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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-17 - Requirements of the CLC

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
New
			 lottery games, department approval.
The CLC shall obtain the
			 department's approval of all new lottery game designs, and official procedures
			 and working papers, in order to ensure the integrity of the lottery games prior
			 to publicizing the lottery games or offering such games to the public. To the
			 extent board approval is required or sought by the CLC for a lottery game
			 design, official procedure or working paper, such approval shall occur before
			 the item is presented to the department for approval.
(b)
Provision of all CLC
			 records
. The CLC shall provide to the department all business records,
			 reports, documents, policies and procedures required by the department in its
			 sole discretion.
(c)
Provision of all payroll listings and organizational charts of the CLC.
The CLC shall provide to the department a complete payroll listing of
			 all employees of the CLC on a monthly basis. Upon request of the department,
			 and in addition to the requirements of 12-568a-18 of the Regulations of
			 Connecticut State Agencies, the CLC shall provide to the department a complete
			 organizational chart, including officers and directors, and advise the
			 department immediately concerning changes in key personnel who are employed by
			 the CLC, including, but not limited to, absences greater than one work
			 week.
(d)
Annuity providers,
			 department approval.
(1) All
			 annuities, from which payments shall be made to winners of lottery prizes,
			 shall be invested in instruments issued by agencies of the United States
			 government and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, or
			 shall be issued by insurance companies licensed to do business in the
			 state.
(2) The department shall
			 approve, prior to utilization by the CLC, the financial stability and
			 acceptable minimum investment rating of all annuity providers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-18 - Financial reporting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Department consultation.
Prior to any audit of the CLC to be
			 performed by a certified public accountant, the CLC shall provide to the
			 department the opportunity to meet with the CLC to identify areas of audit to
			 be conducted by the certified public accountant.
(b)
Annual report.
The CLC
			 shall require that the independent certified public accountant engaged to
			 conduct the audit required under section 12-802(d) of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes submits to the department within one-hundred-fifty (150) days after
			 the close of its fiscal year, a complete set of audited financial statements
			 that present the CLC's financial position and the results of its operations and
			 its cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting
			 principles.
(c)
Disclosure.
In addition, the CLC shall disclose the following to the department on
			 an annual basis:
(1) All related-party
			 transactions;
(2) An organizational
			 chart;
(3) Schedules of:
(A) Annuities purchased to fund lottery
			 prizes;
(B) Miscellaneous revenue
			 in detail by source;
(C) Promotions
			 and advertising expenses;
(D)
			 Payments of major contractual services; and
(E) Professional fees, including legal,
			 accounting and consulting fees;
(4) A report as to whether any material
			 deficiencies in internal controls were noted by the independent auditor during
			 the course of the annual audit of the CLC's financial statements. In addition,
			 the CLC shall submit to the department a copy of any report and associated
			 auditor's letters issued by the independent auditor in connection with the
			 annual audit;
(5) The CLC's
			 representation letter to the auditor for accounting information material to the
			 financial statements and for matters relating to audit disclosure requirements.
			 Any reports resulting from an examination or the performance of mutually agreed
			 upon procedures relating to the design and/or operating effectiveness of the
			 CLC's internal controls; and
(6)
			 Articles of organization and any changes thereto, resolution, amendments to
			 by-laws, and minutes of meetings of the CLC.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-20 - Reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The CLC or any
			 licensee shall immediately report to the department all incidents or
			 allegations of misconduct involving any employee of the CLC, vendor employee,
			 affiliate employee, agent or lottery retailer employee that threatens the
			 integrity of the lottery or the operation of the CLC. In addition to the
			 reporting requirements established by section 4-33a of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes, the CLC shall also notify the department of any unauthorized,
			 illegal, irregular or unsafe handling or expenditure of state or quasi-public
			 agency funds that threatens the integrity of the lottery or may negatively
			 impact revenue to the state from the CLC.
(b) The CLC and any licensee shall
			 immediately report to the department all statutory, regulatory and criminal
			 incidents, or allegations of incidents, affecting the lottery. The department,
			 in its sole discretion, may conduct its own investigation into any and all
			 suspected incidents or violations.
(c) The CLC or any licensee shall immediately
			 report to the department any attempt or suspected attempt by any person to
			 tamper with the lottery gaming system or any related system and shall report
			 any missing, lost, stolen or altered ticket, ticket stock, or property or
			 equipment related to the operation or play of any lottery game.
(d) Failure by the CLC or any licensee to
			 report said incidents in a timely manner may be cause for suspension or
			 revocation of the license of any licensee, after being afforded the opportunity
			 for a hearing in accordance with sections
			 12-568a-1
			 to
			 12-568a-24,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and the department
			 rules of practice and hearing procedures.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-21 - Ticket vending machines

