038-9 Wyo. Code R. § 9-1

Current through April 27, 2019

Section 9-1 - Mutuels - General Provision

(a) General

Each Permittee shall conduct wagering in accordance with applicable laws and these rules. Such wagering shall employ a pari-mutuel system approved by the Commission. The totalisator shall be tested as required by the Commission.

(b) Records

• (i) The Permittee shall maintain records of all wagering so the Commission may review such records for any contest including the opening line, subsequent odds fluctuation, the amount and at which window wagers were placed on any betting interest and such other information as may be required. Such wagering records shall be retained by each Permittee and safeguarded for a period of time specified by the Commission. The Commission may require that certain records be made available to the wagering public at the completion of each contest.

• (ii) The Permittee shall provide the Commission with a list of the licensed individuals afforded access to pari-mutuel records and equipment at the wagering facility.

(c) Pari-Mutuel Tickets

A pari-mutuel ticket is evidence of a contribution to the pari-mutuel pool operated by the Permittee and is evidence of the obligation of the Permittee to pay to the holder thereof such portion of the distributable amount of the pari-mutuel pool as is represented by such valid pari-mutuel ticket. The Permittee shall cash all valid winning tickets when such are presented for payment during the course of the meeting where sold, and for one full year immediately following the date of purchase.

• (i) To be deemed a valid pari-mutuel ticket, such ticket shall have been issued by a pari-mutuel ticket matching operated by the Permittee and recorded as a ticket entitled to a share of the pari-mutuel pool, and contain imprinted information as to:
  • (A) The name of the Permittee operating the meeting.
  • (B) A unique identifying number or code.
  • (C) Identification of the terminal at which the ticket was issued.
  • (D) A designation of the performance for which the wagering transaction was issued.
  • (E) The contest number for which the pool is conducted.
  • (F) The type or types of wagers represented.
  • (G) The number or numbers representing the betting interest for which the wager is recorded.
  • (H) The amount or amounts of the contributions to the pari-mutuel pool or pools for which the ticket is evidence.

• (ii) No pari-mutuel ticket recorded or reported as previously paid, cancelled, or non-existent shall be deemed a valid pari-mutuel ticket by the Permittee. The Permittee may withhold payment and refuse to cash any pari-mutuel ticket deemed not valid, except as provided in rule (d) of these general provisions.

(d) Pari-Mutuel Ticket Sales

• (i) Pari-mutuel tickets shall not be sold by anyone other than a Permittee licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering.

• (ii) No pari-mutuel tickets may be sold on a live pari-mutuel event for which wagering has already been closed and no Permittee shall be responsible for ticket sales entered into but not completed by issuance of a ticket before the totalisator is closed for wagering on such contest.

• (iii) Claims pertaining to a mistake on an issued or unissued ticket must be made by the bettor prior to leaving the seller's window.

• (iv) Payment on winning pari-mutuel wagers shall be made on the basis of the order of finish as purposely posted and declared "official". Any subsequent change in the order of finish or award of purse money as may result from a subsequent ruling by the stewards or Commission shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel payoff. If an error in the posted order of finish or payoff figures is discovered, the official order of finish or payoff prices may be corrected and an announcement concerning the change shall be made to the public.

• (v) The Permittee shall not satisfy claims on lost, mutilated, or altered pari-mutuel tickets without authorization of the Commission.

• (vi) The Permittee shall have no obligation to enter a wager into a betting pool if unable to do so due to equipment failure.

• (vii) A pari-mutuel ticket shall not be sold to a licensed jockey.

(e) Advance Performance Wagering

No Permittee shall permit wagering to begin more than one hour before scheduled post time of the first contest of a performance unless it has first obtained the authorization of the Commission.

(f) Claims for Payment from Pari-Mutuel Pool

At a designated location, a written, verified claim for payment from a pari-mutuel pool shall be accepted by the Permittee in any case where the Permittee has withheld payment or has refused to cash a pari-mutuel wager. The claim shall be made on such form as approved by the Commission, and the claimant shall make such claim under penalty of perjury. The original of such claim shall be forwarded to the Commission within 48 hours.

