Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F1 - Definitions, constructions, interpretations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In applying
			 the provisions of sections 12-574-F1 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
			 definitions, constructions and interpretations shall apply:
(1) "Account holder" means a natural person
			 authorized by an association to place bets by phone or any other means
			 authorized by the division;
(2)
			 "Affiliate" means a business organization, other than a shareholder in a
			 publicly traded corporation, which may exercise control in or over an
			 association, totalizator or concessionaire licensee;
(3) "Applicant" means any person seeking to
			 obtain a license from either the board or the division;
(4) "Association" means any person licensed
			 to conduct a recognized greyhound or jai alai meet or operate the off-track
			 betting system;
(5) "Association
			 kennels" means, in greyhound racing, owned or leased kennel structures operated
			 by the association providing housing for the booked kennels, located at a
			 facility or at an off-site location approved by the division. Any off-site
			 kennel location shall be considered part of the facility's premises for
			 regulatory purposes;
(6) "Board"
			 means the five member Gaming Policy Board of the state of Connecticut
			 established by section 12-557d of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(7) "Booking" means, in greyhound racing, a
			 contract between the owner of a kennel of greyhounds and the association to
			 provide racing greyhounds to an association;
(8) "Branding" means a capability of the
			 totalizator cash-sell system by which a pari-mutuel ticket is imprinted with
			 information identifying it as a canceled ticket or a cashed out-ticket and the
			 transaction is automatically recorded within the system's memory;
(9) "Breakage" means the net pool minus the
			 payoff;
(10) "Business
			 organization" means a partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association,
			 firm, corporation, trust or other form of business or legal entity, other than
			 a financial institution regulated by a state or federal agency which is not
			 exercising control over an association licensee;
(11) "Carom serve" means, in jai alai, a
			 serve that strikes the side wall before hitting the front wall; may also be
			 referred to as a two wall serve;
(12) "Cash voucher" means a ticket issued by
			 a totalizator system terminal that is the equivalent of cash and is used for
			 wagering purposes;
(13) "Cesta"
			 means, in jai alai, the spanish name for the basket used to catch the pelota in
			 the game of jai alai;
(14) "Close
			 of betting" means the time designated by an association after which no bet
			 shall be accepted in any particular pari-mutuel pool;
(15) "Commingling" or "combined pool" means
			 the combination of wagers from different locations or jurisdictions into a
			 single pool at a host track;
(16)
			 "Commission" or "takeout" means that portion of the gross pool authorized by
			 law and approved by the division that is deducted by the association prior to
			 computing the payout to winning bettors, and from which the state tax is paid
			 as specified in sec.
			 12-572(c)
			 and (d)(1) and (2) and sec.
			 12-575(c)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(17) "Concessionaire" means any person
			 granted the right by an association to operate an activity in conjunction with
			 an authorized meeting for the purpose of making a profit. Parking contractors,
			 vending machine suppliers, restaurant or catering contractors, video
			 contractors, program printers, handicappers, contractual kennel owners, and
			 cleaning and maintenance contractors are concessionaires. Any other contractors
			 whose sole business is that connected with an association's licensed activity
			 are also concessionaires. A contractor who delivers goods to a facility or
			 provides services off the facility may be considered a concessionaire, in the
			 discretion of the executive director;
(18) "Condition" means:
(A) In greyhound racing:
(i) Of a race, one of the characteristic
			 elements of the race and may refer, for example, to items such as purse or
			 stakes, qualifications of greyhounds to enter, distance, or other special
			 features; or
(ii) Of a greyhound,
			 the general health, training and fitness of the greyhound;
(B) In jai alai:
(i) Of a game, one of the characteristic
			 elements of a game and may refer, for example to items such as prize money,
			 qualifications of players for entry, whether the game is singles, doubles,
			 triples, spectacular seven, or other special features; or
(ii) Of a player, the general health,
			 training and fitness of a player;
(19) "Control" means the power to exercise
			 authority over or direct the management and policies of a person or business
