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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B18 - Exacta

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Rules governing
. At tracks
			 which have the exacta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system
			 used.
(b)
Permitted
.
			 Exacta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section
			 12-574-B16
			 of these regulations.
(c)
Rules printed in program
. The rules for exacta shall be printed in
			 the daily racing programs sold to the public within the premises of racing
			 associations.
(d)
Definition
. The exacta is a contract by the purchaser of a ticket
			 combining two (2) horses in a single race, selecting the first two (2)
			 finishers in the exact order of finish as officially posted. All exacta tickets
			 will be for the win and place combinations only.
(e)
No exchange of tickets
.
			 There positively shall be no exchange of tickets after the purchaser thereof
			 has left the sales window.
(f)
Not a parlay
. The exacta is not a "parlay" and has no connection
			 with or relation to any other pool, and is no part of the win, place and show
			 pools, daily double, quinella, trifecta, superfecta, or other wagering pool.
			 All tickets will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.
(g)
Selected by numbers
.
			 Selections are to be made by program numbers. Large numbers appearing on the
			 tickets are program numbers of the horses.
(h)
Calculation and distribution of
			 pools
. The exacta shall be calculated and distributed as follows: the
			 net pool divided by the amount wagered on the winning combinations determines
			 the payoff per dollar bet, including profit and wager.
(i)
Determination of winners
. If
			 no ticket is sold on the winning combination of an exacta pool, the net pool
			 shall be distributed as a place pool between holders of tickets selecting the
			 winning horse to finish first, and/or holders of the tickets selecting the
			 second place horse to finish second.
(j)
Refund
. If no ticket is sold
			 that would require distribution of the net exacta pool to winners as defined in
			 this section, the association shall make a complete and full refund of the
			 exacta pool upon surrender of the exacta tickets so purchased.
(k)
Dead heat
.
(1) In the event of a dead heat for win, the
			 net pool shall be distributed to each combination of winners separately as in a
			 win pool dead heat, e.g., in a dead heat of two horses there are two
			 combinations, in a dead heat of three horses there are six winning
			 combinations.
(2) In the event of a
			 dead heat for second the net pool shall be divided as in a win pool dead heat
			 among holders of tickets combining the winner with each second place
			 horse.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B21 - Violations of rules and regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Liability
. Any person or association licensed by the commission
			 violating any of these rules and regulations shall be liable to the penalties
			 herein provided, unless otherwise limited in and by the rules and regulations
			 of the commission. It is the duty and responsibility of all such persons and
			 associations to know these rules.
(b)
Penalties
. The penalties for
			 violation of the act or the rules of the commission shall be as follows:
(1) Denial, revocation or suspension of
			 license.
(2) Monetary fines not
			 exceeding $5,000.00 for each violation and/or forfeiture of purse.
(3) Suspension from one or more activities at
			 one or more tracks.
(4) Expulsion
			 from racing in Connecticut.
(5) Any
			 combination of the above.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B22 - Race officials

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Designation of officials
. The officials of a harness race meeting
			 shall include the following:
(1) Presiding
			 judge, also known as the commission judge.
(2) Two associate judges.
(3) Patrol judges, not less than
			 two.
(4) Paddock judge.
(5) Finish wire judge.
(6) Starter.
(7) Clerk of the course.
(8) Racing secretary.
(9) Timer.
(10) Veterinarians.
(11) Program director.
(12) Announcer.
(13) Charter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B23 - Tracks

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Display of license
. During
			 the course of its race meetings, each association shall display the license
			 issued by the commission for the current year.
(b)
Judges' stand
. The judges'
			 stand shall be so located and constructed as to afford to the officials
			 thereupon an unobstructed view of the entire track and no obstruction shall be
			 permitted upon the track or the center field which shall obscure the judges'
			 vision of any portion of the track during the race.
(c)
Bona fide contests
. All
			 races shall be bona fide contests with the winner receiving the largest share
			 of the purse and the balance of the purse distribution made according to the
			 order of finish. No arrangement for equal distribution of the purse money among
			 the contestants is permitted.
(d)
Default in payment of purses.
(1)
			 Any association or officer that defaults in the payment of a purse that has
			 been raced for, shall, together with its officers, be penalized. No deduction,
			 voluntary or involuntary, may be made from any purse or stake or futurity other
			 than for payments to be made to the owners, nominators, or breeders of money
			 winning horses and organizational or promotion expenses stipulated for stakes
			 and futurities.