• (i) In the case of a claim made for payment of a mutilated pari-mutuel ticket which does not contain the total imprinted elements required in section c, (i) of these general provisions, the Permittee shall make a recommendation to accompany the claim forwarded to the Commission as to whether or not the mutilated ticket has sufficient elements to be positively identified as a winning ticket.

• (ii) In the case of a claim made for payment on a pari-mutuel wager, the Commission shall adjudicate the claim and may order payment thereon from the pari-mutuel pool or by the Permittee, or may deny the claim, or may make such other order as it may deem proper.

(g) Payment for Errors

If an error occurs in the payment amounts for pari-mutuel wagers which are cashed or entitled to be cashed; and as a result of such error the pari-mutuel pool involved in the error is not correctly distributed among winning ticket holders, the following shall apply:

• (i) Verification is required to show that the amount of the commission, the amount in breakage, and the amount if payoffs is equal to the total gross pool. If the amount of the pool is more than the amount used to calculate the payoff, the underpayment shall be added to the corresponding pool of the next contest. If underpayments are discovered after the close of the meeting, the underpayment shall be held in an interest-bearing account approved by the Commission until being added, together with accrued interest, to the corresponding pool of the next meet.

• (ii) Any claim not filed with the Permittee within 30 days, inclusive of the date on which the underpayment was publicly announced, shall be deemed waived; and the Permittee shall have no further liability therefore.

• (iii) In the event the error results in an overpayment to winning wagers, the Permittee shall be responsible for such payment.

(h) Betting Explanation

A summary explanation of pari-mutuel wagering and each type of betting pool offered shall be published in the program for every wagering performance. The rules of racing relative to each type of pari-mutuel pool offered must be prominently displayed on Permittee grounds available upon request through Permittee representatives.

(i) Display of Betting Information

• (i) Approximate odds for Win pool betting shall be posted on display devices within view of the wagering public and updated at intervals of not more than 90 seconds.

• (ii) The probable payoff or amounts wagered, in total and on each betting interest, for other pools may be displayed to the wagering public at intervals and in a manner approved by the Commission.

• (iii) Official results and payoffs must be displayed upon each contest being declared official.

(j) Cancelled Contests

If a contest is cancelled or declared "no contest", refunds shall be granted on valid wagers in accordance with these rules.

(k) Refunds

• (i) Notwithstanding other provisions of these rules, refunds of the entire pool shall be made on:
  • (A) Win pools, Exacta pools, and first-half Double pools offered in contests in which the number of betting interest has been reduced to fewer than two (2).
  • (B) Place pools, Quinella pools, Trifecta pools, first-half Quinella Double pools, first-half Twin Quinella pools, first-half Twin Trifecta pools, and first-half Tri-Superfecta pools offered in contests in which the number of betting interest has been reduced to fewer than three (3).
  • (C) Show pools, Superfecta pools, and first-half Twin Superfecta pools offered in contest in which the number of betting interests has been reduced to fewer than four (4).

• (ii) Authorized refunds shall be paid upon presentation and surrender of the affected pari-mutuel ticket.

• (iii) If a jockey weighs in short of weight by more than two (2) pounds and his mount is disqualified in consequence of short weight, all monies wagered on the horse shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded.
  • (A) In case of a coupled entry, if one of the jockeys riding the entry weighs in short of weight by more than two (2) pounds and his mount is disqualified in consequence of short weight, no refund shall be made unless the other portion of the entry is also disqualified for short weight in which case all money wagered on the entry disqualified shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded. This rule applies with equal effect to the field.

• (iv) If a race is cancelled by the Stewards after wagering begins on that race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.

• (v) If a horse is left at the post at "off-time" there shall be no refund, but if one horse or more is prevented from leaving the post at "off-time" because of being locked in the gate the Starter shall immediately notify the Stewards who shall immediately notify the manager of the pari-mutuel department and a refund shall be made on the horses affected. The Starter shall be the sole judge of what horses are prevented from starting in a race through failure of the gates to open.