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Department approval.
Ticket vending machines, and any use
			 thereof, shall be approved by the department.
(b)
Only the CLC or licensed agents.
The CLC shall submit official procedures to the department, subject to
			 department approval prior to implementation, for the use of ticket vending
			 machines. Only the CLC or a licensee shall have any such machines on their
			 premises. Each machine shall be at all times within the line of sight of the
			 licensee or an assigned employee, unless said machine has an operational age
			 verification capability. Licensees and assigned employees shall use all
			 reasonable efforts to ensure that minors do not utilize a ticket vending
			 machine.
(c)
Age
			 verification; disabling equipment
. Prior to utilization, any ticket
			 vending machine shall have either age verification capability to substantiate
			 proof of age using a valid driver's license, or other identification mechanism,
			 or shall at all times be in the line of sight of the licensee or an assigned
			 employee. Ticket vending machines that do not have age verification capability
			 shall be equipped with a device capable of instantly disabling the machine from
			 operation. Licensees and assigned employees are responsible for utilizing said
			 disabling device in the event a machine is not being used lawfully or the age
			 verification mechanism is malfunctioning.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-22 - Management information system implementation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The CLC shall
			 implement, or ensure that its vendor implements, a MIS including computers,
			 management information workstations, networking, databases, software, and data
			 interfaces to insure networked access to the lottery gaming system by
			 department users as designated by the department. The MIS shall provide both
			 real-time and historical reports as determined by the CLC in consultation with
			 the department. At a minimum, the system shall provide daily information as to
			 sales, cashes, cancels and pool totals. The department shall have access to
			 such reports through the MIS .
(b)
			 The MIS shall provide the department with the capability to verify, validate,
			 and monitor the accuracy of system data and to insure the integrity of the
			 information.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-23 - Internal control system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
ICS
			 equipment and network and communications software.
In order for the
			 department to test and approve of the CLC's ICS, the CLC shall provide the
			 department with access to all of the ICS system and shall give the department
			 the ability to independently monitor the system.
(1) All of the CLC's ICS hardware and network
			 and communication software shall be enhanced and updated by the CLC to remain
			 current. The department shall confirm that said enhancements are operating
			 successfully prior to implementation.
(2) The CLC shall provide the department with
			 all system documentation to support the ICS. The documentation shall include,
			 but not be limited to, hardware and communications configurations, an escrow
			 copy of current ICS software and all service contracts deemed necessary to
			 maintain the ICS.
(3) The lottery
			 gaming system transactions provided by the CLC through the lottery gaming
			 system vendor via real-time communication shall be complete data that enables
			 the ICS to achieve independent matching of critical system balances including,
			 but not limited to, pools, liabilities, sales, advance sales, cancels, cashes
			 and purges for all lottery games individually and in total.
(4) The CLC shall supply the department, upon
			 request, with daily, weekly, or monthly ICS file backups.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 568a - Operation of Lottery › Section 12-568a-24 - Commissioner's decisions

Current through July 10, 2024
In the event of any occurrence not covered by sections
				12-568a-1
				to
				12-568a-23,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the commissioner
				retains the authority to make a decision in the best interests of the lottery
				and the state of Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A1 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Application.
The rules and regulations contained herein shall
			 apply to all associations, as defined herein, conducting a thoroughbred horse
			 race meeting for any purse, stake or reward, and where pari-mutuel wagering
			 shall be permitted.
(b)
Licenses subject to rules.
All licenses granted by the commission
			 are subject to these rules and regulations.
(c)
Amendments.
These rules and
			 regulations are subject to amendment from time to time and shall be amended in
			 accord with Public Act 854 of the 1971 session of the general assembly. All
			 licensees shall abide by any such amendments.
(d)
Waiver.
The commission in
			 its discretion may waive any rule contained herein when such waiver shall be in
			 the best interests of the state of Connecticut and the sport of thoroughbred
			 racing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A4 - Executive secretary

