Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F9 - Pari-mutuel operations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Mutuel
			 manager
. The jai alai, OTB or greyhound association shall appoint a
			 mutuel manager or equivalent who shall be licensed by the division. The mutuel
			 manager and association are responsible for monitoring the accuracy of all
			 pay-off prices. The mutuel manager is further responsible for the integrity of
			 operations and the conduct of all members of the staff. In the case of OTB, the
			 mutuel manager or equivalent is also responsible for the integrity of race
			 control operations. Pool closing time shall be set, supervised and enforced by
			 the mutuel manager.
(b)
Facility manager
. The association and any OTB facility operator
			 shall appoint a facility manager or equivalent for each off-track betting
			 facility who shall be licensed by the division. The facility manager is
			 responsible for the accuracy of all pay-off prices, the integrity of facility
			 operations and the conduct of all members of the staff. Pool closing shall be
			 enforced by the facility manager.
(c)
Availability of pari-mutuel
			 rules
. Such rules of pari-mutuel wagering as approved by the division
			 shall be reproduced and made readily available to the public at each facility.
			 The daily programs sold to the public by associations shall contain a prominent
			 statement indicating that such rules are available.
(d)
Locations for sale of pari-mutuel
			 tickets
. The sale of pari-mutuel tickets shall be permitted only in
			 locations within the facilities accessible to the general public, subject to
			 division approval.
(e)
Acting
			 as agent for patron
. Licensed personnel shall not be permitted to serve
			 as an agent or employee of a patron for the purpose of wagering. It is the duty
			 of the association to enforce this regulation without exception.
(f)
Documentation required
.
			 Payment of winning pari-mutuel tickets shall be made only upon presentation and
			 surrender of such tickets, except in cases of claims based on alleged
			 improperly cancelled tickets. No claims shall be allowed for lost, improperly
			 cancelled, stolen, or destroyed tickets except upon the submission of proof
			 satisfactory to the association that such claim is valid. The association shall
			 determine the validity of all such submitted claims and may order nonpayment or
			 such payment as it may determine proper. Mutilated pari-mutuel tickets or those
			 whose validity is questioned shall be submitted to the mutuel manager or the
			 mutuel manager's authorized representative for inspection and disposition as to
			 payment. Such mutilated tickets shall also be verified by the totalizator
			 licensee. A decision of nonpayment by the mutuel manager may be appealed to the
			 division whose finding shall be final. A record or log of all claims made and
			 their disposition shall be maintained by the association.
(g)
Ticket presentation
			 deadline
. All winning pari-mutuel tickets shall be presented for payment
			 within one year of the date the race or game was conducted, or all rights to
			 those winnings will be waived. All such unclaimed winnings shall revert to the
			 association pursuant to section
			 12-575(j)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. An association shall print in its daily
			 program an association address at which all holders may present their
			 unredeemed tickets during the period of limitation, or uncashed ticket vouchers
			 for payment.
(h)
Notification
			 of program changes
. For greyhound races and jai alai games, the mutuel
			 manager shall be immediately advised by the racing judges or player's manager
			 prior to the beginning of a wagering period of changes in the program affecting
			 that period.
(i)
Payments-minimum payments
. Payments due on all wagers shall be
			 made in conformity with the established practice of the pari-mutuel system. The
			 practice is to work in dollars and not in number of tickets. The breakage
			 permitted by chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes is deducted in all
			 the calculations arriving at the payoff prices; i.e., the odd cents (¢) of
			 any multiple of ten (10) cents (¢) of winnings per dollar wagered are
			 deducted and retained by the licensee, half of which is to be remitted to the
			 state. The minimum pari-mutuel payoff by a greyhound or OTB association shall
			 be $2.10 on each winning $2.00 wager and $2.20 for jai alai wagers. In the
			 event a minus occurs in any pool the expense of said minus pool shall be borne
			 by the association, and the state shall maintain its percentage of total pool
			 including half of the breakage of the remaining pool.
(j)
Minors prohibited from
			 wagering
. No person under the age of majority shall be permitted to
			 wager.
(k)
Persons prohibited
			 from betting
.
(1) Persons prohibited
			 from betting directly or indirectly at any OTB facility, or at any in-state
			 facility supplying the association with simulcasting or racing information, or
			 via a telephone betting account shall include the following:
(A) Any licensed employee of the pari-mutuel
			 department of an association conducting off-track betting or supplying the
			 association with simulcasting or racing information;
(B) Any licensed employee of the pari-mutuel
			 department of an OTB facility operator;
(C) Any division employee;
(D) Any licensed employee of the totalizator
			 company;
(E) Any association and
			 OTB facility operator officials:
(i) Key
			 executive or control person(s);
(ii) Director of security and
			 assistant(s);
(iii) General manager
			 and assistant(s);
(iv) Mutuel
			 manager and assistant(s);
(v)
			 Facility manager(s) and assistant(s);
(vi) Telephone betting manager and
			 assistant(s); and
(F)
			 Employees of the pari-mutuel department are not permitted to wager at any
			 mutuel window of an association at which they are employed. This prohibition
			 shall not preclude wagering by persons in connection with and as part of their
			 official duties, if approved by the executive director.