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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.260 - Restrictions for licensees.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.260. Restrictions for licensees. —
1. No license shall be issued to any person to engage in business primarily as a lottery game retailer.
2. No person shall be licensed as a lottery game retailer who:
(1) Has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(3) Has been convicted of bookmaking or any other form of illegal gambling;
(4) Has been convicted of a crime involving fraud or misrepresentation;
(5) Has purchased a federal tax stamp for wagering or gambling activity;
(6) Has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any illegal gambling activity;
(7) Has had his ticket retailer's license revoked by the commission;
(8) Is a lottery contractor or lottery vendor;
(9) Is an employee of the commission or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent of an employee of the commission; or
(10) Is under the age of twenty-one;
(11) Is a firm, corporation or organization in which a person defined in subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection is to participate in the management or sales of lottery tickets or shares.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 13)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.265 - Denial of license, grounds — cause to be cited.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.265. Denial of license, grounds — cause to be cited. —
No person otherwise qualified under the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350 shall be denied a license as a lottery game retailer except for cause or for refusal to acquire such equipment and materials or meet such minimum sales requirements as the commission may deem necessary for a person to conduct a lottery game on his business premises. The reason for denial of a license shall be specified in writing by the commission.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 14)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.275 - Financial interests and gifts prohibited.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.275. Financial interests and gifts prohibited. —
1. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall have any personal pecuniary interest in any lottery or in the sale of any lottery tickets or shares or in any corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or in any corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.
2. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall receive any gift, gratuity, or other thing of value from any person, corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or from any person, corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.
3. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall be eligible to receive any prize awarded in such a lottery.
4. No person, firm, association, or corporation contracting to supply gaming equipment or materials to the state for use in the operation of the state lottery shall be directly connected with any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed as a lottery game retailer or a member of the commission, the director or its employees.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 16)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.280 - Sale of tickets to minors.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.280. Sale of tickets to minors. —
No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age. The license of any licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen shall be suspended or forfeited as prescribed by the rules adopted by the commission.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 17)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.290 - Ticket or share prices fixed — counterfeiting prohibited — penalty.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
313.290. Ticket or share prices fixed — counterfeiting prohibited — penalty. —
1. No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price other than that fixed by rule or regulation of the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery game retailer shall sell lottery tickets or shares, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giving lottery tickets or shares to another as a gift. Any violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
2. Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes, forges, alters or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be made, forged, altered or counterfeited, any state lottery ticket, or any part thereof, or who knowingly and willfully utters, publishes, passes or tenders as true, any forged, altered or counterfeited state lottery ticket is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who with intent to defraud secures, manufactures, or causes to be secured or manufactured, or has in his possession any counterfeit state lottery ticket or device, is guilty of a class E felony.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 19, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.295 - Payment of prizes to minors and disabled adults under personal custodian law.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
313.295. Payment of prizes to minors and disabled adults under personal custodian law. —
1. If the person entitled to a prize, or payment of the prize after the prize winner's death, is
*
under the age of eighteen years or is a disabled adult person, the payment of the prize shall be made by delivery of a check or draft payable to the order of the minor's or disabled adult person's conservator, if any.
2. If the minor or disabled adult person does not have a conservator, payments not over ten thousand dollars may be made to a guardian, an adult member of the person's family or a financial institution as custodian for the minor under the Missouri transfers to minors law, or as custodian for the disabled adult person under the Missouri personal custodian law. If the payment is over ten thousand dollars and is not paid to a conservator, trustee or personal custodian designated by the prize winner, or a financial institution, the approval of the probate division of the circuit court shall first be obtained for any payment to a custodian, under subsection 3 of section 404.031, for minors and subsection 2 of section 404.490 for disabled adult persons, and payment shall be made in accordance with the court's order.