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointment
. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary
			 who shall be a resident of this state at the time of and during the full term
			 of his employment.
(b)
Powers
. The executive secretary shall have the power and it shall
			 be his duty to:
(1) Administer and coordinate
			 the administrative functions of the commission.
(2) Have overall supervisory authority and
			 responsibility over the racing division which includes the thoroughbred racing
			 section.
(3) Have that authority
			 which the commission delegates to him as it deems proper and appropriate for
			 the efficient administration of the provisions of this act.
(4) Report to the commission on those
			 functions assigned to him by the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A5 - Executive director

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointment
. The commission shall appoint an executive director of
			 the state racing division who shall be a resident of the state at the time of
			 and during the full term of his employment.
(b)
Racing division
. The racing
			 division of the commission shall encompass the thoroughbred racing, harness
			 racing, greyhound racing and jai alai sections.
(c)
Powers
. The director shall
			 have the power, and it shall be his duty to:
(1) Administer and coordinate the operation
			 of the racing division in accordance with the provisions of the act and with
			 the rules and regulations of the commission.
(2) Maintain full and complete records of the
			 operation of the racing division. These records shall be open to the public as
			 provided in section 1-19 of the 1969 supplement to the general
			 statutes.
(3) Report on a regular
			 basis to the executive secretary on the status of the racing
			 division.
(4) Perform those
			 functions assigned to him by the executive secretary.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A6 - Application for license to conduct meeting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
License, form, date
. No individual, partnership or corporation
			 shall hold or conduct any meeting within Connecticut at which thoroughbred
			 racing is permitted for any purse, stake or reward and where pari-mutuel
			 wagering is conducted unless such individual, partnership or corporation is
			 licensed by the commission as provided in these regulations.
(1) Applications for a license shall be made
			 on forms supplied by the commission and shall be filed with the executive
			 secretary of the commission on or before a day to be fixed by the
			 commission.
(2) Each applicant
			 shall file such forms as may from time to time be required by the
			 commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A7 - Requirements of association