(2) Other than a
			 stake or futurity as covered in rule (d) (1) of this section, no association
			 may enter into any agreement with any organization requiring a deduction from
			 the purse payable to owners of money winning horses, unless such agreement
			 provides that a deduction may be made only from those owners entitled to
			 winnings who have expressly consented to the deduction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B26 - Drugs and medication

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Action
			 taken by judges-prohibited medication and drugs
.
(1) If the judges find that any drug has been
			 administered or attempted to be administered, internally or externally, to a
			 horse before a race, which is of such character as could affect the racing
			 condition of the horse in such race, such judges shall impose such punishment
			 and take such other action as they may deem proper, including reference to the
			 commission, against every person found by them to have administered or to have
			 attempted to administer or to have caused to be administered or to have caused
			 an attempt to administer or to have conspired with another person to administer
			 such drug.
(2) A positive
			 identification of any medication, other than those specifically accepted by the
			 commission veterinarian, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the horse
			 raced with prohibited medication in its system.
(3) The judges shall notify the commission of
			 all positive pre and post race test results.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B27 - Testing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Admittance to enclosure for making
			 tests
. No person other than those authorized by rule (f) of this section
			 shall be admitted at any time to the building or part thereof utilized by the
			 commission for making medication, drug or other tests of horses except the
			 staff immediately in charge of such work, the commissioner, the judges, and
			 such other persons as may be authorized in writing by the chairman or
			 vice-chairman of the commission or the commission veterinarian.
(b)
Guard
. A guard approved by
			 the commission must be in attendance during the hours designated by the
			 commission.
(c)
Pre-race
			 testing
. At association tracks, a pre-race testing program shall be
			 conducted by the duly authorized representatives of the commission, and shall
			 entail the operation of a field laboratory at the track.
(1) Blood samples shall be taken by a
			 licensed veterinarian of every horse programmed to race, prior to the race in
			 which it is programmed, for the purpose of determining the presence of any
			 drug, stimulant, sedative, depressant or medicine.
(2) The blood samples shall be taken under
			 the supervision of the commission veterinarian and by him and other persons
			 appointed by the commission. The times at which the horses in each race shall
			 be delivered to the paddock for the taking of the samples, as well as related
			 procedures, shall be prescribed by the commission veterinarian.
(3) Submission to the taking of pre-race
			 blood samples is mandatory and no horse shall be allowed to race if the person
			 who has charge or custody of it refuses to submit it for the taking of such
			 sample unless the commission veterinarian, for good cause in his judgment,
			 excuses the taking of the sample.
(4) Urine and saliva samples may be taken of
			 any horse whenever the pre-race test is positive or when a blood sample has not
			 been taken, or whenever, in the judgment of the commission veterinarian, a
			 urine and/or saliva sample is required for further analysis.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B28 - Owners, drivers, trainers and grooms

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Application for driver's license
. Every driver at a race meeting
			 shall be required to obtain a license from the commission. Such license shall
			 be presented to the clerk of the course before driving.
(b)
Qualification for a driver's
			 license
.
(1) In order to be licensed by
			 this commission, a driver must have a current United States trotting
			 association license, either provisional (p), restricted (v), or full drivers
			 (a). In cases where drivers are provisional (p), it shall be noted on the
			 program. In addition to any other requirements mentioned herein, a driver shall
			 be required to submit evidence of an annual eye examination.
(2) In the event any person is involved in an
			 accident on the track, the commission may, at any time in their discretion,
			 require an examination.
(3) All
			 penalties imposed on any driver will be recorded on the reverse side of both
			 his United States trotting association and commission driver's license by the
			 presiding judge.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B29 - Eligibility and classification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration of ownership
. All horses shall be registered in
			 current ownership either as standard or non-standard with the United States
			 trotting association and the owner or owners shall upon request of the
			 commission or its authorized representatives, produce a valid registration
			 certificate issued by the United States trotting association.
(b)
Issuance of eligibility
			 certificate
.
(1) An eligibility
			 certificate shall be issued only to an active member of the United States
			 trotting association in good standing and shall not be issued to an owner or
			 horse under penalty except as provided in United States trotting association
			 rules and regulations.
