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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F4 - Requirements of associations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Price
			 notification
. The division shall be notified of the prices of admission,
			 if applicable, to wagering facilities, to special enclosures and reserved
			 spaces therein, to parking areas and of the prices of any other services,
			 equipment or accommodations for wagering, handicapping or otherwise for the
			 comfort, safety or convenience of patrons which might be made available within
			 the facility.
(b)
Commission
. Any association conducting jai alai or greyhound
			 racing shall submit to the division their proposed commission for all
			 pari-mutuel pools. Any changes to the commission structure shall receive prior
			 division approval. The commission shall be in accordance with chapter 226 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes. Upon request, the association shall make
			 available the approved commission for all active pari-mutuel pools.
(c)
Offices for division
. Each
			 association or OTB facility operator shall provide within its facility suitable
			 offices and in close proximity to the facility suitable parking for the use of
			 the division.
(d)
Information
			 for division
. Associations and concessionaires shall promptly give to
			 the division such information in writing as may be requested and shall freely
			 and fully cooperate with the division in every way.
(e)
Program approval
. The
			 division shall approve the contents of programs offered for sale at the
			 facilities.
(f)
Handicappers
. Anyone who sells or promotes the sale of handicap
			 sheets or other wagering advice or information to the public at a facility
			 shall obtain, as the case may require, an occupational or concessionaire
			 license from the division.
(g)
Race information
.
(1)
			 Associations shall make sure the race or game information which they
			 disseminate to the news media is accurate and shall make all reasonable efforts
			 to make corrections whenever erroneous information is transmitted or whenever
			 an erroneous publication is brought to the attention of the
			 association.
(2) Associations and
			 OTB facility operators shall provide within the facility a method to inform the
			 public of the results of the previous day's performances and shall also
			 maintain a telephone line for use within the state to afford the public with
			 ready access to accurate race results. This line shall provide the correct
			 placings the day following the performance and shall be open and available
			 during business hours during a meet.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F5 - Facility operations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Persons
			 prohibited
. No persons who are apparently intoxicated or under the
			 influence of illicit drugs, touts, persons making book on or about the
			 premises, loiterers or disorderly persons shall be admitted to or permitted to
			 remain in any facility and no such person shall be permitted to place a bet
			 directly or indirectly in any such facility.
(b)
Fraud or interference
. No
			 person shall alter, change, or interfere with any equipment or device used in
			 connection with pari-mutuel operations, or cause any false, inaccurate or
			 unauthorized information, data, impulse or signal to be fed into, transmitted
			 over, registered in, or displayed upon such equipment or device with intent to
			 obtain or enable any person to obtain any payment from the association to which
			 the person is not lawfully entitled, or with intent to cause the association to
			 make any payment not lawfully due, or with intent to defraud the association or
			 any person.
(c)
Responsibility of employer on discharge of employee
. When an
			 association or OTB facility operator discharges a licensed employee, or when
			 such employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the association or OTB facility
			 operator, the association or OTB facility operator shall immediately notify the
			 division of such discharge or resignation. The failure to so notify the
			 division may subject the association or OTB facility operator to a fine,
			 license suspension or both.
(d)
Unlicensed activity forbidden
. No person requiring a license from
			 the division shall carry on any activity whatsoever upon the premises of a
			 facility, unless and until the person has been so duly licensed, except that
			 any such person with the consent of the division representative may so act
			 pending action on the application duly filed. Any person who employs anyone in
			 contravention of these regulations may be fined or suspended.
(e)
Examination of badges
. All
			 persons who have been issued a badge by the division must keep such badge in
			 their possession, subject to examination by the division or its duly authorized
			 representatives, or officials of an association or OTB facility operator, at
			 any time they may deem necessary or proper. The division, at its discretion,
			 may provide temporary badges to facilitate operations when an occupational
			 licensee does not possess such badge for a given day or when final action is
			 still pending on a license application. No licensee shall permit any other
			 person to use the licensee's badge.
(f)
Reporting responsibilities
.
			 Any irregularities or wrongdoing which may threaten the integrity of the
			 facility operations shall be immediately reported to the division by any
			 licensee or association or totalizator personnel having knowledge
			 thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F6 - Communication lines

