New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69M - CASINO SIMULCASTING › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13:69M-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Breakage" means the odd cents over a multiple of five or 10
				  cents arising from the computation of odds and payouts on amounts wagered on a
				  simulcast horse race, as determined by the law governing the sending
				  track.
"Casino Control Act" means the State of New Jersey Casino
				  Control Act approved June 2, 1977, as amended.
"Casino pari-mutuel cashier" means a casino employee who
				  sells pari-mutuel tickets representing simulcast wagers, sells credit vouchers
				  for simulcast wagers, pays cash for credit vouchers, and makes simulcast
				  payouts in a casino simulcasting facility.
"Casino simulcasting" means the simultaneous transmission by
				  picture of running or harness horse races conducted at racetracks to casino
				  licensees and pari-mutuel wagering at casino simulcasting facilities operated
				  by casino licensees on the results of those races.
"Casino Simulcasting Act" means the State of New Jersey
				  Casino Simulcasting Act, P.L. 1992, c. 19, approved June 12, 1992, as
				  amended.
"Casino simulcasting facility" means a facility in an
				  approved hotel operated by a casino licensee which conforms to the provisions
				  of this chapter.
"Credit voucher" means a ticket issued by:
1. A pari-mutuel cashier in exchange for cash, gaming chips,
				  slot tokens or coupons;
2. A credit voucher machine in exchange for cash; or
3. A self-service pari-mutuel machine as a simulcast payout
				  or as the balance returnable after a simulcast wager has been placed.
"Credit voucher machine" means a mechanical, electrical or
				  other device connected to a totalisator which, upon the insertion of cash,
				  automatically issues a credit voucher of an equal value.
"Dedicated line" means a telephone line which is reserved for
				  the exclusive use of transmitting pari-mutuel wagering data between a casino
				  simulcasting facility and a sending track.
"Delay period" means the time between off-time and the start
				  of a simulcast horse race.
"Dial-up line" means a telephone line between a casino
				  simulcasting facility and a sending track which is not reserved for the
				  exclusive use of transmitting pari-mutuel wagering data.
"Division" means the Division of Gaming Enforcement of the
				  New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety.
"Hub facility" means a facility located in this State which
				  acts as an intermediary between a casino simulcasting facility and a sending
				  track with respect to the transmission of pari-mutuel wagering data and which
				  is responsible for generating all reports necessary for the reconciliation of
				  payments between casino licensees, sending tracks and the Racing Commission.
				  The hub facility may also, but is not required to, perform other functions,
				  including the transmission of pictures of simulcast horse races and pari-mutuel
				  non-wagering data.
"In-State sending track" means a racetrack within the State
				  of New Jersey which is operated by a permit holder and is equipped to conduct
				  casino simulcasting.
"Manual merge" means the process used in the event of a
				  systems or communications failure by which a casino simulcasting facility
				  transmits to a sending track through telephone, facsimile machine, cellular
				  telephone or other means of communication, the casino simulcasting facility's
				  pari-mutuel wagering information and the process by which the sending track
				  includes such pari-mutuel wagers in the common pari-mutuel pool in such
				  event.
"Minus pari-mutuel pool" means a pari-mutuel pool in which
				  insufficient monies have been wagered to permit the minimum pay-offs of winning
				  wagers required by the rules of pari-mutuel wagering governing the race.
"Off-time" means when wagering is ceased prior to the start
				  of a horse race by a signal transmitted from a sending track to the totalisator
				  through which a casino simulcasting facility is conducting wagering or, in the
				  event that the transmission of data from a sending track has been interrupted,
				  by the totalisator in accordance with internal controls.
"Out-of-State sending track" means a racetrack in a
				  jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey which is equipped to conduct
				  casino simulcasting and the operator of which is lawfully permitted to conduct
				  a horse race meeting and to provide simulcast horse races to a casino
				  licensee.
"Outstanding pari-mutuel ticket" means a winning or
				  refundable pari-mutuel ticket which is not claimed within six months of the
				  date of its sale.
"Pari-mutuel machine" means a mechanical, electrical or other
				  device which is connected to a totalisator and which generates pari-mutuel
				  tickets and credit vouchers, reads pari-mutuel tickets and receives from the
				  totalisator the amount to be paid for winning, cancelled or refunded
				  pari-mutuel tickets, and reads credit vouchers and calculates the amount to be
				  paid therefor.
"Pari-mutuel ticket" means a ticket issued by a pari-mutuel
				  machine or a self service pari-mutuel machine which represents a wager on a
				  simulcast horse race.
"Permit holder" means the holder of an annual permit issued
				  by the Racing Commission to conduct a horse race meeting.
"Pool definition" means a computer-generated printout, itself
				  generated by a sending track, of the pari-mutuel wagering format and scratch
				  information for that day's racing program.
"Racing Commission" means the New Jersey Racing
				  Commission.
"Receiving track" means a racetrack which is equipped to
				  receive simulcast horse races and to conduct intertrack wagering on those
				  races.
"Scratch" means the withdrawal of an entered horse from a
				  race after the closing of overnight entries.
"Self-service pari-mutuel machine" means a mechanical,
				  electrical or other device connected to a totalisator which, upon the insertion
				  of a credit voucher, coupon or currency, or any combination thereof, and the
				  selection of a permissible simulcast wager automatically issues a pari-mutuel
				  ticket together with a credit voucher for any balance which may be due and
				  which, upon the insertion of a winning or refunded pari-mutuel ticket, reads
				  the ticket and automatically issues a credit voucher in the amount of the
				  correct payout.
"Sending track" means an in-State or out-of-State sending
				  track.
"Simulcast horse race" means a running or harness horse race
				  conducted at a racetrack which is simultaneously transmitted by picture to a
				  casino licensee.
"Totalisator" means a computer which, among other things,
				  directly or indirectly through one or more other totalisators, receives
				  pari-mutuel wagering information, calculates payoffs for winning pari-mutuel
				  tickets, generates reports with respect to such information, and automatically
				  ceases wagering, in accordance with internal controls, in the event that the
				  transmission of data from a sending track has been interrupted.