(2)
			 Eligibility certificates of corporations shall likewise be obtained in
			 accordance with rules of the United States trotting association.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B31 - Stakes and futurities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Stake and
			 futurity sponsors.
All stake and futurity sponsors shall:
(1) Filing conditions. Annually file a copy
			 of their conditions for approval with the commission, and with the United
			 States trotting association.
(2)
			 Bond. Maintain a performance bond in the amount of the fund until such time as
			 the race is contested. A copy of said bond shall be furnished to the commission
			 and the United States trotting association.
(3) Nomination list. Furnish a list of the
			 nominations within thirty (30) days after the closing of such nominations to
			 the commission and the United States trotting association.
(4) Financial statement. Furnish the
			 commission and the United States trotting association an annual financial
			 statement of each stake and futurity and, within thirty (30) days following the
			 day of the race, submit to the commission and the United States trotting
			 association a final financial statement.
(5) List of eligibles. Furnish within twenty
			 (20) days following the last payment before the starting fee the complete list
			 of all horses remaining eligible to the following: Owners of all eligible
			 horses, the commission and the United States trotting association; together
			 with a list of any nominations transferred or substituted if such is permitted
			 by the conditions, and such other requirements as prescribed by the United
			 States trotting association.
(6)
			 Nominating and sustaining payment dates. Set the nominating date and dates for
			 all sustaining payments except the starting fee on the fifteenth (15th) day of
			 the month. No sustaining payment for the two-year-olds' races shall fall due
			 prior to January 15th of the year to be raced.
(7) Notice of place and date of race.
			 Announce the place and date of the stake or futurity as soon as racing dates
			 for the year are allocated by the commission and before taking sustaining
			 payments. The commission must approve changes in announced dates.
(8) Forms. All nominations and entry forms,
			 list of nominators and lists of eligibles shall be on a standard 8½ x
			 11? paper. Such lists shall designate the owners alphabetically.
(9) Estimated purse. No estimated purse shall
			 be advertised or published which is in excess of the actual purse paid or
			 distributed during the previous year unless increased by guaranteed added
			 money.
(10) Sponsor's
			 contribution. No stake or futurity shall be approved for extended pari-mutuel
			 meetings if the added money is not at least thirty (30) percent (%) of the
			 purse.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B32 - Entries

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Form of entry
. All entries
			 must:
(1) Be made in writing on forms approved
			 by the commission.
(2) Be signed by
			 the owner or his authorized agent in writing, except as provided in rule (a) of
			 section
			 12-574-B34,
			 of these rules.
(3) Furnish the
			 name, commission license number and address of the owner and the agent, or the
			 lessee, or the registered stable name.
(4) Furnish the name, color, sex, age, sire
			 and dam of the horse.
(5) Name the
			 event or events in which the horse is to be entered.
(6) Entries in overnight events must also
			 comply with the provisions of rule (a) of section
			 12-574-B34,
			 of these rules.
(7) Furnish the
			 name, commission license number and registered racing colors of the
			 driver.
(8) Furnish the name and
			 commission license number of the trainer.
(9) State if pacer is free legged or
			 hoppled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B33 - Entries and starters required, split races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Entries to be specified in overnight events
. An association must
			 specify how many entries are required for overnight events and after the
			 condition is fulfilled, the event must be contested except when declared off as
			 provided for in section
			 12-574-B35 of these
			 rules.
(b)
When race must be
			 contested
. In early closing events or late closing events, if five (5)
			 or more separate interests are declared in to start, the race must be contested
			 except when declared off as provided in section
			 12-574-B35 of these
			 rules. Stakes and futurities must be raced if one or more horses are declared
			 in to start except when declared off as provided in section
			 12-574-B35 of these
			 rules.
(c)
Entrance
			 monie
s. In an early closing event, if less horses are declared in than
			 are required to start and all declarers are immediately so notified, the horse
			 or horses declared in and ready to race shall be entitled to all of the
			 entrance money and forfeits from each horse named.
(d)
Elimination heats or two
			 divisions
.
(1) In any race where the
			 number of horses declared in to start exceeds twelve (12), the race may at the
			 option of the association be raced in elimination heats or divisions. The
			 association exercising such option, however, must do so before positions are
			 drawn. In the event a stake or futurity is split into divisions, the added
			 money for each division shall be at least twenty percent (20%) of all
			 nomination, sustaining and starting fees paid into such stake or
			 futurity.