3. The commission and the director shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize to a minor or disabled adult person pursuant to this section.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 20, A.L. 1993 S.B. 215)
*Word "if" appears in original rolls, an apparent typographical error.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.300 - Unclaimed prizes — moneys to revert to state lottery fund.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
313.300. Unclaimed prizes — moneys to revert to state lottery fund. —
Unclaimed prize money shall be retained by the commission for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the time at which the prize was awarded. If no claim is made for the prize within one hundred eighty days, the prize money shall be reverted to the state lottery fund.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 21, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1248, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.303 - Prohibits publishing names and other information concerning lottery winners — publish defined — violations, penalty — inapplicable, when.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021
313.303. Prohibits publishing names and other information concerning lottery winners — publish defined — violations, penalty — inapplicable, when. —
1. The lottery commission, the state lottery or any employee of the state lottery, or any organization with whom the state has contracted to operate the state lottery or any of that organization's employees shall not publish the name, address, or any other identifying information of any person who wins the state lottery.
2. As used in this section,
"publish"
means to issue information or material in printed or electronic form for distribution or sale to the public.
3. Any person or entity who violates the provisions of this section by publishing identifying information protected under this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
4. (1) This section shall not apply to any entity described in subsection 1 of this section if the person who wins the state lottery authorizes in writing, on a form to be provided by the lottery commission, the public disclosure of his or her name, address, or any other identifying information.
(2) The form provided by the lottery commission under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall only be provided upon the request of a lottery winner and shall not be offered unsolicited, and shall clearly state in no less than fourteen-point bolded font at the top of such form that the signing of such form allowing the public disclosure of identifying information is not required for the person to claim his or her lottery winnings, and that the person may claim his or her lottery winnings while remaining anonymous to the public.
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(L. 2021 H.B. 402)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.310 - Duties of attorney general and highway patrol.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 01 Sep 1988, see footnote
313.310. Duties of attorney general and highway patrol. —
1. The attorney general shall provide legal services for the commission. The attorney general shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that there is continuity in the legal services provided, and that the attorneys providing legal services to the commission have expertise in such field. No counsel outside the attorney general's office shall be employed to provide legal services for the commission or director without the expressed approval of the attorney general. The attorney general may hire any expert counsel necessary to protect the state's interest.
2. The commission or director may request that the attorney general make investigations, on behalf of and in the name of the commission, and bring suits or institute proceedings for any of the purposes necessary and proper for carrying out the functions of the division.
3. The Missouri state highway patrol, including the division of drug and crime control, shall have authority to make investigations relative to the operation and administration of Missouri gaming operations as authorized by law and to report suspected violations of state law or federal law to the proper prosecuting authorities. In the event that a violation of state law is reported to the proper prosecuting authority and no prosecution is commenced within thirty days for alleged violations, the attorney general shall have authority to commence prosecution for alleged violations of the state lottery law or other criminal statutes alleged to have been violated. The cost of personnel and related expenses in the Missouri state highway patrol, including the division of drug and crime control, to accomplish the purposes of this section shall be paid within the limits of appropriations from general revenue, or from such other funding as may be authorized by the general assembly.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 23, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643)
Effective 9-01-88
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.315 - Duties of state auditor — other audits — reports to be filed.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.315. Duties of state auditor — other audits — reports to be filed. —
1. The state auditor shall conduct a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the state lottery pursuant to section 29.200 and such other special audits as he may deem necessary. The auditor or his agents conducting an audit shall have access and authority to examine any and all records of the commission, its distributing agencies, lottery vendors or lottery ticket sales agents that relate to the operation, administration, or promotion of the lottery.
2. The commission shall employ an independent firm of accountants to conduct an annual audit of all accounts and transactions of the lottery. Expenses for conducting an audit pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from the state lottery fund.
