Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Michigan Gaming Control Board › Horse Racing General Rules › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 431.1130 - Expulsion and ruling off by executive director

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1130.
(1) The
				  executive director, deputies, or authorized representative of the executive
				  director may order any person, whether licensed or unlicensed, to be
				  immediately ejected, ruled off, and excluded from the grounds, or any part
				  thereof, by written order of expulsion or ruling off, for any of the following
				  reasons:
(a) The person's violation of the
				  rules promulgated under the act or the act or any successor racing laws enacted
				  after the effective date of these rules.
(b) The person's participation in touting,
				  the illegal solicitation of bets or wagers, bookmaking, or any other illegal
				  wagering or gambling activity.
(c)
				  The person's participation in any plan, scheme, or activity to avoid, or aid
				  another in avoiding compliance with federal or state income tax laws.
(d) The person's conviction for any crime
				  involving fraud or deception in the conduct of racing or pari-mutuel wagering
				  or in the reporting of pari-mutuel gambling winnings to federal or state
				  government tax authorities.
(e) The
				  person's participation in any plan, scheme, or activity to unlawfully influence
				  or fix the results or outcome of a race.
(f) The person's participation in any plan,
				  scheme, or activity to misrepresent the true age, pedigree, identity,
				  ownership, or eligibility of a horse to any of the following:
(i) The jockey club.
(ii) United States Trotting
				  Association.
(iii) American Quarter
				  Horse Association.
(iv) Appaloosa
				  Horse Club.
(v) Arabian breed
				  registry.
(vi) The executive
				  director.
(vii) Any racing
				  official.
(g) The
				  person's participation in any disorderly conduct or public disturbance on the
				  grounds which reasonably threatens the health and safety of other persons or
				  horses.
(h) The person's
				  participation in any plan, scheme, or activity to willfully and knowingly enter
				  or start an unqualified or ineligible horse in a race.
(i) The person's participation in any plan,
				  scheme, or activity to offer or receive any money, benefit, or other
				  consideration for scratching an entry from a race.
(j) The person's participation in any plan,
				  scheme, or activity to offer, promise, or give any gift, gratuity, money,
				  property, or other valuable thing or benefit to any person having official
				  duties in relation to the conduct of racing or pari-mutuel wagering with the
				  intent or purpose of thereby influencing the action, judgment, or decision of
				  such person with respect to any matter or question which may be brought before
				  such person in his or her official capacity. Any person who has official duties
				  in relation to the conduct of racing or pari-mutuel wagering who requests,
				  accepts, or receives, or agrees to accept and receive, any gift, gratuity,
				  money, property, or other valuable thing or benefit as consideration for
				  acting, judging, or deciding a matter or question which is brought before him
				  or her in his or her official capacity shall be ruled off the grounds and
				  removed from his or her official position.
(k) The person's participation in any plan,
				  scheme, or activity involving fraudulent practices in the conduct of racing or
				  pari-mutuel wagering in this or any other country.
(l) The making of a bet with, or on behalf
				  of, any jockey or driver, unless the bet is on a horse the jockey or driver is
				  riding or driving.
(m) If the
				  person is a jockey or driver, the acceptance of a ticket or the making of a bet
				  on any horse other than the one he or she rides or drives; however, a jockey or
				  driver may make a multiple wager if his or her horse is selected to finish
				  first in all instances.
(n) The
				  person's participation in any other activity or conduct which reasonably
				  threatens the health and safety of other persons on the grounds or reasonably
				  threatens or undermines public confidence in the integrity of racing or
				  pari-mutuel wagering in this state.