(2) Where the race is an
			 early closing or a late closing event, the race may be divided by lot and at
			 least fifty percent (50%) added to the advertised purse and raced in two
			 divisions; each division racing for one-half of the total increased purse as
			 above provided. If three or more divisions are necessary, the track shall add
			 an amount sufficient to allow each division to race for at least seventy-five
			 percent (75%) of the purse originally advertised.
(3) In an added money early closing event or
			 stake, the race may be divided and raced in divisions and each division raced
			 for an equal share of the total purse if the advertised conditions so provide;
			 provided, however, extended meetings shall add an additional amount so that
			 each division will race for seventy-five percent (75%) of the advertised added
			 money. These provisions shall apply to any stake with a value of $20,000 or
			 less.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B34 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Declaration
.
(1) Unless otherwise
			 specified in the conditions, approval of which must be granted by the
			 commission, the declaration time for all races shall be 9:00 A.M., prevailing
			 time. The association shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which
			 declarations shall be deposited. At the time specified, the presiding judge who
			 shall be in charge thereof, shall unlock the box, assort the declarations found
			 therein, and immediately draw the positions in the presence of such owners or
			 their representatives as may appear.
(2) Prior to the opening of the declaration
			 box, when futurities, stakes, early closing or late closing events are
			 programmed, the presiding judge shall communicate with the race secretary to
			 ascertain if any declarations by mail, telegraph or otherwise are in the office
			 of the race secretary and not deposited in the box. If there are such
			 declarations, the presiding judge shall see that they are declared and drawn in
			 the proper event. However, in a race of a duration of more than one dash or
			 heat, the judges may draw positions from the stands for succeeding dashes or
			 heats.
(3) Declarations by mail or
			 telegraph or telephone actually received and evidence of which is deposited in
			 the box before the time specified to declare in, shall be drawn in the same
			 manner as the others. Such drawing shall be final. When an association requires
			 a horse to be declared at a stated time, failure to declare as required shall
			 be considered a withdrawal from the event.
(4) After a declaration to start has been
			 made, no horses shall be drawn except by permission of the judges.
(5) To avoid conflicts and misunderstandings,
			 when the time of declaration of any race is stated in days or hours prior to
			 the day of the race, it shall be construed to exclude Sunday.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B35 - Postponement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Reasons for postponement,
			 rescheduling races
. In case of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable
			 cause, the association, with the approval of the commission or its appointed
			 representative, may postpone the races. When a racing program is postponed, the
			 races scheduled shall be rescheduled as follows:
(1) Early closing, late closing races, stakes
			 and futurities shall be postponed to the next racing day.
(2) If there is no time remaining in the
			 scheduled race meeting and it cannot be extended to permit the race to be
			 programmed, the entrance money and forfeits shall be divided equally among the
			 nominators who have horses on the grounds declared in and eligible to
			 start.
(3) Unless conditions
			 prescribe to the contrary, stakes and futurities shall not be transferred to
			 another meeting without the unanimous consent of the association and of all
			 those having horses eligible to the event.
(4) Overnight races may be postponed and
			 carried over not more than two (2) racing days.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B37 - Placing, conditions and purse

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Placing
			 and money distribution
.
(1) Unless
			 otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall be distributed on the
			 dash basis with the money awarded according to a horse's position in each
			 separate dash or heat of the race.
(A) Purse
			 money distribution in overnight events shall be limited to five
			 monies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B38 - Time and records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Electric
			 timer, manual timer
. In every race or performance against time, the time
			 of each heat or dash shall be taken by an approved electric timing device and
			 placed in the record in minutes, seconds and fifths of seconds and on the
			 decision of each heat the time thereof shall be publicly announced or posted.
			 In addition to the approved electric timing device, one manual timer shall be
			 employed. No unofficial timing shall be announced or admitted to the record. If
			 at any time the automatic timing device should fail, the decision of the manual
			 timer as to the time of such heat or dash shall be official. If the manual
			 timer fails to act, no time shall be announced or recorded for that heat or
			 dash.
(b)
Error in
			 announcement of time
. In any case of alleged error in the record,
			 announcement or publication of the time made by a horse, the time so questioned
			 shall not be changed to favor said horse or owner, except upon the sworn
			 statement of the judges and timers who officiated in the race, and then only
			 with the approval of the commission.