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Division
			 approval
. No telephone, signal device, radio, television, or other
			 method of electrical, mechanical, manual, or visual communication shall be
			 installed within the association facility until approved by the
			 division.
(b)
Closing
			 telephones
. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
			 12-574-F6(d),
			 all telephones in the association facility where a meet is being conducted, not
			 specifically authorized by the division, shall be closed at post time for the
			 first race of a performance. No external calls shall be initiated or received
			 after the telephones are closed until after the conclusion of the performance
			 except as authorized by division officials.
(c)
Approval for radio, television,
			 press
.
(1) Any licensed association
			 desiring to broadcast, televise or transmit race or game information by any
			 means, in a manner not inconsistent with state or federal law, shall first
			 obtain the approval of the division.
(2) Associations may permit, subject to the
			 approval of the division, representatives of the media to send, for the
			 exclusive use of such media, news items, and the official results of each race
			 or game together with pertinent information.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F7 - General rules of wagering

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Approved
			 wagers
. The definitions and the calculation and distribution rules for
			 all wagers shall be approved by the gaming policy board and shall be maintained
			 by the division in a manner approved by the executive director.
(b)
Separate pools
. Pools for
			 each bet type have no connection with any other pool. All wagers for a specific
			 bet type shall be calculated in a pool made up of all wagers for that bet
			 type.
(c)
Refund
. If
			 no ticket is sold that would require distribution of a pool, in accordance with
			 the rule for the wager, the association shall make a complete and full refund
			 of the entire pool upon surrender of the tickets so purchased.
(d)
Post positions
. Selections
			 are made by post positions for jai alai and greyhound racing and by program
			 numbers for horse racing.
(e)
Hold tickets
. Tickets shall be retained until the payouts have
			 been declared official.
(f)
Denomination of tickets
. Tickets shall be sold only in
			 denominations approved by the executive director. For commingled wagers, host
			 track policy shall prevail.
(g)
Minimum entries
. There shall be at least one more contestant in a
			 game or race than required by the number of runners or players in a specific
			 wager, or the entire pool for that wager will be refunded.
(h)
Interrupted game
. If, for
			 any reason, a jai alai game designated as a component of a wager begins and is
			 not completed, said game shall be considered canceled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F8 - Financial reporting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Scope
. This particular section of these regulations shall apply
			 only to association, concessionaire, vendor and their affiliate licensees. When
			 the term licensee is used in sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, unless otherwise
			 specified, it shall be deemed to include only those licensees. The division on
			 its own or upon appropriate application may exempt a licensee from or modify
			 the provisions of this section. The burden of proving that an exemption should
			 be granted rests solely with the licensee.
(b)
Monthly
.
(1) Attendance schedules. Within ten (10)
			 calendar days after the end of the month each licensee shall prepare and submit
			 to the division on forms provided by the division, a schedule of paid and
			 unpaid attendance for each facility at which an admission charge is customarily
			 assessed, for each day of operation during the preceding month.
(2) Revenue schedules. Fifteen (15) calendar
			 days after the end of the month or according to section
			 12-574-F8(c)(2)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the division may require each
			 licensee to prepare and submit to the division on forms provided by the
			 division, simple schedules detailing by performance and price, the number of
			 persons, vehicles or transactions, where applicable, and the dollar amount in
			 receipts of the following revenue categories:
(A) Admissions (by type);
(B) Parking (by type);
(C) Fast foods;
(D) Programs, chart books, year books,
			 etc;
(E) Bars;
(F) Restaurants;
(G) Boutiques and souvenirs; and
(H) Miscellaneous revenue segregated for
			 pari-mutuel and nonpari-mutuel activities.
For all nonpari-mutuel related activities which result in
				revenue receipts or expenses of a licensee during a dark period, full details
				shall be provided to the division with this monthly information.
(3) Payroll reports.
			 Each licensee shall upon request, provide the division with access to a copy of
			 each payroll detailed by department, employee name, employee number and dollar
			 amount of salary, commission and bonus, as applicable.
(4) Outs reconciliation. Pursuant to the
			 provisions of section
			 12-574-F10 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, each association shall prepare
			 and submit to the division within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of
			 the month, such reconciliation of the amounts in the outsbook to its
			 account.
(5) Reduplication. With
			 the division's permission, information which is submitted more frequently than
			 monthly need not be reduplicated in the monthly report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F10 - Uncashed tickets