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Purses.
(1) As a minimum
			 standard, an association shall allocate the following percentages of the
			 pari-mutuel handle at its track for each day of its meeting for the purpose of
			 purse or prize money for the horses racing at its track:
Daily Handle
Percentage for Purses
0 to $100,000
7% on the entire pool
$100,001 to $200,000
6.75% on the entire pool
$200,001 to $300,000
6.5% on the entire pool
$300,001 to $400,000
6.25% on the entire pool
$400,001 to $500,000
6% on the entire pool
$500,001 to $600,000
5.75% on the entire pool
$600,001 to $700,000
5.5% on the entire pool
$700,001 to $800,000
5.25% on the entire pool
$800,001 to $900,000
5% on the entire pool
$900,001 to $1,000,000
4.75% on the entire pool
$1,000,001 and over
4.25% on the entire pool
Failure to strictly adhere to this rule shall be grounds for
				revocation of the association's license.
(2) Prize money shall be awarded the first
			 four (4) finishers in each race, unless fewer than four (4) horses start, in
			 which case each finisher shall be awarded prize money.
(3) Prize money shall be paid to the winners
			 seventy-two (72) hours (Sundays excluded) following their winning. However, no
			 purse money shall be paid to the winners until the reports of specimen samples
			 have been received by the stewards.
(4) Purses must be paid to the winner thereof
			 unless an association is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to pay it
			 to another. An association may withhold from purses any money due it by the
			 winner thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A8 - Equipment and facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Quarters
			 for participants
. An association shall provide suitable and sanitary
			 living quarters on its grounds for male and female stable employees who are
			 participants during the meet. Said quarters shall include a cafeteria,
			 recreational hall, and proper sanitary arrangements.
(b)
Maintenance of track
. Racing
			 associations shall at all times maintain their racetrack in good, uniform
			 condition and with a special consideration for the public interest, safety of
			 the horses stabled, or entered to race or to be exercised and of all those
			 whose attendance is required by official duties.
(c)
Receiving barn, detention area,
			 laboratory
.
(1) The association shall
			 provide and maintain:
(A) Every association
			 shall provide in a convenient location at its racetrack, for use during its
			 current meeting, a receiving barn with adequate stable room and facilities,
			 including hot and cold water and ample stall bedding. Such barn shall be at all
			 times maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by an adequate force of
			 attendants employed by the association, and each stall shall be thoroughly
			 disinfected after each occupancy.
(B) A detention area, in a location
			 acceptable to the commission, for the purpose of securing such specimens of
			 body fluids and eliminations as shall be directed for their chemical
			 analysis.
(C) A building, in a
			 location acceptable to the commission, to be utilized as a laboratory for the
			 analysis of specimens so taken.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A9 - Occupational licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Officials
			 and participants must be licensed
. Associations conducting thoroughbred
			 meetings shall not permit any official, owner, trainer, jockey, jockey
			 apprentice, stable employee, tarrier, agent, valet, veterinarian, association
			 employee whose job requires his presence at the association grounds at any
			 time, concession employee, and any assistants thereto, to operate on its
			 premises unless said person has received a license from the commission and has
			 been photographed and fingerprinted by the commission. No license shall be
			 delivered to the applicant unless evidence is presented to the commission that
			 the applicant will participate in a thoroughbred racing meeting in Connecticut
			 during the period of his license. Application for a license shall be made on
			 forms supplied by the commission and all questions contained therein shall be
			 answered. Licenses shall be issued to natural persons only. Every license
			 granted shall provide that the licensee shall comply with the rules and
			 regulations and that violation thereof may be punished by fine, suspension or
			 revocation of license.
(b)
Badges
.
(1) The commission shall
			 supply each licensee with a badge, at the expense of the association licensed
			 to conduct a meeting, showing the license number, name, department and
			 photograph and any other information which the commission, in its discretion,
			 shall require. Badges are only to be worn by the licensee and are
			 nontransferable. The commission shall determine, in its discretion, which
			 licensees are to wear the badges on their person, and which licensees may carry
			 the badge on their person.
(2) A
			 non-transferable badge may be issued by an association to persons, other than
			 patrons, who are not required to be licensed but who must enter the grounds of
			 the association for reasons connected with the conduct of a meeting. A list of
			 such persons and their specific duties must be filed with and approved by the
			 commission. This badge shall expire on the last day of the meet in which it was
			 issued.
(3) A non-transferable
			 temporary badge may be issued by an association, upon approval of the director
			 of security. These badges must be surrendered by the bearer on leaving the
			 premises, the day of issue. Users of such badges must sign a register prior to
			 entering the grounds. Frequent use by the same person of a temporary badge is
			 prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A10 - Telephone and telegraph