			 organization;
(20) "Corporation -
			 traded publicly" means any corporation whose stock is available for purchase by
			 the general public in the open market on a regular and continuing basis or any
			 corporation which is listed for trading with a national stock exchange or which
			 has a security subject to registration under section 12 of the federal
			 Securities Exchange Act;
(21)
			 "Coupled entry" means two or more animals which are entered in a race and are
			 owned or leased by the same owner or trained by the same trainer and are
			 coupled for the purpose of pari-mutuel betting as one betting interest, and
			 according to the requirement of the text, may include field;
(22) "Division" means the Division of Special
			 Revenue within the Department of Revenue Services;
(23) "Electronic transmission or
			 electronically transmitted" means any process of communication that is suitable
			 for the retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient
			 and which does not directly involve the physical transfer of paper;
(24) "Entry" means a horse or greyhound made
			 eligible to run in a race or any wagering interest made eligible to participate
			 in an authorized off-track betting event;
(25) "Equipment" means, as applied to a
			 greyhound, muzzle, number blanket, and all other paraphernalia common or
			 otherwise which must be used on or attached to a greyhound while racing. As
			 applied to jai-alai, equipment means the helmet, cesta, numbered shirt, and all
			 other paraphernalia common or otherwise, which may be used by the player while
			 playing;
(26) "Established weight"
			 means the racing weight established by the kennel owner or trainer as the
			 greyhound's racing weight;
(27)
			 "Evening performance" means in greyhound racing and jai alai, a program of
			 races or games conducted at a facility which begins at 6:00 P.M. prevailing
			 time or later. For off-track betting, evening performance includes those race
			 programs from tracks whose first race begins between 7:00 P.M. and 6:59 A.M.
			 (Eastern time);
(28) "Facility"
			 means the total real estate, land and buildings of an association or OTB
			 facility operator, either owned or leased, utilized for the purpose of
			 conducting a meet or off-track betting;
(29) "Field" means, in off-track betting,
			 according to the requirements of the text:
(1) All the animals which compete in a
			 race;
(2) A number of animals which
			 are grouped together as a single betting interest for the purposes of
			 pari-mutuel betting; or
(3) Animals
			 or entries grouped or bracketed together to form various betting interests, as
			 determined by the association and approved by the executive director;
(30) "Fraudulent or corrupt
			 practice" means any attempt to enrich oneself or another, or to gain any
			 advantage for oneself or another, through unfair, unlawful or dishonest
			 behavior in connection with the racing of greyhounds, the playing of the game
			 of jai alai or off-track betting;
(31) "Fronton" means, in jai alai, the
			 building or enclosure in which is provided a playing court with three walls so
			 designed and constructed for the playing of the game of jai alai;
(32) "Game" means, in jai alai, a contest
			 between players for any purse, stake or reward conducted at any licensed
			 fronton;
(33) "Game infraction"
			 means, in jai alai, any violation of sections
			 12-574-F50
			 to
			 12-574-F56,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies by jai-alai players
			 or officials occurring on the jai alai court or in the players
			 quarters;
(34) "Greyhound owner"
			 means the person in whose name a greyhound is registered to at the meet in
			 accordance with section
			 12-574-F38 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and where applicable, will be the
			 lessor of the greyhound;
(35)
			 "Gross pool" means the total amount wagered in a specific pool less refunds and
			 cancellations;
(36) "Handle" means
			 depending on the context, the total amount of money wagered within a pool, a
			 race, a game, a performance, or performances within a meeting;
(37) "Horse number, greyhound number or entry
			 number" means a numeric or alphabetic designation assigned by an association to
			 each horse, greyhound or entry on which the association is accepting
			 bets;
(38) "Hub system" means a
			 centralized computer system that provides totalizator service to more than one
			 facility or association;
(39)
			 "Independent pool" means a pool calculated based solely upon wagers made
			 through the Connecticut OTB system;
(40) "Judges" means:
(A) In greyhound racing, judges are the three
			 racing judges of the meet, or their deputies or substitutes, acting together or
			 such of them as may be acting at any time. The racing judges include the