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Outsbook
. The association shall carry an account called the
			 outsbook which shows the total amount due for current and prior days
			 outstanding unredeemed parimutuel tickets which represents:
(1) the winning tickets not presented for
			 payment;
(2) the unredeemed
			 refundable pari-mutuel tickets for canceled races, games or equipment
			 malfunctions;
(3) the unredeemed
			 refundable pari-mutuel tickets for any pool of any race or game in which there
			 is no winning ticket and such pool cannot be redistributed to other winning
			 combinations as provided by the rules for the wager; and
(4)  scratched entries. A record of all
			 current unpaid pari-mutuel tickets shall be prepared and retained by the data
			 processing systems or computerized totalizator services utilized by the
			 association at the end of each racing day as requested by the division. A copy
			 of the outstanding tickets report prepared by the association or totalizator
			 licensee showing the daily accumulation of the current outs totals shall be
			 delivered to the division by the association at the close of each racing day.
			 The association shall provide the division with a complete outs listing when so
			 requested in a format acceptable to the division. Subject to division approval,
			 no outsbook removed from memory files of the data processing or totalizator
			 equipment shall exist in more than two copies. One copy is to be maintained by
			 the association or totalizator licensee for outs activity. The other copy shall
			 be provided to the division, which copy may have certain bet identification
			 parameters suppressed. No other copies, extractions or access shall be made on
			 uncashed ticket information unless so authorized in writing by the executive
			 director.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F11 - Underpayments, fines, remittance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Underpayments
. All monies resulting from underpayment to the
			 public of the mutuels payout irrespective of cause, shall be paid over to the
			 state of Connecticut by each licensee by the close of banking hours the next
			 banking day following the day of the session.
(b)
Fines
. Except where a stay
			 is granted, upon official notification, all fines imposed upon licensees
			 pursuant to chapter 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes or any applicable
			 regulations shall be paid over to the state within forty-eight (48) hours of
			 notification of said fine.
(c)
Failure to comply
. Failure by any licensee to comply with this
			 section may be cause for further administration action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F12 - Officials

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Designation of officials
.
			 Officials shall include the following, as determined by the division:
(1) Division officials:
(A) Division facility supervisor;
(B) Division judge;
(C) Division senior facility
			 officer;
(D) Division liaison
			 officer;
(E) Division
			 veterinarians;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F13 - Board of administrative judges for jai alai and greyhound racing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Composition and appointment
.
			 The three member board of administrative judges shall be comprised of:
(1) the division facility supervisor or
			 designee;
(2) the general manager
			 or designee; and
(3) an additional
			 division representative.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F14 - Security

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Director of security
. An
			 association and any OTB facility operator shall employ a full time director of
			 security who shall be licensed by the executive director. The director of
			 security, the authorized representative or, in the absence of security,
			 facility management shall be responsible to:
(1) Supervise the entrance to and exit from
			 the OTB facilities, and 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 facility;
(3)
			 Investigate and report in a timely manner to both the division and the
			 association any action or allegation of action on anyone's part which may
			 endanger the honest operation of any facility; and
(4) Enforce sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and association
			 rules, whether the violator is a patron or employee, and assist in the
			 apprehension of offending parties and expulsion of same, if requested by either
			 the association or the division.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F15 - Patron complaints