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Commission approval
. No telephone, telegraph, teletype, semaphore,
			 signal device, radio, television or other method of electrical, mechanical,
			 manual or visual communication shall be installed within the enclosure of any
			 association until same has been approved by the commission.
(b)
Closing telephones,
			 telegraph
. All public telephones and telegraph wires on the grounds of
			 the association conducting the meeting shall be closed thirty (30) minutes
			 before opening of the pari-mutuel windows for the first race of a program. No
			 calls or wires shall be allowed to be made or received after the telephones and
			 telegraph wires are closed until after the last race of a program has been
			 finished except by the officials of the commission, by duly authorized officers
			 and officials of the association, or duly accredited members of the
			 press.
(c)
Approval for
			 radio, television, press
.
(1) Any
			 association licensed by this commission desiring to broadcast, televise, or
			 transmit by press wire pertinent information relating to any race run at its
			 track not inconsistent with any state or federal law, shall first file with the
			 commission an application for its approval and such other information as the
			 commission may request.
(2)
			 Associations may permit, subject to the approval of the commission,
			 representatives of the public press to send, for the exclusive use of such
			 press, news items, "scratches" and changes of jockeys and equipment and also
			 the results of each race after the same has been declared official together
			 with the amounts of the final pools and the payoff prices of such races; and
			 associations may permit telephone, telegraph and teletype wires and equipment
			 on their respective premises during race meetings for the use of such
			 representatives of the public press and for the transaction of the ordinary
			 business of the association and the commission, but no message shall be sent in
			 or out of the association's premises by any communication device or means
			 transmitting money or other thing of value or directing the placing of any
			 wager on the result of a race, excluding information relating to off-track
			 betting conducted and operated by the commission, nor shall any such message be
			 sent unless in plain and intelligible english.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A11 - Accounting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Requirements
.
(1) Associations shall so keep books and
			 records as to clearly show the total amount of money contributed to every
			 pari-mutuel pool on each race separately and within sixty (60) days after the
			 conclusion of every race meeting shall submit to the commission a complete
			 audit of its accounts, certified by a public accountant licensed to practice in
			 the state, and in addition, shall submit a detailed annual audit to the
			 commission.
(2) These audits shall
			 become and be maintained in the commission's confidential files and shall
			 include, although not limited to, the following statements and schedules:
(A) Balance sheet.
(B) Profit and loss statement.
(C) Statement application of funds.
(D) Daily distribution of pari-mutuel handle
			 schedule.
(E) Daily admissions,
			 receipts and taxes schedule.
(F)
			 Insurance schedule (this should include the names, addresses of all companies
			 with whom the policies have been placed as well as the agent with whom the
			 policies have been placed).
(G)
			 schedule.
(H) Salaries and wages of
			 all departments.
(I) Salaries paid
			 to officials and department heads.
(J) Contribution or donation
			 schedule.
(K) Miscellaneous revenue
			 schedule (this shall be in detail as to source).
(L) Illegal and accounting fees
			 schedule.
(M) Travel and
			 entertainment schedule (in complete detail showing the actual disposition of
			 these funds).
(N) Taxes paid and
			 accrued.
(O) Advertising
			 expense.
(P) Organizational data
			 (listing directors, officials, etc., a schedule of stockholders may be
			 submitted under separate cover).
(Q) Certificate of accountant who prepares
			 audit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A12 - Uncashed tickets

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Outsbook
. Every association shall carry on its books an account
			 which shows the total amount due on outstanding unredeemed mutuel tickets,
			 which represents the winning tickets not presented for payment. In the event of
			 a payoff discrepancy, such winning tickets remaining unpaid at the close of
			 each program shall be entered in the "outs" book at the actual price paid to
			 the public. A record of all unpaid pari-mutuel tickets shall be prepared and
			 forwarded to the commission within thirty (30) days after the last day of each
			 race meeting.
(b)
Requirements
.
(1) The "outsbooks"
			 shall be compiled by data processing systems or computerized totalisator
			 equipment, and the following minimum requirements shall apply:
(A) All printed outs summaries and printed
			 outs ledger sheets shall be placed in a separate binder in chronological order.
			 Safeguarding of these records is a management responsibility.
(B) These daily ledger sheets shall include
			 the date, race, winning number, price paid per ticket, amount outstanding from
			 previous performance, tickets paid for each performance and new balance
			 outstanding.
(C) Totalisator codes
			 for each performance shall be maintained in a separate binder or volume with
			 the official finish and price paid per ticket by denomination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A13 - Remittance of monies accrued from underpayment in the mutuels, and collection of fines

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All monies
			 accruing from underpayment to the public in the mutuels, by reason of error or
			 mechanical mishaps to tote machines, from day to day, shall be paid over to the
			 state of Connecticut by the close of the next banking day.
(b) All monies collected as fines or
			 penalties by the stewards upon jockeys, licensed participants, trainers or
			 association employees shall be paid over to the state of Connecticut by the
			 close of the next banking day.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A16 - Application for quinella, exacta, trifecta, superfecta wagering