			 division racing judge appointed by the executive director and the presiding
			 racing judge and the associate racing judge appointed by the association
			 conducting the meet. Racing judges have jurisdiction over all matters directly
			 involving races, racing, and racing meet-related activity;
(B) In jai alai, court judges are the chief
			 center court judge, a back court judge and a front court judge, all of whom are
			 appointed by the association; or
(C) The board of administrative judges are
			 the three members of the board of administrative judges, or their deputies or
			 substitutes, acting together or such of them as may be acting at any time. The
			 three judges are:
(1) the division facility
			 supervisor or designee,
(2) the
			 general manager or designee and
(3)
			 an additional division representative. The Division of Special Revenue facility
			 supervisor or substitute is the presiding judge of the board of administrative
			 judges;
(41)
			 "Kennel name" means;
(A) The name registered
			 with the division which is used to identify a particular kennel of greyhounds
			 participating in a race meeting;
(B) The registered name, under which licensed
			 greyhound owners may race their in an association contracted kennel;
(42) "Kennel owner" means a person
			 granted the right by an association and licensed by the executive director, to
			 operate a kennel for racing greyhounds at a licensed facility;
(43) "Key executive and other control person"
			 means any person, which includes corporations in the meaning of the term
			 "person," to which the terms "control," "management," "related" or "principal
			 owner" apply;
(44) "Lead out" means
			 the attendant that handles the greyhound exiting the paddock, while en route to
			 the starting box;
(45) "Lessee"
			 means the person or business organization to whom a greyhound has been leased
			 and who holds a registered lease certificate for such greyhound in accordance
			 with the National Greyhound Association;
(46) "Licensee" means any individual, or
			 business organization licensed by either the board or the division to
			 participate in greyhound racing, jai alai or offtrack betting;
(47) "Lure" means a mechanical apparatus
			 consisting of the following component parts: a stationary rail installed around
			 the track; a motorized mechanism which travels on the rail; a pole which is
			 attached to the mechanism and extends out over the track to which a decoy
			 approved by the division is attached;
(48) "Management" means any persons having
			 responsibility to manage, direct, or administer the affairs of a person or
			 business organization. Management includes, but is not limited to, members of
			 the board of directors of a corporation, officers in charge of principal
			 business functions, or principal owners;
(49) "Matinee" means, in greyhound racing and
			 jai alai, a program of races or games conducted at a racetrack or fronton which
			 begins before 6:00 p.m. prevailing time;
(50) "Meet" or "recognized meet" means the
			 entire consecutive period of days that has been granted to the association by
			 the board to conduct greyhound racing or jai alai;
(51) "Minor" means any person under the age
			 of majority as established by law;
(52) "Net pool" means the total amount
			 wagered in a specific pool after refunds and cancellations, minus the
			 commission;
(53) "OTB" or
			 "off-track betting" means the acceptance of off-track betting wagers from the
			 public on events held both within and without the state as authorized by the
			 division;
(54) "OTB facility
			 operator" means a jai alai or greyhound racing association licensee or a
			 licensed concessionaire under contract with the OTB association licensee to
			 operate an off-track betting facility as authorized by the division;
(55) "Off-track betting information" means
			 information about racing events that shall be limited to past performance
			 information, late changes in the racing event, handicapping tips, betting pool
			 information, information about any steward's inquiries, and official payout
			 prices;
(56) "Operating procedures"
			 means those practices established by an association which govern the daily
			 conduct and administration of all association and OTB facility operator
			 activities as approved by the division;
(57) "Outs" means winning tickets or tickets
			 due refunds which have not yet been redeemed for payment;
(58) "Paddock" means, in greyhound racing,
			 the area which includes the lockout area (ginny pit), weighing-in/weighing-out
			 area, paddock judge's office, clerk of scale's office and association
			 veterinarians' office;
(59)
			 "Pari-mutuel" means the system of betting which returns to successful bettors
			 the precise amount of money wagered by unsuccessful bettors plus their initial
			 wager, after deductions for commission and breakage;
