North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69.5 - Racing Commission, North Dakota › Article 69.5-01 - North Dakota Racing Commission Rules › Chapter 69.5-01-08 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering Systems › Section 69.5-01-08-02 - Totalizator system

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each association
				shall install and operate during its meeting a totalizator system approved by
				the commission and such system must be tested prior to and during the meeting
				as required by the commission.
2. A
				licensee that is hosting pools shall use only a totalizator system approved by
				the commission.
3. A licensee
				hosting tournament style pools, including the tournament wager or 123racing
				Pick-n Wager may elect to calculate pools using its own software and servers
				suitable for this purpose rather than a licensed totalizator system only if all
				of the following conditions are met:
a.
				Wagers made into the tournament pool are not comingled with wagers placed
				through any other entity or any interstate or international combined wagering
				pools.
b. The licensee provides a
				daily report of all tournament wagering activity including such data as
				requested by the commission or as necessary to comply with statute or
				administrative rules. The daily reports must be delivered to the commission's
				independent auditor or other designated representative no later than 8:00 a.m.
				eastern time the day following the generation of the wagers in a manner and
				format designated by the commission.
c. The licensee establishes a real-time data
				feed with a totalizator company approved by the commission. The data feed must
				include the odds feed, stop betting, scheduled post time, and payoffs for any
				race comprising part of the tournament wager. The data feed may be provided via
				inter-tote system protocol, web service application program interface, or other
				method capable of providing the required data as approved by the commission.
				The licensee shall utilize a secure network for all data
				communications.
d. The licensee
				utilizes the stop betting data from the real-time data feed to automatically
				close wagering. The licensee's system also must be capable of automatically
				closing wagering at post time in the event of an interruption in the real-time
				data feed.
e. After close of
				wagering for a tournament or any race or races comprising the tournament, the
				licensee makes all such picks publicly available by immediately posting a
				listing of all selections by player in the tournament.
f. The licensee obtains all necessary
				authorizations to allow the commission, its independent auditor, or other
				designated representative to obtain pricing data files directly from the host
				totalizator at a track holding a race which comprises part of the tournament
				wager. If there is a discrepancy between the pricing data of the track host
				totalizator and the licensee, the licensee shall work directly with the
				independent auditor to identify and reconcile the error in accordance with
				section 69.5-01-11-04.1.
g. The licensee provides any track holding a
				race which comprises part of the tournament wager with authorization to view
				reports from the commission's independent auditor or other designated
				representative providing the wagering data required in order to audit licensee
				payments to the track.
h. A
				totalizator company provides access to the commission, its independent auditor,
				or its designated representative to its facility, records, and any other
				information as required by the commission.
i. The licensee submits a tournament wagering
				operations plan to the commission for its review and approval. The operations
				plan must provide details on all operations specified in this section as well
				as any additional information requested by the commission. The plan must
				provide the following additional information and specifically address how the
				licensees operations ensure the same level of integrity in the wagering process
				as required of licensed totalizators pursuant to sections
				69.5-01-11-13 through
				69.5-01-11-15 as applicable:
(1) Facility safety and security.
(2) Hardware operation and
				security.
(3) Software operation
				and security.
(4) Management
				procedures.
(5) Personnel
				requirements.
(6) Reporting and log
				requirements.