Current through July 10, 2024
Any association desiring to implement quinella and/or exacta
				and/or trifecta and/or superfecta wagering shall] request permission from the
				commission in writing at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of its
				licensed meet. Said request shall contain the type of wagering/wagering
				desired, the specific races in which each of these types of wagering is
				desired, the denomination of tickets the association wishes to utilize, a copy
				of the ticket design to be utilized, the number of ticket selling windows the
				association plans to allocate to these forms of wagering, and any plans the
				association has to inform the bettors of the running odds on these types of
				wagers. The commission shall inform the association no later than thirty (30)
				days prior to its licensed meet of its decision which shall be final. The
				commission shall have the discretion to not allow any type of wagering
				specified in this section to be undertaken by an association. If the commission
				grants approval of any type of wagering specified in this section, the
				regulations governing that type of wagering as set forth in sections
				12-574-A17 to
				12-574-A20
				shall govern. No other form of multiple wagering shall be
				permitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A18 - 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-A16
			 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 combination 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 and not necessarily by post
			 position 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 winning
			 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-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A21 - 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 or regulations shall be 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 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-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A22 - Officials of meeting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Designation of officials
. In addition to the stewards, officials
			 of a race meeting shall include the following:
(1) Three placing judges.
(2) Three or more patrol judges.
(3) Clerk of the scales.
(4) Starter.
(5) Jockey room custodian.
(6) Racing secretary.
(7) Timer (or timers).
(8) Paddock judge.
(9) Handicapper (or handicappers).
(10) Horse identifier.
(11) Director of security.
(12) Association veterinarians.
(13) Pari-mutuel manager.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A23 - Stewards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Number, appointment, compensation,
			 license
. There shall be three (3) stewards to supervise each race
			 meeting: The commission steward appointed by the commission, who shall be the
			 presiding steward, and two (2) stewards appointed by the association conducting
			 the meeting. The compensation paid to the steward appointed by the commission
			 shall be paid by the commission. All stewards and deputy stewards must be
			 licensed by the commission and pay the fee, if any, required by the
			 act.
(b)
Deputy and temporary
			 stewards
. The association shall appoint two (2) deputy stewards to serve
			 in the absence of the association stewards. In the event of an emergency, where
			 a deputy steward who is called to duty is absent or cannot be present in time,
			 the association may appoint a temporary steward from the licensed officials
			 employed by the association. The association shall make a full written report
			 of the absence of a steward or deputy steward to the commission immediately
			 including therein the names of the replacements. Appointments of temporary
			 stewards and utilization of deputy stewards shall be made only with the full
			 knowledge and consent of the duly authorized representative of the commission
			 at the track. Appointments of temporary stewards are valid only for the day of
			 their appointment. Likewise, the commission shall appoint a deputy steward to
			 act in the absence of the commission steward. In the event the commission
			 steward or his deputy is absent, the rules governing temporary stewards
			 appointed by the association shall govern. Deputy stewards may also be licensed
			 as an official who is employed by the association but must have a license to
			 act as a deputy steward.
(c)
Emergency substitute
.
(1) When
			 vacancies occur among the officials, other than the stewards, and the
			 association has not notified the stewards prior to the time fixed for the first
			 race of the day that it has been filled, the stewards shall fill such vacancy
			 immediately, said appointment to stand for the day only.
(2) Should the vacancy occur after the racing
			 for the day has started, the stewards shall fill the vacancy at once, the
			 appointment standing for the day only; unless the association shall fail to
			 fill the vacancy on the following day and notify the stewards of their action
			 one hour before the time fixed for the first race.
(3) Emergency substitutes shall be persons
			 holding a license from the commission as an official.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A24 - Starter

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
.
(1) Horses are in the hands of the starter
			 from the moment they enter the track until the start is made.
(2) He shall give all orders necessary to
			 secure a fair start.
(3) He shall
			 report to the stewards by whom and by what cause any delay was occasioned, and
			 any cases of misconduct by assistant starters or by jockeys when under his
			 orders.
(4) He, or his assistants,
			 shall keep records of horses handled, by which assistant, and equipment used if
			 other than the ordinary lead strap.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A27 - Clerk of the scales

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
.
(1) The clerk of the
			 scales shall exhibit the number (as allotted on the official card of each horse
			 for which a jockey has been weighed out and shall forthwith furnish the starter
			 with a list of such numbers.
(2) He
			 shall in all cases weigh in the riders of the horses and report to the stewards
			 any jockey not presenting himself to be weighed in.
(3) The clerk of the scales or assistant
			 shall weigh out and weigh in the riders of all horses participating in a race,
			 and he shall record and publish any overweight or variation from the weight
			 appearing on the program.
(4) The
			 clerk of the scales shall cause to be recorded and have disseminated for public
			 information immediately, upon notice thereof any overweight or any change of
			 jockey, weight, or racing colors, as compared with these stated on the official
			 program and shall promptly supply all proper racing officials with all
			 pertinent changes.
(5) The clerk of
			 the scales shall promptly report to the stewards any infraction of the rules
			 with respect to weight, weighing, or riding equipment.
(6) The clerk of the scales shall confirm to
			 the stewards, after each race, the weights carried by each horse in each race,
			 together with the name of each horse's jockey and the overweight carried by any
			 jockey. He shall also report any other data which may from time to time be
			 required.
(7) The clerk of the
			 scales shall weigh in all jockeys after each race, and after the weighing,
			 shall notify the stewards if the weights are correct. The stewards may then
			 declare the race official.
(8) Any
			 subsequent change of jockey must be noted by the clerk of the scales and
			 sanctioned by the stewards who, if no satisfactory reason is given for the
			 change, may fine or suspend any person they may think culpable in the
			 matter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A28 - Paddock judge

