Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XV - Off-Track Wagering › Chapter 123 - General Rules › Section XV-12329 - Simulcast Video Transmission

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Every simulcast shall be encrypted using a time displacement decoding algorithm
				encryption system.
B. Not less than
				30 minutes prior to the commencement of the transmission of each racing
				program, the host association shall initiate a test program of its transmitter,
				encryption, decoding and data communication to assure proper operation of the
				system.
C. Every simulcast shall
				contain a digital display of the actual time of day, the name of the race track
				from where it emanates, the number of the race being displayed, and the
				sequential fractional time of the race as the race is being run.
D. The host association shall retain a video
				record of all simulcasts, in decoded form, and shall provide a copy of such
				record on girth a 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch video cassette when requested by the
				commission.
E. Each host
				association is responsible for the contents of its simulcast and shall use all
				responsible efforts to present a simulcast which offers viewers an exemplary
				depiction of its racing program, a periodic display of wagering information and
				continuity programming between horse racing events.
F. The transmission of data between the
				totalizator system at the host association and the remote terminals at the
				off-track wagering facility shall be independent of the simulcast transmission.
				A separate point-to-point leased data communications line, using either analog
				or digital transmission methods, shall be required between the host association
				and each off-track wagering facility.
G. There shall be sufficient television
				monitors in each tote room to provide key tote employees a view of all horses
				starting from the starting gate at any track.
H. In the event of a data or wagering
				communication failure, and communication is not restored by three minutes to
				post for the current race at the host track, betting shall cease at the guest
				track and/or off-track wagering facilities where such communication has been
				lost, and wagers to that point shall be manually merged. No further wagering
				data shall be accepted at the failed facilities until communications can be
				restored and authorization is given by both the host and guest mutuel
				departments.
I. In the event of a
				data communication failure which requires the manual merging of pools, betting
				for the next race cannot proceed at guest tracks or off-track wagering
				facilities which have suffered such loss until data communication has been
				re-established and all payoffs for any prior race have been posted. Races shall
				not be delayed at the host track past post time as normally reflected on the
				infield tote board while awaiting the re-establishment of failed data
				communications between the host track and guest or off-track wagering
				facility.
J. Any loss in
				communications causing a delay in races or payoffs between host tracks, guest
				tracks and/or off-track wagering parlors shall be considered an "incident" and
				will require incident reports to be filed with the commission by all tote
				managers and mutuel managers involved within 48 hours of the
				incident.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and R.S.
				  4:211-227.