(60) "Parlay" means a series of bets whereby
			 the bettor bets on one entry and bets the proceeds on a second entry, and the
			 proceeds from the second bet on a third entry, and so on;
(61) "Partido" means a game of jai alai on
			 which only win betting is allowed between two post positions to a designated
			 number of points determined by the association and approved by the
			 division;
(62) "Patrol judge"
			 means, in greyhound racing, the racing official who supervises the lead outs
			 from the paddock to the starting box;
(63) "Pelota" means the Spanish name for the
			 ball used in the playing of the game of jai alai;
(64) "Performance" means:
(A) In greyhound racing and jai alai, a
			 schedule of races or games to be conducted either as a matinee, at twilight
			 (late afternoon post time), or in the evening on a particular day;
			 and
(B) In off-track betting, the
			 consecutive hours during which off-track betting is open to the public.
			 Afternoon performances include those race programs from tracks whose first race
			 begins between 7:00 a.m. and 6:59 p.m. (Eastern time). Evening performances
			 include those race programs from tracks whose first race begins between 7:00
			 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. (Eastern time);
(65) "Performance line" means the information
			 compiled by the chart writer, detailing the performance of a greyhound in an
			 official race or schooling;
(66)
			 "Person" means an individual or business organization;
(67) "Placing" means when used in connection
			 with a race or game results, first, second or third, and in that order is
			 called "win", "place" and "show";
(68) "Player" means a jai alai player who is
			 under contract to a jai alai association, participates in any official game of
			 jai alai, and holds a current valid license from the division;
(69) "Pool" means the total amount bet on a
			 specific type of wager in a given race or game;
(70) "Post position" means:
(A) In jai alai, represents the number
			 assigned by the player's manager which appears to the left of a player's name
			 in the printed program and which represents the numerical order in which
			 players will appear to play on the court at the commencement of a game;
			 and
(B) In greyhound racing,
			 represents the number randomly assigned to a greyhound to participate in any
			 race and which appears opposite the greyhound's name in the printed
			 program;
(71) "Post
			 time" means:
(A) In greyhound racing, the
			 time set for the release at the starting box of the greyhounds in a race that
			 is shown reasonably in advance of the race on a clock device, prominently
			 displayed and clearly readable from the grandstand;
(B) In jai alai, the time set for the first
			 serve in a game, which time is shown reasonably in advance of the game on a
			 clock device prominently displayed and clearly readable by the spectators;
			 and
(C) In off-track betting, the
			 time set by the host track for the cessation of wagering;
(72) "Program" means the schedule of races as
			 prepared by the racing secretary or the schedule of games as prepared by the
			 player's manager and printed for the association for sale to the
			 public;
(73) "Race" means a contest
			 for purse, stakes, or entry fees on any course and in the presence of duly
			 licensed racing officials. For off-track betting, race means any authorized
			 off-track betting event;
(74)
			 "Related" means of any persons or entities who are the reporting licensee; its
			 affiliates; principal owners, management and members of their immediate
			 families; entities for which investments are accounted for by the equity
			 method; and any other party who has the ability to significantly influence,
			 directly or indirectly, the reporting licensee from fully pursuing its own
			 separate management operation policies. This includes any power of attorney or
			 fiduciary capacity delegated to any of the persons in this
			 subdivision;
(75) "Related party
			 transactions" means any transaction between a parent company and its
			 subsidiaries, transactions between or among subsidiaries of a common parent,
			 and transactions in which the reporting licensee participates with other
			 affiliated businesses, with management, with principal owners or principal
			 stockholders;
(76) "Ruled off or
			 ejected" means the act of denying a person from all racing privileges at a
			 facility. A person who is ruled off or ejected is barred from all participation
			 including patronage at pari-mutuel facilities. Persons ruled off or ejected in
			 jurisdictions which recognize ejections by Connecticut authorities will be
			 ejected in Connecticut;
(77)
			 "Schooling" means an official race conducted in the presence of the racing
			 judges, with a distance of no less than 5/16 of a mile, in which a greyhound
			 exhibits its skill and ability in a race.