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
. The paddock judge shall be in charge of the paddock and
			 inspect all race horses and their equipment prior to each race, and shall
			 observe and report forthwith to any steward any violation observed in such
			 inspection.
(b)
Horse
			 identification, equipment inspection
. The paddock judge shall be in
			 charge of the paddock and shall have general jurisdiction over the saddling
			 equipment and changes thereof and his duties shall be determined from time to
			 time by the stewards. The identification of said horses shall be made by the
			 horse identifier who shall report any irregularities to the paddock judge and
			 stewards.
(c)
Farrier,
			 notices to be posted
. The paddock judge shall, in each race, require the
			 farrier in attendance in the paddock to see to it that all horses are properly
			 shod, and a notice forthwith posted in a conspicuous place close to the
			 paddock, easily visible to the public, stating the type of shoes with which the
			 horse is shod and whether with or without caulks and on which feet, or is
			 shoeless as to any of its feet. The said judge shall report immediately to the
			 stewards the findings of the farrier.
(d)
Irregularities
. The paddock
			 judge shall report any irregularities to the stewards.
(e)
Equipment changes
.
			 Permission for any change of equipment from that which a horse carried in his
			 last previous race must be obtained from the paddock judge.
(f)
Horses to be saddled in
			 paddock
. All horses must be saddled in the paddock, except by permission
			 of the stewards.
(g)
Horse in
			 paddock not to be touched
. No one not actually connected with its stable
			 shall touch a horse while in the paddock preparatory to starting in a race,
			 except for authorized inspection as provided in these rules.
(h)
Exclusions from paddock
. The
			 commission, its duly authorized representatives, officials, and licensed
			 personnel required to be in the paddock shall be allowed admittance thereto
			 subject to such limitations as the paddock judge may require. No other
			 personnel shall be allowed into the paddock unless permission therefor is
			 received from the paddock judge or the commission. Licensed personnel shall be
			 allowed in the paddock only while the horse they own or service is in the
			 paddock.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A29 - Patrol judges

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointed
			 by the association
. Each association shall appoint at least three (3)
			 patrol judges, licensed by the commission, who shall be on duty during the
			 running of each and every race.
(b)
Duties
. The patrol judges shall have their station at a place
			 designated by the stewards where they may have a commanding view of the race.
			 The patrol judges shall report their observations to the stewards and the
			 association shall provide communications between each station of the patrol
			 judges and stewards for this purpose.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A30 - Timer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties of timer
. There shall
			 be one timer who shall occupy the timer's stand and declare the official time
			 of the race. The association may utilize electronic timers which, however,
			 shall not be official. The official time shall be the time recorded on the hand
			 timer.
(b)
Official time to
			 be recorded
. The time recorded when the first horse crosses the finish
			 line shall be the official time of the race.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A32 - Horse identifier

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
.
(1) Each association
			 shall appoint a horse identifier licensed by the commission who shall be
			 responsible for the implementation and administration of the identification of
			 horses at the association plant as required by these rules and
			 regulations.
(2) The horse
			 identifier shall inspect the physical markings and night eyes of all entries in
			 the paddock area prior to each race for the purpose of establishing the true
			 identity of each entry.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A33 - Drugs and medication

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Action taken by
			 stewards-prohibited medication and drugs.
(1)
			 If the stewards shall 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 a character as could affect the racing condition of the horse in such
			 race, such stewards 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 stewards shall notify the commission
			 of all positive pre and post race test results.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A34 - 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 commissioners, the stewards, 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 enclosure 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-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A35 - 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 security 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.