(c)
Certificate as to track
			 measurement
. In order that the performance thereon may be recognized
			 and/or published as official, every association shall forthwith cause to be
			 filed with the commission and the United States trotting association the
			 certificate of a duly licensed civil engineer or land surveyor that he has
			 measured the said track from wire to wire three feet out from the pole or
			 inside hub rail thereof and certifying in linear feet the result of such
			 measurement. Each track shall be measured and recertified in the event of any
			 changes or relocation of the hub rail.
(d)
Leading horse timed
. The
			 leading horse shall be timed and his time only shall be announced. No horse
			 shall obtain a win race record by reason of the disqualification of another
			 horse unless a horse is declared a winner by reason of the disqualification of
			 a breaking horse on which he was lapped.
(e)
Time in dead heat
. In case
			 of a dead heat, the time shall constitute a record for the horses making the
			 dead heat and both shall be considered winners.
(f)
Time taken from starting
			 point
. The time shall be taken from the first horse leaving the starting
			 point from which the distance of the race is measured, until the winner reaches
			 the wire.
(g)
Fraudulent
			 misrepresentation of time
. Any person who shall be guilty of fraudulent
			 misrepresentation of time or the alteration of the record thereof in any public
			 race or performance against time shall be penalized and the time declared not a
			 record.
(h)
Time
			 performance
. A record can be made only in a public race or performance
			 against time. In a performance against time, the United States trotting
			 association rules and regulations shall apply.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B39 - Racing, farm, corporate or stable names

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration
. A racing, farm corporate or stable name may be used
			 by the owners or lessees of horses if currently registered with the United
			 States trotting association and registered with the commission upon payment of
			 any applicable fee. The names of all persons connected in the stable or
			 operating thereunder shall be listed in such registry.
(b)
Limitations
. Not more than
			 one stable may be registered under the same name. The commission may prohibit
			 the use of any name which is misleading to the public or unbecoming to the
			 sport.
(c)
Liabilities
. All persons listed in a registered stable shall be
			 liable for entry fees and all penalties against horses raced under such stable
			 name. If one of the persons listed under such stable name is suspended, all the
			 horses in such stable shall be included in such suspension.
(d)
Leases
. The lessee of a
			 horse shall file with the United States trotting association a copy of the
			 leasing arrangement which shall contain the name of the horse, the name and
			 address of the owner, the name and address of the lessee, the stable name, if
			 any, of either party, and the terms of the lease. Any horse on lease must race
			 in the name of the lessee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B40 - Racing and track rules

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Driving
			 procedures
. Although a leading horse is entitled to any part of the
			 track except after selecting his position in the home stretch, neither the
			 driver of the first horse nor any other driver in the race shall:
(1) Change either to the right or left during
			 any part of the race when another horse is so near him that in altering his
			 position he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or causes the
			 driver of such other horse to pull him out of his stride.
(2) Jostle, strike, hook wheels, or interfere
			 with another horse or driver.
(3)
			 Cross sharply in front of a horse or cross over in front of a field of horses
			 in a reckless manner, endangering other drivers.
(4) Swerve in and out or pull up
			 quickly.
(5) Crowd a horse or
			 driver by "putting a wheel under him".
(6) "Carry a horse out" or "sit down in front
			 of him", take up abruptly in front of other horses so as to cause confusion or
			 interference among the trailing horses, or do any other act which constitutes
			 what is popularly known as helping.
(7) Let a horse pass inside
			 needlessly.
(8) Commit any act
			 which shall impede the progress of another horse or cause him to
			 "break".
(9) Change course after
			 selecting a position in the home stretch and swerve in or out, or bear in or
			 out, in such manner as to interfere with another horse or cause him to change
			 course or take back.
(10) Drive in
			 a careless or reckless manner.
(11)
			 Fail to set or maintain a pace comparable to the class in which they are
			 racing. Failure to do so by going an excessively slow quarter or any other
			 distance that changes the normal pattern, overall timing, or general outcome of
			 the race will be considered a violation of this rule and the judges may impose
			 a penalty which can be a fine, suspension, or both.
(12) Laying off a normal pace and leaving a
			 hole when it is well within the horse's capacity to keep the hole
			 closed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B41 - Decorum

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Conduct
. All licensees of
			 the commission are required to conduct themselves in a forthright, gentlemanly
			 manner at all times while on or near the premises of a licensed harness
			 racetrack during the operation of a licensed harness race meeting.
