Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 8 - TEXAS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 321 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Subchapter A - MUTUEL OPERATIONS › Division 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 321.1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 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--a data file containing structured data which is both record and
					 field delimited containing only characters found in the American Standard Code for
					 Information Interchange (ASCII) specification.
(2) Betting interest--a single race animal or a
					 group of race animals coupled pursuant to the Rules which the totalisator system
					 designates as an interest on which a patron may wager.
(3) Closed-loop subscriber-based system--a system
					 with a minimum of a device or combination of devices authorized and operated for
					 placing, receiving, or otherwise making a wager and by which a person must subscribe
					 in order to be able to place, receive, or otherwise make a bet or wager that has an
					 effective customer verification and age verification system; and appropriate data
					 security standards to prevent unauthorized access to a person.
(4) Export simulcast--a race simulcast from a
					 racetrack facility.
(5) Firmware--the
					 system software permanently stored in a computer or ticket issuing machine's
					 read-only memory or elsewhere in the circuitry that cannot be modified by the
					 user.
(6) Guest racetrack--a racetrack
					 facility at which a simulcast race is received and offered for wagering purposes; a
					 receiving location, as defined in the Act, §2021.003.
(7) Host racetrack--a racetrack facility at which
					 a race is conducted and simulcast for wagering purposes; a sending track, as defined
					 in the Act, §2021.003.
(8) Import
					 simulcast--a simulcast race received at a racetrack facility.
(9) Intelligent Terminal--a terminal or peripheral
					 device which 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.
(10) Log--an itemized list of
					 each command, inquiry, or transaction given to a computer during
					 operation.
(11) Major Revision--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.
(12) Minor Revision--an incrementally improved
					 version of hardware or software, usually representing an error (bug) fix, or a minor
					 improvement in program performance which does not alter basic
					 functionality.
(13) Multi-leg wager--a
					 wagering pool that involves more than one race.
(14) Player Tracking System--a system that
					 provides detailed information about pari-mutuel play activity of patrons who
					 volunteer to participate. The system can be used to customize highly specific
					 promotions and tailor rewards to encourage incremental visits by patrons. The system
					 should be able to produce customized informational reports based on such parameters
					 as type of wager, type of race, favorite race meet, or other parameters deemed
					 helpful by the association in supporting the patron.
(15) Remote site--a racetrack or other location at
					 which wagering is occurring that is linked via the totalisator system to a racetrack
					 facility for pari-mutuel wagering purposes.
(16) Report--a summary of betting
					 activity.
(17) Resultant--the
					 profit-per-dollar wagered in a pari-mutuel pool computation.
(18) Ticketless Electronic Wagering (E-wagering)--
(A) a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which wagers
					 are placed and cashed through a licensed totalisator vendor via an electronic
					 ticketless account system operated in accordance with §2021.002 of this Act;
					 or
(B) a closed-loop subscriber-based
					 system, which includes:
(i) a device or combination
					 of devices authorized and operated for placing, receiving, or otherwise making a
					 wager and by which a person must subscribe to be able to place, receive, or
					 otherwise make a bet or wager;
(ii) an
					 effective customer verification and age verification system; and
(iii) appropriate data security standards to
					 prevent unauthorized access to a person:
(I) who
					 seeks to make a bet or wager outside the racetrack's enclosure;
(II) who seeks to make a bet or wager on any live
					 or simulcast race not available to other persons within the racetrack's enclosure;
					 and
(III) who is a minor; and
(C) where wagers are
					 automatically debited and credited to the account holder.
(19) TIM--ticket-issuing machine.
(20) TIM-to-Tote network--a wagering network
					 consisting of a single central processing unit and the TIMs at any number of remote
					 sites.
(21) Totalisator operator--the
					 individual assigned to operate the totalisator system at a racetrack
					 facility.
(22) Totalisator system--a
					 computer system that registers and computes the wagering and payoffs in pari-mutuel
					 wagering.
(23) Tote-to-tote network--a
					 wagering network in which each wagering location has a central processing
					 unit.
(24) User--a totalisator company
					 employee authorized to use the totalisator system in the normal course of
					 business.