Current through July 10, 2024
Complaints by patrons against any officials or employees, or
				complaints of corrupt practices or other questionable incidents shall be made
				to the division at its offices. Such complaints shall be in writing, and the
				division shall forward a copy of any complaint to the association or OTB
				facility operator. A written copy of any patron complaint made to the
				association or an OTB facility operator shall be immediately forwarded to the
				division. A written copy of the association's or OTB facility operator's
				disposition shall also be immediately forwarded to the
				division.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F16 - Violations of rules and regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Liability
. Any licensee of the board or division violating chapter
			 226 of the Connecticut General Statutes or any of sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be liable for
			 the penalties herein provided, unless otherwise provided. It is the duty and
			 responsibility of all such licensees to know these rules. Nothing in sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be deemed to
			 lessen the primary responsibility of a licensed association to enforce these
			 rules and regulations.
(b)
Penalties
. The penalties for violation of chapters 226 and 226b of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes or sections
			 12-574-F1
			 to
			 12-574-F65,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be as
			 follows:
(1) The board:
(A) For good cause, may impose upon a
			 licensee authorized to conduct a meeting or operate the off-track betting
			 system a fine of up to seventy-five thousand dollars per violation;
(B) For good cause, may impose upon any other
			 licensee a fine of up to five thousand dollars per violation;
(C) For good cause, may revoke, suspend, or
			 deny licenses granted by it;
(D) In
			 the case of a license revocation, may bar its licensees from all pari-mutuel
			 operations in Connecticut; and
(E)
			 May impose a combination of these penalties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F17 - Corrupt practices and disqualification of persons

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Corrupt practices
. The
			 following are deemed to be corrupt practices:
(1) Giving, offering or promising, directly
			 or indirectly, a bribe in any form to any person licensed by the board or
			 executive director;
(2) Soliciting,
			 accepting, or offering to accept a bribe in any form by a person licensed by
			 the board or executive director;
(3) Failure of a licensee to notify the board
			 of administrative judges of an offer, promise, request, or suggestion for a
			 bribe made to the licensee or of any other improper or fraudulent
			 practice;
(4) Willfully entering,
			 causing or permitting to be entered, or started in a race, a greyhound which
			 the person knows or has reason to believe to be disqualified;
(5) Offering or receiving money or any other
			 benefit for declaring an entry from a race;
(6) Soliciting bets from the public by any
			 one other than an association;
(7)
			 Tampering, or attempting to tamper with any greyhound, or aiding such tampering
			 in any way;
(8) Committing or
			 conspiring to commit or assisting in the commission of or conspiracy to commit
			 any improper, corrupt or fraudulent act or practice in relation to racing, jai
			 alai or the operation of off-track betting; or
(9) Attempting knowingly to fraudulently
			 establish the identity of a greyhound.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F18 - Appearance of licensees as witnesses at hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
The board, the division, the racing judges and the board of
				administrative judges of a meet shall have the authority to order any licensee
				to appear as a witness at any hearing conducted by them. Failure to appear may
				subject the licensee to a fine, license suspension or license
				revocation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Section 12-574-F20 - Disorderly conduct

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall use profane or indecent language to an
				official, or to any employee representing the division. No person shall in any
				manner, or at any time disturb the peace on the grounds of an association.
				Anyone engaging in such conduct may be excluded by an association or formally
				ejected from the facility and subject to the attendant consequences of ejection
				and any other penalty permitted by sections
				12-574-F1
				to
				12-574-F65
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and the laws of the
				state of Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F21 - Requirements of greyhound association