3. All audit reports shall be presented to the general assembly pursuant to section 181.100 and to the commission, the governor, the commissioner of administration, the state treasurer, attorney general, and the state auditor.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 24)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.322 - Commission may contract operation of lottery to private organization, how.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 01 Sep 1988, see footnote
313.322. Commission may contract operation of lottery to private organization, how. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350, the lottery commission may contract the operation of the state lottery and any multistate lottery to a private organization on the basis of public bids, the best bid being to the organization which, under bond, can guarantee the state the highest return to the general revenue fund or public expenditure funds as may be designated in sections 313.200 to 313.350.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 643)
Effective 9-01-88
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.325 - Commission may subpoena records and witnesses — failure to obey.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.325. Commission may subpoena records and witnesses — failure to obey. —
The commission may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision. The commission may administer oaths and affirmations to persons whose testimony is required. If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such proceeding or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such proceeding or hearing refuses, without lawful cause, to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question or to exhibit any book, account, record or other document when ordered so to do by the commission, the commission may apply to any judge of the circuit court, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in not more than ten days, or as the court shall prescribe, directing such person to show cause before the court why he should not comply with such subpoena or such order. Upon return of the order, the court before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine such person under oath, and if the court shall determine, after giving such person an opportunity to be heard, that he refused without legal excuse to comply with such subpoena or such order of the director, the court may order such person to comply therewith forthwith and any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished as a contempt of the court.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 26)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.340 - Constitutional prohibition construed — no denial of liquor license.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
313.340. Constitutional prohibition construed — no denial of liquor license. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, participation by a person, firm, corporation or organization in any aspect of the state lottery in accordance with sections 313.200 to 313.350 shall not be construed to be a lottery or gift enterprise in violation of Article III, Section 39 of the Constitution of Missouri.
2. The sale of lottery tickets or shares in accordance with sections 313.200 to 313.350 shall not constitute a valid reason to refuse to issue or renew or to revoke or suspend any license or permit issued under the provisions of chapter 311.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 29, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.345 - Licenses and contracts may be denied to persons owing debt to state.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.345. Licenses and contracts may be denied to persons owing debt to state. —
No license or contract shall be granted to any person in default in the payment of any obligation or debt due the state, provided no applicant shall be deemed in default in the payment of any obligation or debt due to the state as long as there is pending a hearing of any kind relevant to such matter.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 30)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.350 - Venue for civil actions — advancement on docket.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 11 Jun 1985, see footnote
313.350. Venue for civil actions — advancement on docket. —
Any civil action brought on any question in connection with the lottery shall be filed in the circuit court of Cole County, and all such suits shall be given priority and advanced on the court docket and shall be heard and decided by the court as quickly as possible.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 31)
Effective 6-11-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.351 - Lottery commission to submit plan, how approved.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
313.351. Lottery commission to submit plan, how approved. —
Prior to implementing any plan to allow state lottery prize winners who are currently receiving annuity payments to receive a single cash payment in lieu of remaining annuity payments, the state lottery commission shall submit to the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the commissioner of the office of administration the details of the plan and its estimated effect on the level of total state revenues as defined in Article X, Section 17 of the Missouri Constitution as well as the benefits of allowing financial institutions which are FDIC insured to participate in such plan. No such plan which permits the option of receiving a single cash payment in lieu of remaining annuity payments shall be implemented unless approved by the general assembly by concurrent resolution and submitted to the governor in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 8 of the Missouri Constitution.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 386 § 3)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Commission may allow pre-October 22, 1998, lottery winners receiving annual payments to elect to receive a single cash payment, expiration date.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.500 - Definitions.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.500. Definitions. —