(78) "Scratch" means:
(A) In greyhound racing, the withdrawal of an
			 entered greyhound from a race after the official program has been
			 printed;
(B) In jai alai, the
			 withdrawal of a player from a game after the official program has been printed.
			 The scratched player is replaced by the official substitute listed in the
			 program; and
(C) In off-track
			 betting, the withdrawal of an entry by the host track;
(79) "Session" means a period of time
			 established by the totalizator licensee to report the total betting and cashing
			 activity for matinee, twilight and evening performances conducted on the same
			 day;
(80) "Simulcasting" means the
			 transmission of live audio and video signals of racing events pursuant to a
			 contract, upon which pari-mutuel wagers are accepted; the transmission occurs
			 simultaneously with the racing event from a host track to off-track betting
			 facilities;
(81) "Starter" means,
			 in greyhound racing, according to the requirement of the text:
(A) A greyhound is a starter for the race
			 when the doors of the starting box open in front of it at the time the starter
			 dispatches the greyhounds;
(B) The
			 official who effects the proper start of the greyhounds in the race;
(82) "State" means the state of
			 Connecticut;
(83) "Stock" means any
			 security representing an ownership interest except as otherwise limited by
			 chapters 226 and 226b of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(84) "Stockholders" means those persons whose
			 names appear on the books of a corporation as the owners of the shares of stock
			 and who are entitled to participate in the management and control of the
			 corporation;
(85) "Telephone
			 deposit center" means a facility for accepting wagers by telephone, or other
			 electronic means approved by the division, on authorized off-track betting
			 events;
(86) "Totalizator" means
			 the complete integrated set of hardware and software elements which functions
			 to issue, cancel and record wagers in pools, determine and validate winning
			 wagers, calculate and display approximate odds and payoffs on winning wagers on
			 an electronic display board or monitor for the public view, perform teller
			 accounting, provide real-time and historical reporting, and perform other
			 functions necessary for the operation of pari-mutuel gaming. This term also
			 applies to a duly licensed company providing such a system;
(87) "Tout" means one who obtains information
			 on race entries and their prospects and sells it to bettors by persistently or
			 brazenly soliciting customers on the grounds of a pari-mutuel or OTB
			 facility;
(88) "Track" or
			 "racetrack" means, in greyhound racing, any parts of the plant of a racing
			 association, including, but not limited to, the racing strip, the approaches
			 and entrances, the stands and all other accommodations and facilities afforded
			 to the public, the kennels, lockout, judges' boxes, pari-mutuel offices,
			 facilities and equipment, totalizator and public address system. For off-track
			 betting, track or racetrack means a race course for conducting races with
			 respect to which the association is accepting bets. A track may include any
			 facility, association or system which conducts racing or accepts
			 wagering;
(89) "Trainer" means a
			 person responsible for the care of greyhounds in a kennel;
(90) "Twilight" means a performance whose
			 first race or game begins in late afternoon;
(91) "Wagering" means the purchasing and
			 cashing of tickets;
(92) "Wagering
			 terminal" means any device approved by the division used to enter wagers into
			 the totalizator system;
(93)
			 Weighing-in weight. The weight of the greyhound taken at first weighing in;
			 and
(94) Weighing-out weight. The
			 weight of the greyhound just previous to post time of the race in which it was
			 entered.