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Purses
. Each association conducting a racing meet shall keep a
				separate bank account to be known as the "kennel account" with sufficient funds
				at all times to cover all monies due greyhound owners for purses, stakes,
				rewards and deposits. Withdrawals from this account shall at all times be
				subject to audit by the division.
(b)
Track size
. A license for a
				meet will be granted by the board only for a racing facility affording a course
				of a quarter mile or more in circumference.
(c)
Illumination for evening
				racing
. In the event evening racing is held, an association shall have
				lighting equipment which must be approved by the division.
(d)
Identification system
. Each
				association shall keep and maintain during its meeting a card index system or
				computerized system of identification of each greyhound racing for the
				association, and all cards or computerized system shall be legible and
				thoroughly identifiable for each individual greyhound. The cards or
				computerized system shall show the name of the kennel, the color, sex, tattoo
				identifications located in each ear, and characteristic markings, scars and
				other identification features of the greyhound. The cards shall be completed
				and filled out by the paddock judge. Cards and records maintained by the
				paddock judge shall not be given to any trainer, greyhound owner or kennel
				owner when a greyhound is removed but shall be placed in an inactive file for a
				minimum period of six (6) months. The provisions of this subsection shall not
				preclude the use of a microchip system of identification.
(e)
Greyhound identification,
				examination
. A system of greyhound identification and physical
				examination shall be instituted and diligently maintained by associations and
				all greyhounds shall be identifiable by means of tattoo or microchip.
(f)
Restriction on movement of
				greyhounds
. An association may voluntarily prohibit the flow of all
				greyhounds in and out of a facility. The division reserves the right, at any
				given time, to restrict the flow of greyhounds in or out of a facility for good
				cause.
(g)
Notification of
				financial assistance
. If an association provides any financial
				assistance to a person operating or establishing a kennel, the association
				shall report the nature of the assistance given and all details of the
				agreement. Assistance includes, but is not limited to, any supplement to
				purse(s).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F22 - Equipment and facilities for greyhound racing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Maintenance of track
. Racing associations shall at all times
				maintain their race track in good, uniform condition and with special
				consideration to the interest and safety of the public, the greyhounds and of
				all those whose attendance is required by official duties.
(b)
Detention area
. The
				association shall provide and maintain a detention area in a location approved
				by the division for the purpose of securing for analysis such specimens of
				greyhound body fluids and eliminations as shall be directed.
(c)
Floodlights patrol system
.
				Associations shall maintain such security systems as the division may require
				including floodlights to adequately illuminate the kennel areas at
				night.
(d)
Finish line
				system
. Racing associations shall install at the finish line and shall
				adequately maintain two finish line systems, to be approved by the division, to
				automatically record the finish of the races. One such system is to be held in
				reserve for emergencies. The racing judges shall keep a file of all recorded
				finishes thereof for not less than five (5) years.
(e)
Association kennels
. The
				association shall own or lease kennel structures in which all greyhounds racing
				at the association facility shall be housed. These kennels shall be operated by
				the association and shall be subject to the approval of the division as to
				size, location and security. The association also shall meet all requirements
				of a commercial kennel.
(f)
Kennel standards
. The following minimum standards shall apply to
				kennels:
(1) All exterior doors shall have
				security locks as approved by the division;
(2) Kennels shall have at least one
				floodlight (150 watt minimum) on all sides of the building;
(3) Fuse boxes and cut-off switches shall be
				inside the kennel building;
(4)
				Medicine cabinets and exterior food refrigerators shall have hasps and locks
				and shall be locked when not in use;
(5) All kennel perimeters shall be enclosed
				with a six foot chain link fence or fencing approved by the division. All
				runways and open exercise areas shall be enclosed by chain link fencing not
				less than four feet high. Enclosure gates shall be equipped with secure locking
				devices;
(6) Entrance and exit to
				all compounds shall be by one double gate;
(7) A guardhouse with a telephone system
				shall be constructed at each entrance gate of all compounds;
(8) Perimeter fences and all areas within the
				kennel compound shall be amply lighted by floodlights or mercury
				lamps;
(9) Kennels shall be kept
				clean and reasonably uncluttered at all times; and
(10) Kennel buildings must have all openings,
				including doors and windows, screened with both fly screen and heavy mesh
				wire.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F23 - Judges