As used in sections 313.500 to 313.710, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Breakage"
, the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered exceeds a multiple of ten cents;
(2)
"Commission"
, the Missouri gaming commission, created in section 313.004, or its designate;
(3)
"County"
, any county in the state of Missouri or the city of St. Louis;
(4)
"Horse"
, any equine, ass, mule, pony, or hybrid thereof;
(5)
"Organization"
, any individual, political subdivision, state agency, partnership, unincorporated association, firm, or corporation licensed by the commission to conduct a horse racing meeting;
(6)
"Pari-mutuel wagering"
, a form of wagering on the outcome of horse races in which those who wager purchase tickets of various denominations on a horse or horses in one or more races, all wagers are pooled, and when the outcome of the race has been declared official, the total wagers comprising each pool, less such amounts provided herein or which are provided by law or rule, will be distributed to holders of winning tickets on the winning horse or horses;
(7)
"Public official"
, any elected member of the executive branch of state government and any director of a state department, any judge other than a judge of the municipal division of a circuit court, and any elected member of the legislative branch of state government;
(8)
"Race meet"
or
"race meeting"
, the whole period of time, whether consecutive dates or those instances where nonconsecutive dates are granted, for which a race track license to race has been granted to any one organization by the commission;
(9)
"Racing"
, any type of horse racing.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.510 - Horse racing commission established.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.510. Horse racing commission established. —
There is hereby created the "Missouri Horse Racing Commission", which shall consist of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The commission shall oversee the development and administration of the pari-mutuel horse racing industry in Missouri. The commission shall be assigned to the Missouri gaming commission.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.520 - Employees — executive director of gaming commission, duties.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.520. Employees — executive director of gaming commission, duties. —
1. The horse racing commission shall not hire any person to be an employee of the commission.
2. The duties of the executive director of the gaming commission, in addition to all other duties prescribed by law, shall include the following:
(1) Taking and preserving records of all proceedings before the commission, maintaining its books, documents, and records, and making them available for public inspection;
(2) If so designated by the commission, acting as a hearing officer in hearings;
(3) Acting as the commission's chief personnel officer and supervising the employment, conduct, duties, and discipline of commission employees; and
(4) Performing other duties as directed by the commission.
3. Except as provided in subdivision (7) of section 313.560, the officials at any race meeting, as this term is customarily understood in racing, including by way of enumeration only and not in limitation, placing judges, patrol judges, clerks of the scales, starters and assistants, handicapper, timer, paddock judge, veterinarians, racing secretary and clerk of the course shall be paid by the race track licensee.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.530 - Revenues from horse racing — horse racing fund, established.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 09 Jun 1987, see footnote
313.530. Revenues from horse racing — horse racing fund, established. —
Except as provided in section 313.620, all revenues derived or generated from the licensing of race tracks and authorization of races under sections 313.500 to 313.710 and all moneys received by the state, the commission or the director of revenue from pari-mutuel wagering pools shall be deposited by the director of revenue in the state treasury to be held in a special account to be known as the "Missouri Horse Racing Fund". Interest earned on the Missouri horse racing fund shall be credited to that fund. The money in the Missouri horse racing fund shall be deposited in the state treasury and invested by the state treasurer, subject to appropriation as provided by the constitution and laws enacted pursuant thereto.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1987 S.B. 384)
Effective 6-09-87
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.540 - Commission, powers — rules and regulations — stewards, delegation of authority to — appeals from stewards' decisions.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.540. Commission, powers — rules and regulations — stewards, delegation of authority to — appeals from stewards' decisions. —
The commission shall have powers to prescribe and enforce rules and regulations governing horse races and race meetings. Such rules and regulations shall contain criteria to be used by the commission for decisions on approving and revoking race track licenses and setting racing dates. The commission may delegate to the stewards such of the commission's powers and duties as may be necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes of sections 313.500 to 313.710. Any decision or action of such stewards may be appealed to the commission or may be reviewed by the commission on its own initiative.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.550 - Subpoenas, penalty for refusal to testify or produce records — penalty for false testimony.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
313.550. Subpoenas, penalty for refusal to testify or produce records — penalty for false testimony. —
1. The commission may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or the production of any records, books, memoranda, documents, or other papers or things, to enable any of them to effectually discharge its or his duties, and may administer oaths or affirmations as necessary in connection therewith. In addition, the commission shall have the authority to issue subpoenas under section 536.077 in contested cases.