(b)
Profanity
. No licensee of
			 the commission shall use improper language or otherwise abuse any official,
			 appointee, representative or employee of the commission, or any person acting
			 under the orders or rules of the commission.
(c)
Assault
. If any owner,
			 driver, trainer or attendant of a horse, or any other licensee connected with
			 the operation of a licensed harness race meeting at any time during said
			 meeting, either on or off the grounds of a licensed racetrack shall commit an
			 assault or battery, or attempt an assault or battery or threaten to do bodily
			 harm to any person or persons connected in any way with such race meeting, he
			 shall be subjected to the penalties prescribed by these rules.
(d)
Bonus
. No owner, trainer or
			 driver or their agent shall demand of a licensed harness racetrack a bonus of
			 money or other special award or consideration as a condition for starting a
			 horse already entered to race.
(e)
Wagers by horsemen
. No owner, trainer, driver, agent, employee or
			 attendant of a horse shall bet or cause any other person to bet on his behalf
			 on any other horse in a race in which there shall start a horse owned, trained
			 or driven by him, or which he in anyway represents or handles or in which he
			 has an interest. No such person shall participate in exacta, quinella, trifecta
			 or superfecta wagering on a race in which such horse starts.
(f)
Divided interest
. No driver
			 shall drive a horse in a race in which there shall start another horse which he
			 in any way represents or handles or in which he has an interest unless coupled
			 as an entry.
(g)
Misconduct
			 and association with undesirables
.
(1)
			 The commission may impose the penalties as prescribed by these rules if it
			 finds that any licensee or other person subject to the jurisdiction of the
			 commission:
(A) Is associating, consorting or
			 negotiating with bookmakers, touts or other persons of similar pursuits,
			 or;
(B) Is associating, consorting
			 or negotiating with persons who have been convicted of a crime, or;
(C) Is guilty of any fraud or has attempted
			 any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with racing, breeding or
			 otherwise, or;
(D) Has violated any
			 law, rule or regulation with respect to racing in any jurisdiction,
			 or;
(E) Has violated any rule,
			 regulation or order of the commission;
(F) The experience, character or general
			 fitness of any person is such that his or their participation in harness racing
			 or related activities would be inconsistent with the public interest,
			 convenience or necessity or with the best interests of racing
			 generally.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B43 - Protests

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Protests
. Protests may be
			 made only by an owner, manager, trainer or driver of one of the contending
			 horses at any time before the winnings are paid. Protests shall be reduced to
			 writing and sworn to, before a judge of the meeting or a notary public and
			 shall contain at least one specific charge which, if true, could prevent the
			 horse from winning or competing in the race.
(b)
Testimony under oath
. The
			 judges shall, in every case of protest, demand that the driver and the owner or
			 owners, if present, immediately testify under oath and in case of their refusal
			 to do so, the horse shall not be allowed to start or continue in the race, but
			 shall be ruled out, with a forfeit of entrance money.
(c)
Continuing race under
			 protest
. Unless the judges find satisfactory evidence to warrant
			 excluding the horse, they shall allow him to start or continue in the race
			 under protest, and the premium, if any is won by that horse, shall be held by
			 the association until the commission shall have determined the merits of the
			 protest.
(d)
False protests,
			 failure to protest
. Any person found guilty of protesting falsely and
			 without cause or merely with intent to embarrass a race or who does not file a
			 protest notwithstanding that he has knowledge which would warrant the filing
			 thereof, shall be penalized hereunder.
(e)
Distribution of pools
.
			 Nothing herein contained shall affect the distribution of the pari-mutuel pools
			 when such distribution is made upon the official placing at the conclusion of
			 the heat or dash.
(f)
Purse
			 held in trust where appeal or protest filed
. In case of an appeal or
			 protest, the purse money affected shall be deposited with the association in a
			 trust fund pending the decision of the appeal.
(g)
Refusal to accept protest or act as
			 witness
. No judge may refuse to accept a protest or appeal or act as a
			 witness for a person seeking to swear to a protest or appeal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B44 - Security

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Director of security
. Every
			 association shall employ a full time director of security who shall be licensed
			 and who shall pay the fee, if any, required by the act. The duties of the
			 director of securities are as follows:
(1)
			 Supervise the entrance to and exit from every gate within the grounds of the
			 association at all times during the scheduled meet of said
			 association.
