California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 4 - California Horse Racing Board › Article 24 - Intrastate Simulcast Wagering › Section 2056 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this article:
(a) "Assistance simulcast facility
				supervisor" means a person licensed by the Board to perform the duties
				described in Rule 2061 of this article.
(b) "Authorized user" means an entity which
				includes any individual, partnership, corporation or other association or
				organization authorized by the Board as defined in Rule 2057 of this article to
				receive, decode and use for legal purposes the encrypted simulcast signal of
				California horse racing events.
(c)
				"Common pools", "common pooling" means the pari-mutuel wagers at one or more
				guest associations contributed into the pari-mutuel pools of a host
				association; the act of contributing pari-mutuel wagers into the parimutuel
				pools of a host association.
(d)
				"Decoder" means a device and/or means to convert encrypted audio-visual signals
				and/or data into a form recognizable as the original content of the
				signals.
(e) "Distributable
				amounts" means the amount withheld from the wagering dollar that is not
				returned to the public, and is distributed under Articles 9.2 and 9.5, Chapter
				4, Division 8 of the Business and Professions (B&P) Code.
(f) "Downlink" means a receiving antenna
				coupled with an audio-visual signal receiver compatible with and capable of
				receiving simultaneous audio-visual signals and/or pari-mutuel data emanating
				from a host association, and includes the electronic transfer of received
				signals from the receiving antenna to TV monitors or pari-mutuel equipment
				within the simulcast facility.
(g)
				"Encryption," "encrypted," "encoded" means the scrambling or other manipulation
				of the audio-visual signals to mask the original video content of the signal
				causing the signals to be indecipherable and unrecognizable to entities
				receiving the signals who are not authorized users.
(h) "Guest," "guest association" means an
				entity licensed by the Board as defined in Rule 2057(a) of this article to
				receive a host association's simulcast or signal to operate a facility where
				simulcast wagering is offered on the host association's racing card.
(i) "Host," "host association" means the
				racing association or fair conducting a licensed horse racing meeting under
				Sections 19608 and
				19608.1 of the B&P Code which
				simulcasts its racing program.
(j)
				"Inclosure," "inclosure-public" includes areas of the simulcast facility as
				defined by Sections
				19410 and
				19410.5 of the B&P
				Code.
(k) "Intrastate simulcast
				wagering" means pari-mutuel wagering at a California guest association on
				California horse racing events being run at a California racing
				meeting.
(l) "Satellite
				transponder," "transponder" means a specific channel on a communication
				satellite.
(m) "Simulcast,"
				"simulcasting" means live audio-visual electronic signals emanating from a
				licensed horse racing meeting and transmitted via satellite or other medium
				simultaneously with the running of the horse racing events at that meeting, and
				includes the transmission of pari-mutuel wagering odds, amounts wagered and
				payout on the events, and other horse racing programming relating to the
				racehorses or participants.
(n)
				"Simulcast facility supervisor" means a person licensed by the Board to perform
				the duties described in Rule 2061 of this article.
(o) "Simulcast organization," "organization"
				means an entity formed under Section
				19608.2 of the B&P
				Code.
(p) "Simulcast service
				supplier" means a person engaged in providing service, supplies or equipment
				necessary to the operation of intrastate simulcast wagering for use by a host
				association, guest association, simulcast organization or authorized user,
				including pari-mutuel wagering terminals, uplink, downlink, television
				receivers and related equipment; but does not include persons authorized by the
				Federal Communications Commission to provide telephone service or space segment
				time on satellite transponders.
(q)
				"Simulcast wagering facility," "intrastate wagering facility" means the
				physical premises, structure and equipment utilized by a guest association for
				the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing events being run
				elsewhere.
(r) "Totalizator
				equipment" means computerized pari-mutuel wagering system.
(s) "Uplink" means an earth station
				broadcasting facility, whether mobile or fixed, which is used to transmit
				audio-visual signals and/or data.
1. New section
				  filed 3-23-88 pursuant to a decision by the Governor overruling OAL's
				  disapproval of this section on the basis that the Board's Notice of Proposed
				  Rulemaking was invalidated by intervening statutory amendments (Government Code
				  section
				  11349.5);
				  operative 4-22-88 (Register 88, No. 17). The Horse Racing Board agreed to
				  resolve all other legal issues identified in OAL's disapproval of these
				  sections in a subsequent rulemaking.
2. Amendment of article
				  heading, section and NOTE filed 10-4-93; operative 11-3-93 (Register 93, No.
				  41).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (m)
				  filed 12-23-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 52).
4. Editorial correction of
				  subsection (q) (Register 99, No. 50).
5. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 12-6-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 50).
6. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section and NOTE filed 10-14-2004 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2004, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 19420,
					 19440
					 and
					 19590,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 19410.5,
					 19601,
					 19605,
					 19605.1,
					 19605.2,
					 19605.3,
					 19605.6,
					 19608,
					 19608.1,
					 19608.2
					 and
					 19619.6,
					 Business and Professions Code.