2. Any person subpoenaed who fails to appear at the time and place specified in answer to the subpoena and to bring any papers or things specified in the subpoena, or who upon such appearance, refuses to testify or produce such records or things, upon conviction, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
3. Any person who testifies falsely under oath in any proceeding before, or any investigation by, the commission, its secretary, or the stewards, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a class E felony.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.570 - Members or employees subject to civil action, attorney general to represent.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.570. Members or employees subject to civil action, attorney general to represent. —
Any commission member or employee who is subject to any civil action arising from any act executed, pursuant to sections 313.500 to 313.710, by him while serving in his official capacity as a commission member or employee shall be represented by the attorney general. All costs of defending such suits and satisfaction of any judgment rendered shall be paid as provided in section 105.711.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.580 - Track license required — grounds for refusal to issue, qualifications.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.580. Track license required — grounds for refusal to issue, qualifications. —
1. Pari-mutuel wagering shall only be conducted within the grounds or enclosure of a race track licensed by the commission and shall only be conducted with respect to horse races and race meetings which have been authorized by the commission at such licensed race track. No organization shall conduct pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing without a valid race track license issued by the commission with respect to the conduct of horse racing and race meets authorized by the commission. Any organization desiring to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing shall apply to the commission for a race track license and shall provide the information required by the commission before a license may be issued.
2. The commission shall not issue any race track license to any individual or organization:
(1) Who has or which has an officer, director, or stockholder who has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Who has or which has an officer, director, or stockholder who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any illegal gambling activity; or
(3) Who is or which has an officer, director, or stockholder who is not of good moral character.
­­As used in this subsection, the term
"stockholder"
shall mean record owners of any class of stock, and beneficial owners of any class of stock as provided in subsection 4 of section 313.600, which constitutes two percent or more of the licensee's stock.
3. The commission shall not issue any license for a race track unless the commission has first determined:
(1) That the applicant would be a suitable licensee;
(2) That a licensed race track at the proposed location would be in the public interest;
(3) That the proposed race track operation is economically feasible;
(4) That the proposed race track's establishment would not be detrimental to the development of a sound horse racing program for Missouri;
(5) That any financing of applicant's proposed operations is adequate and comes from a source that is not detrimental to the public interest; and
(6) That the applicant has complied with all requisite provisions of law and of rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.
4. If any organization is ineligible to be granted a race track license because of any of the matters set forth in this section, any other affiliated organization or person that is either controlled, directly or indirectly, by such ineligible organization or person shall also be ineligible.
5. The commission shall only license the number of race tracks and authorize the number of races which it determines to be in the public interest and economically feasible.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.590 - Track license — bond required, purpose.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.590. Track license — bond required, purpose. —
A race track licensed under section 313.580 shall post a bond payable to the state of Missouri, before the license is issued, in an amount set by the commission, with sureties to be approved by the commission. The bond shall be used to guarantee that the licensee faithfully makes the payments, keeps its books and records and makes reports, and conducts its racing activity in conformity with sections 313.500 to 313.710 and the rules adopted by the commission. The bond shall not be cancelled or assigned by a surety on less than thirty days' notice in writing to the commission. If a bond is cancelled and the licensee fails to file a new bond with the commission in the required amount on or before the effective date of cancellation, the licensee's license shall be revoked. The total and aggregate liability of the surety on the bond is limited to the amount specified in the bond.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.605 - Track license — financial interest by public officials prohibited, grounds for suspension or revocation.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.605. Track license — financial interest by public officials prohibited, grounds for suspension or revocation. —
1. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, no organization shall be granted a race track license to hold a race meeting in this state and the commission may revoke or suspend a race track license if any public official of the state or his or her spouse, children or parents hold any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in the shares of stock or certificates or other evidences of ownership in the organization.
