Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 06 - Racing Commission › Rule 006.06.11-001 - Rules Governing Greyhound Racing in Arkansas

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
FOREWORD
This edition of the Rules and Regulations Governing Greyhound
				Racing in Arkansas supersedes all previous rules and regulations.
The Rules herein prescribed, and any amendments or additions
				thereto, apply to all persons, partnerships, Associations, firms or
				corporations, their officers, directors, stockholders, agents, representatives
				or employees, who hold, conduct, patronize, aid, assist or participate in any
				Meeting within the State of Arkansas where racing shall be permitted for any
				stake, purse or reward. The definitions and interpretations or racing terms
				herein set forth, as well as the Foreword are to be considered in connection
				with the Rules and as a part of them.
In reading the Rules, unless the text otherwise requires, it
				shall be understood, without constant reference thereto they apply only in the
				State of Arkansas.
Every franchise to hold a Meeting is granted upon the condition
				that the Franchise Holder shall accept, observe, and enforce said Rules.
				Furthermore, it shall be the duty of each and every officer, director and every
				official and employee of said Franchise Holder to observe and enforce the
				Rules.
Any and all of the Rules may be amended, altered, repealed or
				supplemented by new and additional Rules.
The Racing Commission may make exceptions to any Rule or Rules
				in individual instances as in their judgment they may deem proper.
The Racing Commission may rescind or modify any penalty or
				decision or infraction of the Rules imposed or made by the Racing
				Officials.
The Racing Commission shall have continuing jurisdiction and
				control over all penalties and decisions imposed or made by them, or their
				predecessors, except as otherwise provided by the Law. Furthermore, the
				Commission shall have the power and authority to review, affirm, modify or
				rescind any penalty or decision with regard to any infraction of these Rules,
				which may be imposed or made by the Racing Officials of any Meeting.
The Laws of the State of Arkansas, and the Rules promulgated by
				the Racing Commission, supersede the conditions of a race, or the regulations
				of a race Meeting.
NOTE: Numbering of these Rules will not be consecutive since
				the Commission Rules that apply to other types of racing are omitted.
DEFINITIONS
1000. The following definitions and
			 interpretations shall apply throughout these Rules unless the text otherwise
			 requires:
1002.
Added
			 Money
- The amount exclusive of trophy added into a stakes by
			 the Franchise Holder, or by sponsors, state-bred programs or other funds added
			 to those monies gathered by nomination, entry, sustaining and other fees coming
			 from the greyhound owners or kennel operators.
1003.
Age
- The
			 age of a greyhound is reckoned as beginning on the day it is whelped.
1004.
Appeal
-
			 A request for the Commission or its designee to investigate, consider, and
			 review any decisions or rulings of Judges.
1005.
Applicant
- Shall mean an Arkansas corporation applying to conduct racing subject to
			 these Rules, or any Franchise Holder applying for dates to conduct a racing
			 Meeting.
1006.
Arrears
- Includes all monies due for entrance,
			 forfeits, fees, fines, and any default incident to these Rules.
1007.
Association
- See Franchise Holder.
1008.
Bertillion
- A card which lists identifying
			 features of a greyhound.
1009.
Blanket
- The covering on which a greyhound's
			 post position number is displayed.
1010.
Board of
			 Judges
- (also Judges), shall include the Presiding Judge,
			 Commission Judge, and the Racing Secretary.
1011.
Bolt
-
			 When a greyhound leaves the race course during the running of an official
			 race.
1012.
Breakage
- The amount of odd cents remaining in
			 each pari-mutuel pool after re-distributions are made in a sum equal to the
			 next lowest multiple of ten cents (10¢). The minimum payout on all winning
			 wagers shall be equal to the amount wagered plus ten percent (10%); (i.e., the
			 minimum payout on a $1.00 wager shall be $1.10; the minimum payout on a $2.00
			 wager shall be $2.20, etc.).
1013.
Breeder
- The owner of a greyhound's dam at the
			 time of whelping.
1014.
Breeding Place
- The location of
			 whelping.
1015.
Carryover
- Non-distributed pool monies which are
			 retained and added to a corresponding pool in accordance with pari-mutuel
			 rules.
1016.
Commission
- Shall mean the Arkansas State Racing
			 Commission or its duly authorized representative(s), as established by the Laws
			 of the State of Arkansas, or the person or body to whom such authority may be
			 delegated by amendments to the Law from time to time.
1017.
Complaint
- A written allegation of a violation of these rules.
1018.
Day
(a)
Dark Day
-
			 A day during a live or a simulcast race meeting when no pari-mutuel wagering is
			 conducted.
(b)
Race
			 Day
- A day during a race meeting when pari-mutuel wagering is
			 conducted on live racing.
(c)
Simulcast Race Day
- A day during a race meeting
			 when pari-mutuel wagering is conducted on simulcast racing.