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Number, appointment, compensation,
				license
. There shall be three (3) racing judges: the division racing
				judge, appointed and compensated by the division, and the presiding racing
				judge and associate racing judge, appointed and compensated by the association.
				The three (3) racing judges shall be held responsible for the proper conduct of
				the race meet, and shall have general supervision over the direct conduct of
				the races. The presiding racing judge shall make reports of any actions by the
				racing judges, when a report is required under sections
				12-574-F21
				to
				12-574-F49,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and shall transmit
				said reports to the division. All such reports submitted shall be signed by a
				majority of the racing judges. All racing judges and deputy racing judges shall
				be licensed by the division.
(b)
Deputy and temporary racing judges
. The association shall appoint
				two (2) deputy racing judges to serve in the absence of the presiding racing
				judge or associate racing judge. In the event of an emergency, where a deputy
				racing judge who is called to duty is absent or cannot be present in time, the
				association may appoint a temporary racing judge from the licensed officials
				employed by the association. The association shall notify the division of the
				replacement(s). Appointments of temporary racing judges and utilization of
				deputy racing judges shall be made only with the full knowledge and consent of
				the duly authorized representative of the division at the track. Appointments
				of temporary racing judges are valid only for the day of their appointment.
				Likewise, the division shall appoint a deputy racing judge to act in the
				absence of the division racing judge. In the event that the division racing
				judge or deputy is absent, the rules governing temporary racing judges
				appointed by the association shall apply as necessary to temporary racing judge
				appointments made by the division.
(c)
Emergency substitute
.
(1) When vacancies occur among the officials,
				other than the racing judges, and the association has not filled such vacancies
				or notified the racing judges prior to the post time of the first race of the
				day, the racing judges 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 racing judges
				shall fill the vacancy at once, the appointment standing for the day only,
				unless the association fails to fill the vacancy on the following day and
				notifies the racing judges of their action one hour before the post time for
				the first race, in which case the appointment will continue from day to day as
				required.
(3) Emergency substitutes
				shall be persons holding a license from the division as an official.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F24 - Starter

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
. The starter is
				responsible for securing a fair start to each race in accordance with the rules
				of greyhound racing
(b)
Starting box
. The greyhound shall be started from a type of
				starting box approved by the division and there shall be no start until, and no
				recall after, the doors of the starting box have opened, except in the case of
				a false start in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(c)
Delay
. The starter shall
				report any causes of delay to the racing judges.
(d)
False start
. A start,
				hampered by faulty action of the starting box, or other interference is void.
				In such case the greyhounds will be started again as soon as practicable, or,
				where necessary, the race may be cancelled at the discretion of the racing
				judges.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F25 - Racing secretary

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties
. Each association shall appoint a racing secretary who
				shall discharge all duties whether expressed or implied by the rules of
				greyhound racing. The racing secretary shall report to the racing judges, as
				the case may demand, all violations of these rules or of the track procedures
				brought to their attention, and shall keep a complete record of all races. The
				racing secretary or assistant shall be present during live racing. The racing
				secretary shall receive all stakes, entrance money and arrears and pay over all
				monies so collected to those entitled to receive them, and shall receive all
				entries and declarations.
(b)
Inspection of documents
. The racing secretary shall inspect
				owners' and trainers' licenses and all papers and documents dealing with
				trainers and owners, partnership agreements, the appointment of authorized
				agents, and the adoption of assumed names and may demand their production in
				order to be satisfied as to their validity, authenticity and compliance with
				greyhound racing rules. These papers shall also be available to the division at
				all times.
(c)
Conditions of
				races
. Conditions of races shall not conflict with greyhound racing
				rules.
(d)
Viewing
				race
. When practical or requested the racing secretary or assistant
				shall view the running of each race or the videotape thereof.
(e)
Listing entries
. Each day,
				as soon as the entries have closed and have been compiled and the declarations
				have been made, the racing secretary shall post in a conspicuous place a list
				of such entries. Prior to accepting a greyhound entry the racing secretary
				shall ascertain that all relevant kennels, owners and trainers have been
				properly licensed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F26 - Clerk of the scales

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties.
The clerk of the scales shall weigh greyhounds in and out
				on a scale sealed by the state sealer of weights and measures and shall exhibit
				the accurate weight of each greyhound. The established racing weight and the
				weighing-in and weighing-out weight shall be promptly posted for the
				information of the public.
(b)
Variations of weight.
The clerk of the scales shall record as soon
				as the weights are exhibited, any variation from the weight appearing on the
				weight sheet.
(c)
Report to
				division racing judge.
The clerk of the scales shall deliver to the
				division a copy of the weight sheet before each performance.
(d)
Uniform weighing.
All
				greyhounds shall be weighed in a uniform manner approved by the division.
(e)
Report
				infractions.
The clerk of the scales shall promptly report to the racing
				judges any infraction of the rules as to weight or weighing.
(f)
Time on scales.
The clerk of
				the scales shall require a greyhound to remain on the scales until such time as
				there is no more than one-quarter pound "jump" in scale action caused by motion
				of the greyhound being weighed.
(g)
Lead-out requirement.
The
				clerk of the scales shall require the person acting as lead-out for the
				greyhound being weighed to step back from the scales and allow at least a 6"
				sag in the lead-out leash.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F27 - Paddock judge