2. No organization which has been granted a race track license to hold a race meeting shall give to any public official or his or her spouse, children or parents, directly or indirectly, for or without consideration any interest in shares of stock or certificates or other evidences of ownership in the organization. The commission shall, after hearing, revoke the race track license granted to an organization which has violated this subsection.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.610 - Track license — failure to secure, penalty.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.610. Track license — failure to secure, penalty. —
Any organization conducting a horse race or race meeting at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted without a valid license issued pursuant to sections 262.260 to 262.270 and 313.500 to 313.710 shall upon conviction be guilty of a class B felony.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.620 - Fees.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.620. Fees. —
1. The commission shall prescribe by rule the amount and frequency of application fees and per day licensing fees for race tracks where pari-mutuel wagering is permitted.
2. The commission may prescribe by rule license fees for race meets with respect to which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.
3. All funds received from application fees, per day licensing fees and other licensing fees shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and shall not be transferred except by appropriation as provided by the constitution and laws enacted pursuant thereto.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.630 - Admissions tax — state aid to municipalities and counties for certain services and facilities, source, amount available.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.630. Admissions tax — state aid to municipalities and counties for certain services and facilities, source, amount available. —
In lieu of any state or local sales tax on the gross receipts from admissions paid by persons attending the races and in lieu of any state or local amusement or entertainment tax, there is hereby imposed on each organization licensed to conduct horse races under the provisions of sections 313.510 to 313.710 a tax equal to ten percent of all moneys received each day from admissions paid by persons attending the races for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. The general assembly shall appropriate money from general revenue, up to one-half of the amount credited annually pursuant to this section, to municipalities and counties in the area in which races are conducted to assist the funding of services and facilities required by the conduct of racing in such municipality or county. Any county or municipal racing authority shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the commission.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.631 - Track licensee — record keeping requirements, accounting to commission.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.631. Track licensee — record keeping requirements, accounting to commission. —
Every organization licensed to conduct horse races under the provisions of sections 262.260 to 262.270 and 313.500 to 313.710 shall so keep its books and records as to clearly show the true number of admissions, the total amount of money contributed to each pari-mutuel pool on each race separately, and the amount of money received daily from admission fees and within thirty days after the conclusion of every race meeting, shall submit to the commission a complete accounting of all such receipts and admissions.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.632 - Approval by commission, required, when.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.632. Approval by commission, required, when. —
All contracts and agreements for the payment of money and all salaries, fees and compensation paid by any organization licensed as hereinbefore provided, and all proposed extensions, additions, or improvements to the buildings, stables, improvements or tracks upon property owned or leased by such licensee shall be subject to the approval of the commission.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.650 - Refusal, revocation or suspension of occupation license — procedure — appeal, standard of review.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.650. Refusal, revocation or suspension of occupation license — procedure — appeal, standard of review. —
1. In the event the commission, for violation of the provisions of sections 313.500 to 313.710 or the rules and regulations of the commission or other just cause, refuses, revokes or suspends an occupation license, or the stewards at any race meeting suspends an occupation license, then the occupation license of the person shall be suspended pending a hearing of the commission.
2. The commission's hearings practice and procedure are as provided in the commission's rules.
3. All decisions, orders, or findings issued by any steward may be appealed to the commission. The provisions of chapter 536, except those provisions in conflict with sections 313.500 to 313.710, any rule promulgated by the commission, or any civil rule hereafter adopted which supercedes an applicable provision of chapter 536 shall apply to and govern the proceedings of the commission.
4. Final decisions of the commission shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to a petition filed in the circuit court in the county in which the hearing is held, and by delivery of copies of the petition to each party of record, within thirty days after the mailing or delivery of the final decision and notice thereof in such a case. Review under this section shall be exclusive, and decisions of the commission reviewable under this section shall not be reviewable in any other proceeding, and no other official or court shall have power to review any such decision by an action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise except under the provisions of this section or on appeal. The party seeking review shall be responsible for the filing of the transcript and record of all proceedings before the commission with the appropriate appellate court. The final decision of the commission shall be affirmed, unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence, it erroneously declares the law, or it erroneously applies the law.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.655 - Simulcast races, pari-mutuel wagering.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
313.655. Simulcast races, pari-mutuel wagering. —
1. An organization licensed to conduct racing in this state, with the approval of the commission, may contract to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on a simulcast of horse races held at race tracks in this state or other states or countries where the conduct of racing and wagering is permitted by law.