(2) Supervise all
			 security personnel in the constant search for undesirables and expulsion of
			 same from the grounds during a meet.
(3) Investigate and report to both the
			 commission and the association any action on the part of any party or parties
			 which is, in his opinion, endangering the honest operation of any phase of the
			 meet.
(4) Enforce all commission
			 and association rules whether violator is patron or employee and assist in the
			 apprehension of guilty party or parties and expulsion of same if requested by
			 either the association or the commission or its duly appointed
			 representatives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-E - Licensing and Disclosure › Section 12-574-E1 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Applicability
. The rules and regulations contained herein shall
			 apply to all persons or business organizations required to be licensed pursuant
			 to Chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes, with the exception of
			 lottery sales agents, and to all persons or business organizations required to
			 disclose pursuant to Chapter 226b of those statutes. The relevant provisions
			 pertaining to the licensing of lottery sales agents, are found within the
			 division's Administrative Regulations: Operation of a State Lottery. The
			 division does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the licensing,
			 employment, administration of, or access to its programs, services, or
			 activities.
(b)
Licensing
			 exemptions
. The appropriate licensing authority may, on its own motion
			 or upon application, exempt any person or business organization from the
			 licensing requirements of Chapter 226 or any of the disclosure requirements of
			 Chapter 226b. The appropriate licensing authority, in making its determination,
			 shall consider whether the applicant seeking the exemption will exercise
			 control in or over an activity which is ancillary to and not an integral part
			 of any activity authorized under this chapter. The burden of proving that an
			 exemption should be granted rests solely with the applicant. The licensing
			 authority making the determination may limit or condition the terms of an
			 exemption and such determination shall be final.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-E - Licensing and Disclosure › Section 12-574-E3 - Association licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Generally
.
Pursuant to Sections
				12-574(a)
				and
				12-572
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, no person or business organization may
				conduct a meeting at which racing or the exhibition of jai alai is permitted
				for any stake, purse or reward or operate the offtrack betting system unless
				such person or business organization is licensed as an association licensee by
				the board.
(2) Applications for a
			 license shall be made on forms supplied by the division and shall be filed with
			 the executive director of the division.
(3) Each applicant shall file such
			 information as may from time to time be required by the board and the division
			 and as is hereinafter enumerated.
(4) In determining the licensability of an
			 applicant or the continuing suitability of a licensee, the board will consider
			 the following matters:
(A) Opportunity for the
			 sport to develop properly within the marketing parameters established by the
			 board.
(B) Extent of community
			 support for the promotion and profitable continuance of the facility.
(C) The character and reputation of the
			 persons identified with the undertaking.
(D) Financial ability of, and the resources
			 available for the applicant to promote and operate a facility.
(E) The type, quality, and architecture of
			 the facility proposed.
(F) The
			 impact of competition with other legalized gambling activities in
			 Connecticut.
(G) The impact of the
			 proposed facility on the policies, public interest, and people of the
			 state.
(H) The personal or business
			 affiliations of applicant or the persons identified with applicant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-E - Licensing and Disclosure › Section 12-574-E4 - Affiliate, totalisator, concessionaire, and vendor licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Type of license
.
(1) Association affiliate license. Any
			 affiliate, as that term is defined in these regulations, of an association must
			 obtain an association affiliate license from the board.
(2) Totalisator license. Any person or
			 business organization that will provide totalisator equipment or services to
			 any association licensee for the operation of a parimutuel system must obtain a
			 totalisator license from the executive director.
(3) Concessionaire license. Any
			 concessionaire, as such term is defined in these regulations, must obtain a
			 concessionaire license from the executive director.
(4) Vendor license. Any vendor, as such term
			 is defined in these regulations, must obtain a vendor license from the
			 executive director.
(5) Affiliate
			 of totalisator, concessionaire or vendor license. Any affiliate, as that term
			 is defined in these regulations, of a totalisator, concessionaire, or vendor
			 licensee must obtain the appropriate affiliate license from the
			 division.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-E - Licensing and Disclosure › Section 12-574-E6 - Regulation of licensees, penalties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Association licensees
.
(1) The
			 board shall have the right to deny any application for a license for good
			 cause, and the action of the board shall be final subject to subsection (e) (4)
			 below of this section.