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Identification of greyhounds
.
(1)
				No greyhound shall be permitted to start in an official schooling or purse race
				unless said greyhound has been tattooed or microchipped, fully identified and
				checked against the card index system or other system of identification
				approved by the division and maintained by each association. The identification
				cards shall be filled in and completed by the paddock judge before greyhounds
				are entered for an official schooling or for a purse race.
(2) The paddock judge shall fully identify
				and check against the system of identification maintained by the association,
				all greyhounds starting in schooling and purse races. All tattoos shall be
				identifiable by the paddock judge.
(3) The system of identification must be
				complete and accurate at all times.
(4) The paddock judge shall report to the
				racing judges any greyhound not conforming to the system of
				identification.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F28 - Kennel master duties

Current through July 10, 2024
Under the supervision of the paddock judge, the kennel master
				  shall unlock the kennels immediately before weigh-in time to see that the
				  kennels are in perfect repair and that nothing has been deposited in any of the
				  kennels for the greyhounds' consumption. The kennel master shall see that the
				  kennels are sprayed, disinfected and kept in proper sanitary condition. The
				  kennel master or assistant must receive the greyhounds from the trainer, one at
				  a time, and see that the greyhounds are placed in their kennels where they will
				  remain until removed for racing. The kennel master or assistant shall remain on
				  guard in the paddock area from that time until the greyhounds are removed for
				  the last race.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F29 - Timer for races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Time of
				race
. The start of the race shall begin immediately upon the opening of
				the doors of the starting box.
(b)
Automatic timer
. Each association shall be required to install an
				automatic timing device approved by the division and the time shown on the
				timing device shall be the official time of the race.
(c)
Stopwatch
. The association
				shall provide a stopwatch to be utilized in the event of a failure of the
				automatic timer, for the purpose of timing the race. When the stopwatch time is
				used as the official time of the race, it shall be so announced to the
				public.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F30 - Chart writer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Duties,
				post position numbers
. The chart writer shall compile the information
				necessary for the program which shall be printed for each racing day. The names
				of the greyhounds that are to run in each of the races for that day shall
				appear in the program in the order of their post positions, which post
				positions are to be designated by numerals placed at the left and in line with
				the names of those greyhounds. These numerals shall also be prominently
				displayed on each greyhound. Post positions shall be color coded as follows:
No. 1 - RED
No. 6 - YELLOW
No. 2 - BLUE
No. 7 - GREEN AND WHITE
No. 3 - WHITE
No. 8 - YELLOW AND BLACK
No. 4 - GREEN
No. 9 - PURPLE
No. 5 - BLACK
(b)
Program charts
.
(1) Program charts or form sheets shall state
				the correct name, color, sex, date of whelping, breeding, racing weight,
				distance, time, track record, post position and finish, name of owners, kennel
				and trainer, number of times finished first, second, and third and such other
				information as will enable the public to properly judge the greyhound's
				ability. "Weight" refers to post weight on past performance.
(2) Program charts or form sheets shall carry
				at least two (2) past performances of said greyhound at the track where it is
				to race. However, if a greyhound has raced within ten (10) days at any track
				under the jurisdiction of a regulatory body not less than two past performances
				of said greyhound at that track may be carried on the program or form
				sheet.
(3) All past performances as
				shown in the program shall be listed beginning with the most recent
				race.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F31 - Veterinarians