2. Any wagering made under this section shall take place within the confines of the licensee's race track pursuant to rules promulgated by the commission. The licensed race track may simulcast up to, but not more than the number of days in which it conducts live racing.
3. Computation of the total takeout and breakage for wagering made under this section shall be the same as that normally applicable to racing conducted by the licensee.
4. After deducting from the takeout the applicable tax of this state on the entire pari-mutuel pool, the amount to be paid under the terms of the contract to the race track from which the race or races will be simulcast, and the cost of transmission, the remainder shall be allocated in the same proportions as normally applicable to racing conducted by the licensee.
5. The terms and conditions of any contract with a race track made under this section are subject to the approval of the respective groups which represent a majority of the horsemen racing at the track licensed by the commission and a majority of the applicable breeders in this state.
6. The provisions of the Federal Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, Title 15, Sections 3001 through 3007, U.S. Code, shall be instructive regarding the intent of this section.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 1987 S.B. 384, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.660 - Off-track wagering prohibited, penalty.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
313.660. Off-track wagering prohibited, penalty. —
1. No individual shall for a fee, directly or indirectly, accept anything of value to be wagered or to be transmitted or delivered for wager in any pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse racing or for a fee deliver anything of value which has been received outside of the enclosure of a race track holding a horse race licensed under sections 313.500 to 313.710 to be placed as wagers in the pari-mutuel pool within such enclosure.
2. Any individual violating the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be guilty of a class D felony.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.665 - Pari-mutuel wagering or prizes given by charities not deemed gambling, when — not grounds for denial of liquor or beer licenses.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
313.665. Pari-mutuel wagering or prizes given by charities not deemed gambling, when — not grounds for denial of liquor or beer licenses. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, pari-mutuel wagering on horses at licensed tracks shall not be considered to be "gambling" as that term is used in any law or regulation.
2. Pari-mutuel wagering conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 313.500 to 313.710 shall not constitute a valid reason to refuse to issue or renew or to revoke or suspend any license or permit issued under the provisions of chapter 311.
3. The giving of door prizes or other gifts by lot or chance after payment of a price by members or guests of a charitable organization which has obtained an exemption from payment of federal income taxes as provided in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, shall not constitute a valid reason to refuse to issue or renew or to revoke or suspend any license or permit issued under the provisions of chapter 311.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 384, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.670 - Minors — prohibited from betting — presence prohibited, exceptions.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.670. Minors — prohibited from betting — presence prohibited, exceptions. —
1. No race track licensee shall knowingly permit any individual under the age of eighteen years unless accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of eighteen to be admitted to any pari-mutuel wagering area during a race meeting, nor shall any race track licensee knowingly permit any person under the age of eighteen years to wager on any horse race conducted by the organization licensee.
2. No individual under the age of eighteen years shall knowingly make or attempt to make any wager on any horse race subject to the provisions of sections 262.260 to 262.270 and 313.500 to 313.710.
3. Any individual who violates this section shall upon conviction be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals › Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities › Section 313.680 - Names of horses — registered name required to be used, penalty.

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS
Chapter 313
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
313.680. Names of horses — registered name required to be used, penalty. —
1. No individual shall knowingly enter or cause to be entered for competition any horse under any other name than its registered name, or out of its proper class, for any purse, prize, premium, stake, or sweepstakes offered to the winner of a contest of speed at any race meeting held by a race track licensee.
2. The name of any horse, for the purpose of entry for competition in any contest of speed, shall be the name under which the horse has been registered and has publicly performed.
3. Any individual convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86