(2) If a
			 license is granted, the board shall have the authority to fine said licensee in
			 an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, and suspend or revoke
			 its license after a hearing held in accordance with Chapter 54 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes for good cause for any one of the following
			 reasons:
(A) If a licensee makes any material
			 false or misleading statement in any information filed with the board or the
			 division.
(B) If a licensee fails
			 to meet its financial obligations in a substantial manner.
(C) If the licensee or its affiliates violate
			 the provisions of the act or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
			 thereto.
(D) If there has been a
			 material change in the character and reputation of the person identified with
			 the undertaking which the board determines is not in the best interests of the
			 legalized gambling industry and the state of Connecticut.
(E) If the licensee fails to conduct
			 performances during any day of its meeting without good cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-E - Licensing and Disclosure › Section 12-574-E7 - Conditional licenses; limitations on outstanding licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Temporary licenses
.
			 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the administrative regulations of
			 the division, the executive director or his designee may issue temporary class
			 I occupational licenses subject to the owing conditions:
(1) Temporary licenses shall not be issued
			 for a period greater than seven (7) days, however, they may be renewed at the
			 discretion of the executive director or his designee for successive periods of
			 not greater than seven (7) days, for good cause and upon the written request of
			 the temporary licensee.
(2) Before
			 a temporary license may be issued, an application for license must be
			 filed.
(3) A temporary license may
			 be revoked or suspended without cause upon notice to the temporary
			 licensee.
(4) A temporary license
			 shall not be valid unless a preliminary security clearance is obtained before
			 the end of the next state business day following the issuance of the temporary
			 license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F2 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Gaming
			 policy board
. The board may delegate any duty to the division concerning
			 the regulation of pari-mutuel wagering or off-track betting as long as such
			 delegation is not in conflict with chapters 226 and 226b of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes.
(b)
Applicability
. All licensees and all persons wagering at or
			 through off-track betting or parimutuel facilities shall be bound by the
			 provisions of chapters 226 and 226b of the Connecticut General Statutes and
			 sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(c)
Waiver
. The gaming policy
			 board or the executive director with the approval of the gaming policy board,
			 in its discretion, may waive any regulation contained herein when such waiver
			 shall be in the best interests of the state of Connecticut, greyhound racing,
			 off-track betting or jai alai. Prior approval of the board shall not be
			 required for waivers within the jurisdiction of the executive director or where
			 the executive director finds that public health, safety or welfare requires
			 emergency action, or is necessary to facilitate the daily operations of the
			 facilities, provided the board shall be apprised at their next scheduled
			 meeting of the waiver and the circumstances surrounding it. The board may
			 approve or disapprove the continuance of such waiver.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F3 - Operating dates, times, and number of games or races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Jai alai and greyhound operating
			 dates; number of games or races
.
(1)
			 Generally. The board shall approve the number of jai alai playing and greyhound
			 racing days to be awarded, which shall not be less than one hundred (100) days
			 in a year unless the board waives this requirement for an association's initial
			 year of operation. Unless delegated to the division by the board in accordance
			 with section
			 12-574-F2(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the board shall approve the
			 actual days awarded, the number of performances, the post times of the first
			 game or race for each performance and the number of games or races in each
			 performance. Post times for games or races other than the first of each
			 performance shall be established by management and normally adhered to within
			 one minute. However, upon request from management, the division representative
			 may approve extension of the betting period if such extension is required by
			 the circumstances and is in the best interest of the public. Failure to comply
			 with the post times or approved extensions shall constitute an infraction of
			 the regulations which may subject the violating association to a fine, license
			 suspension or both.
(2) Annual
			 application. An association licensee shall annually apply for jai alai or
			 greyhound racing dates and file such information as the board may direct. In
			 awarding jai alai or greyhound racing dates the board shall consider the best
			 interests of the state, the interests of the associations and any other
			 pertinent considerations. The board shall as far as practicable avoid conflicts
			 in the dates assigned.
(3) Sunday
			 performances. With the approval of the legislative body of the town in which
			 the meet is scheduled to take place and upon the request of the licensee,
			 Sundays may be included in the period of days assigned for a greyhound or jai
			 alai meet.
(4) Make-up
			 performances. If for good cause, jai alai or greyhound racing could not be
			 conducted during a meet, the executive director may award make-up performances
			 to be conducted on such dates as the executive director may
			 determine.