• (vi) In all cases when a horse has been excused by the Stewards after wagering has started but before "off-time" all money wagered on the horse excused shall be deducted from the pool and refunded.

• (vii) If no horse finishes in race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.

• (viii) If no roper gets a time in a section, all money wagered shall be carried over into the respective pools of the next section. If there are no more sections to be contested in the event, all money shall be refunded.

(l) Coupled Entries and Mutuel Fields

• (i) Contestants coupled in wagering as a coupled entry or mutuel field shall be considered part of a single betting interest for the purpose of price calculations and distribution of pools. Should any contestant in coupled entry of mutuel field be officially withdrawn or scratched, the remaining contestants in that coupled entry or mutuel field shall remain valid betting interests and no refunds will be granted. If all contestants within a coupled entry or mutuel field are scratched, then tickets on such betting interests shall be refunded, notwithstanding other provisions of these rules.

• (ii) For the purpose of price calculations only, coupled entries and mutuel fields shall be calculated as a single finisher, using the finishing position of the leading contestant in that coupled entry or mutuel field to determine order of placing. This rule shall apply to all circumstances, including situations involving a dead heat, except as otherwise provided by these rules.

(m) Pools Dependent Upon Betting Interests

Unless the Commission otherwise provides, at the time the pools are opened for wagering, the Permittee:

• (i) May offer win, place, and show wagering on all contests with six (6) or more betting interests.

• (ii) May be allowed to prohibit show wagering on any contest with five (5) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (iii) May be allowed to prohibit place wagering on any contest with four (4) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (iv) May be allowed to prohibit Quinella wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (v) May be allowed to prohibit Quinella Double wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (vi) May be allowed to prohibit Exacta wagering on any contest with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (vii) Shall prohibit Trifecta wagering on any contest with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (viii) Shall prohibit Superfecta wagering on any contest with four (4) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (ix) May be allowed to prohibit Twin Quinella wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (x) Shall prohibit Twin Trifecta wagering on any contests with seven (7) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (xi) Shall prohibit Tri-Superfecta wagering on any contests with of seven (7) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

• (xii) Shall prohibit Twin Superfecta wagering on any contests with seven (7) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.

(n) Prior Approval Required for Betting Pools

• (i) A Permittee that desires to offer new forms of wagering must apply in writing to the Commission and receive written approval prior to implementing the new betting pool.

• (ii) The Permittee may suspend, for a specific performance, previously-approved forms of wagering with the prior approval of the Commission. Any carryover shall be held until the suspended form of wagering is reinstated. A Permittee may request approval of a form of wagering or separate wagering pool for specific performances or events.

(o) Closing of Wagering in a Contest

• (i) A Commission representative shall close wagering for each contest after which time no pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold for that contest.

• (ii) The Permittee shall maintain, in good order, a system approved by the Commission for closing wagering.

(p) Complaints Pertaining to Pari-Mutuel Operations

• (i) When a patron makes a complaint regarding the pari-mutuel department to a Permittee, the Permittee shall immediately issue a complaint report, setting out:
  • (A) The name of the complainant;
  • (B) The nature of the complaint;
  • (C) The name of the persons, if any against whom the complaint was made;
  • (D) The date of the complaint;
  • (E) The action taken or proposed to be taken, if any, by the Permittee.

• (ii) The Permittee shall submit every complaint report to the Commission within 48 hours after the complaint was made.

(q) Licensed Employees

All licensees shall report any known irregularities or wrong doings by any persons involving pari-mutuel wagering immediately to the Commission and cooperate in subsequent investigations.

(r) Unrestricted Access

The Permittee shall permit the Commission unrestricted access at all times to its facilities and equipment and to all books, ledgers, accounts, documents and records of the Permittee that relate to pari-mutuel wagering.

(s) Emergency Situations

In the event of an emergency in connection with the pari-mutuel department not covered in these rules, the pari-mutuel manager representing the Permittee shall report the problem to the stewards and the Permittee and the stewards shall render a full report to the Commission within 48 hours.

038-9 Wyo. Code R. § 9-1

Amended, Eff. 4/24/2017.