-mutuel wagers at one or more guest associations being contributed into the pari-mutuel pools of a host association or the combined pari-mutuel pools of simulcast facilities within the state of Wyoming.

(d) COMMISSION means the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission.

(e) DECODER means a device and/or means to convert encrypted audiovisual signals and/or data into a form recognizable as the original content of the signals.

(f) DOWNLINK means a receiving antenna coupled with an audio-visual signal receiver compatible with and capable of receiving simultaneous audio-visual signals and/or data emanating from a host association, and includes the electronic transfer of received signals from the receiving antenna to TV monitors within the satellite facility.

(g) ENCLOSURE, ENCLOSURE-PUBLIC, includes all enclosed areas of the simulcast wagering facility.

(h) ENCRYPTION (encrypted or encoded) means the scrambling or other manipulation of the audio-visual signals to mask the original content of the signal and so cause such signals to be indecipherable and unrecognizable to any person receiving such signal.

(i) FLAT TRACK HORSE RACING means a horse race in which horses mounted by a jockey run over a course on which no jumps or other obstacles are placed.

(j) GUEST, GUEST ASSOCIATION or SIMULCAST OPERATOR means a permitted simulcast licensee authorized by the Commission to offer, sell, cash, redeem or exchange pari-mutuel tickets whether electronically generated or otherwise on races being offered live or historic at a host association.

(k) HOST or HOST ASSOCIATION means the racing association conducting a licensed horse racing meeting when it is authorized by the Commission to simulcast its racing program. It may also be considered the sending track which means any track from which simulcast signals originate.

(l) INTERSTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means wagering conducted by a betting system outside the state of Wyoming on live or historic results of one or more races being run at a Wyoming host association or wagering conducted by a betting system within the state of Wyoming on live or historic results of one or more races being run at a host association outside the state of Wyoming.

(m) INTRASTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means pari-mutuel wagering at a Wyoming guest association on events live or historic at a Wyoming host association.

(n) OUT-OF-STATE SIMULCAST FACILITY means a track or other facility, located within a jurisdiction other than Wyoming, at which pari-mutuel wagers are placed, accepted or distributed, either in person or electronically, on simulcast races pursuant to proper authorization under the laws of that jurisdiction.

(o) OUT-OF-STATE WAGERING means acceptance of wagers by a host or guest association on the results of live or historic races run at a race meeting outside the state of Wyoming.

(p) SATELLITE FACILITY, intrastate wagering facility, extended wagering facility means the physical premises, structure and equipment utilized by a guest association for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing events being run elsewhere, live or historic.

(q) SATELLITE TRANSPONDER, transponder means leased space segment time of an earth-orbit communication satellite.

(r) SIMULCAST means the sale of pari-mutuel pools electronically transmitted of live or historic horse races on interstate or intrastate pari-mutuel events as prescribed by the commission.

(s) SIMULCAST OPERATOR means a person licensed by the Commission to operate a simulcast wagering system as provided for by these rules.

(t) SIMULCAST SERVICE SUPPLIER means a person engaged in providing service, supplies or equipment necessary to the operation of intrastate, interstate or out-of-state simulcast wagering for use by a host association, guest association, simulcast operator, or authorized user, including but not limited to, pari-mutuel wagering terminals, uplink, downlink, television receivers and related equipment; but does not include persons authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide telephone service or space segment time on satellite transponders.

(u) SOURCE MARKET FEE means a license fee, assessed by the Commission pursuant to W.S. § 11-25-105(m), payable by the out-of-state simulcast facilities that conduct pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races and that accept wagers from Wyoming residents by telephone or other electronic means at those facilities.

(v) UPLINK means an earth station broadcasting facility, whether mobile or fixed, which is used to transmit audio-visual signals and/or data on FCC-controlled frequencies, and includes any electronic transfer of the audio-visual signals from within the racing enclosure to the location of the transmitter at the uplink.

038-10 Wyo. Code R. § 10-1

Amended, Eff. 4/12/2016.

Amended, Eff. 4/24/2017.