New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter I - Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Subchapter E - Totalisator Systems › Part 4300 - Totalisator Systems › Section 4300.1 - Definitions and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ASCII formatted flat file means a data
					 file containing structured data that is both record and field delimited
					 containing only characters found in the American Standard Code for Information
					 Interchange (ASCII) specification.
(2) Authorized pari-mutuel wagering entity
					 means a corporation or association that is duly licensed by the commission or
					 holds a franchise to conduct pari- mutuel wagering and simulcasting
					 activity.
(3) Betting interest
					 means a single wagering opportunity or a group of wagering opportunities
					 coupled pursuant to the rules that the totalisator system designates as an
					 interest on which a patron may wager.
(4) Commission means the New York State
					 Gaming Commission.
(5) Downlink
					 means the portion and process of the communications link used to transmit
					 simulcast signals from a satellite or other platform to the earth-based
					 station. For purposes of this Chapter, the term downlink also includes the
					 equipment utilized in the process.
(6) Export simulcast means a race simulcast
					 from a racetrack facility.
(7)
					 Firmware means the system software permanently stored in a computer's or ticket
					 issuing machine's read-only memory or elsewhere in the circuitry that cannot be
					 modified by the user.
(8) Guest
					 site means facility at which a simulcast race is received and offered for
					 wagering purposes.
(9) Host
					 racetrack means a racetrack at which a race is conducted and simulcast for
					 wagering purposes.
(10) Import
					 simulcast means a simulcast race received at a guest site.
(11) Intelligent terminal means a terminal or
					 peripheral device that contains code extending beyond that which is necessary
					 to allow the terminal to communicate with the central controlling device to
					 which it is directly attached or to control the presentation of data on the
					 display unit of the device.
(12)
					 Log means an itemized list of each command, inquiry, or transaction given to a
					 computer during operation or written record maintained pursuant to these
					 rules.
(13) Major revision means a
					 specific release of a hardware or software product, including additional
					 functionality, major user interface revisions, or other program changes that
					 significantly alter the basic function of the application.
(14) Minor revision means an incrementally
					 improved version of hardware or software, usually representing an error (bug)
					 fix, or a minor improvement in program performance that does not alter basic
					 functionality.
(15) Multi-leg wager
					 means a wagering pool that involves more than one race.
(16) Official means a representative(s) of
					 the commission.
(17) Remote site
					 means an authorized location at which wagering is occurring that is linked via
					 the totalisator system to a racetrack facility for pari-mutuel wagering
					 purposes.
(18) Report means a
					 summary of wagering activity or a written record prepared pursuant to these
					 rules.
(19) Simulcast means the
					 telecast of live audio and visual signals of thoroughbred, harness or quarter
					 horse races for the purposes of pari-mutuel wagering.
(20) Totalisator system means a computer
					 system that registers and computes the wagering and payoffs in pari-mutuel
					 wagering.
(21) Totalisator system
					 failure means a state of affairs in which the tote system cannot receive,
					 transmit or process wagers or wagering information.
(22) Totalisator operator means the
					 individual assigned to operate the totalisator system at an authorized
					 facility.
(23) Tote board means a
					 display in public view of wagering activity required pursuant to statute and
					 rule that lists all single wagering opportunities or a group of wagering
					 opportunities coupled pursuant to the rules.
(24) Tote-to-tote network means a wagering
					 network in which each wagering location has a central processing
					 unit.
(25) Unusual occurrence means
					 any deviation from expected operations.
(26) Uplink means the portion and process of
					 the communications link used to transmit simulcast signals from an earth-based
					 station to a satellite or other platform. For purposes of this Chapter, the
					 term uplink also includes the equipment utilized in the process.
(27) User means a totalisator company
					 employee authorized to use the totalisator system in the normal course of
					 business.
(28) Wagering device
					 means a device enabling the placing of wagers.
(29) Wagering device-to-tote network means a
					 wagering network consisting of a single central processing unit and the
					 wagering devices at any number of remote sites.