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
License
. All veterinarians
				referred to in this section shall be licensed to practice in the state of
				Connecticut by the state Board of Veterinary Registration and Examination, and
				association veterinarians shall be licensed by the division.
(b)
Division veterinarian
. The
				division shall retain a veterinarian who shall be responsible for
				administration and coordination of all activities under sections
				12-574-F21
				to
				12-574-F49,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies which pertain to
				the division veterinarian.
(c)
Association veterinarian
. Each association shall employ one or
				more veterinarians to carry out the duties enumerated in this section. The
				association veterinarians shall be paid by the association at whose track the
				services are rendered.
(d)
Treating veterinarian
.
(1) Only
				veterinarians who have been licensed by the executive director may practice
				veterinary medicine at an association facility and may treat greyhounds at such
				facility.
(2) No veterinarian
				licensed to practice at any association facility shall in any manner furnish to
				any person any hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle or other device which
				could be used for injection or other infusion of any substance into a greyhound
				without first securing written permission from the judges. Only one-time
				disposable syringes and infusion tubes are authorized for use in the treatment
				of greyhounds at the facility of an association.
(3) No kennel owner or trainer shall obtain
				the services of any veterinarian at a facility who has not been duly licensed.
				The association shall exclude all unlicensed veterinarians. The veterinarians
				shall make daily reports to the division veterinarian and to the racing judges
				of all active greyhounds under treatment by them and the medication given. If a
				kennel owner or trainer leaves the facility and obtains for an active greyhound
				the services of a veterinarian not licensed by the executive director to
				practice within the facility, the kennel owner or trainer must file a written
				report on a form provided by the division with the division veterinarian and
				racing judges within forty-eight (48) hours of such treatment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F32 - Drugs and medication

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Action
				taken by judges - prohibited medication and drugs
.
(1) If the board of administrative judges
				shall find that any drug or substance other than one specifically approved by
				the division veterinarian has been administered or attempted to be
				administered, internally or externally, to a greyhound before a race, which is
				of such a character as could affect the racing condition of the greyhound in
				such race, the board of administrative judges shall either immediately refer
				the matter, together with all pertinent details to the division or impose such
				punishment and take such other action as they may deem proper.
(2) A positive identification of any drug or
				substance other than one specifically approved by the division veterinarian,
				shall constitute prima facie evidence that the greyhound was administered such
				drug or substance. The identification of any substance that is not a normal
				constituent of the body fluid of a greyhound constitutes a positive
				test.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F33 - Testing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Admittance to detention
				area
. No one shall be admitted at any time to the building or part
				thereof utilized by the division taking specimens of greyhounds except the
				staff immediately in charge of such work, the division representatives, the
				racing judges, the board of administrative judges, and the kennel owner,
				trainer or such other persons as may be authorized in writing by the
				division.
(b)
Division
				collectors
. The division shall employ personnel who shall be responsible
				for the collection of greyhound test specimens.
(c)
Greyhounds tested
. Samples
				containing the body fluids of the greyhounds shall be collected either prior to
				a race or at the conclusion of the race. The designated greyhounds shall be
				detained until released by the division inspector in charge. In the event no
				sample or an insufficient sample is obtained a report on a form provided by the
				division shall be filed with the division veterinarian. Said form will be
				properly completed by the division inspector in charge.
(d)
General testing
. The
				division inspectors shall when so directed by the division judges, require that
				any or all of the specimens referred to in this section be taken from any
				greyhound kenneled at the track at any time during a meet.
(e)
Presence of kennel owner or owner's
				representative
. The kennel representative may be present in the
				detention area when specimens of body fluids and eliminations are taken from
				greyhounds under their control and shall sign such required forms acknowledging
				the taking of the specimens. Willful refusal to allow the taking of any such
				specimens, or any act, threat or intimidation designed to impede or prevent or
				otherwise interfere with the taking of a specimen shall subject the person
				responsible to a fine, license suspension or license revocation.
(f)
Taking of specimen
.
(1) All specimens taken by or under the
				direction of the division representatives shall be delivered to the laboratory
				designated by the division for official analysis. Each specimen shall be marked
				by number and date and bear such information as may be determined by the
				division. The identity of the greyhound from which the specimens were taken or
				the identity of its owner or trainer shall not be revealed to the laboratory.
				The container of each specimen shall be sealed by the division representative
				as soon as the specimen is placed therein.
(2) All containers used for specimens shall
				be approved by the division.