Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 167 - SIMULCASTING › Section 167.3 - Permitted simulcasts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
				Commission and the State Harness Racing Commission each may, upon request by a
				corporation licensed under the act, grant permission for simulcasts of horse
				races to be operated by the licensed corporation at the race track enclosure
				where a horse race meeting is being conducted during, between, before or after
				posted races for that racing day. The simulcasts shall be limited to horse
				races conducted at facilities outside this Commonwealth. Forms of parimutuel
				wagering permitted under section 221 of the act (4 P. S. §
										325.221) are allowed on races which are
				simulcast. Simulcasts of horse races from outside this Commonwealth shall also
				comply with the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C.A. §§
										3001-3007).
(b) Simulcasts of thoroughbred horse races by
				corporations holding licenses from the Commission may be permitted by the
				Commission in accordance with section 216 of the act (4 P. S. §
										325.216) and upon other terms and conditions
				as the Commission may require.
(c)
				Simulcasts of harness races by corporations holding licenses from the State
				Harness Racing Commission may be permitted by the State Harness Racing
				Commission in accordance with section 216 of the act (4 P. S. §
										325.216) and upon other terms and conditions
				as the State Harness Racing Commission may require.
(d) Cross-simulcasts of harness races by
				corporations holding licenses from the Commission and cross-simulcasts of
				thoroughbred races by corporations holding licenses from the State Harness
				Racing Commission will be permitted by the commission receiving the application
				under §
									167.2 (relating to applications
				for permission to operate simulcasts) in accordance with section 216 of the act
				(4 P.
				S. §
										325.216) and upon the following
				additional terms and conditions:
(1) A
				thoroughbred horse race for which a licensed corporation requests permission to
				operate a cross-simulcast shall have a purse of $200,000 or more.
(2) A harness race for which a licensed
				corporation requests permission to operate a cross-simulcast shall have a purse
				of $100,000 or more.
(3) A licensed
				corporation may operate only one cross-simulcast race per racing day, and the
				cross-simulcast shall be in addition to the normal racing card on that
				day.
(4) A licensed corporation
				will be permitted to operate a maximum of ten cross-simulcasts per calendar
				year without obtaining the consent required by paragraph (5).
(5) In the event a licensed corporation seeks
				permission to cross-simulcast more than ten races in a calendar year,
				permission will be granted for the 11th and succeeding cross-simulcast only if
				the corporation obtains the consent of the racing association licensed to
				conduct race meetings at the nearest race track in this Commonwealth at which
				the same type of race as the cross-simulcast is conducted, if that association
				has a scheduled race meeting on the same day as the cross-simulcast will
				occur.
(6) A licensed corporation
				which requests permission to cross-simulcast at a race track located within 5
				miles of another race track in this Commonwealth at which the same type of race
				as the cross-simulcast race is conducted shall be required to obtain the
				consent of the association licensed to conduct race meetings at the other track
				if that association has a scheduled race meeting on the same day as the
				cross-simulcast will occur.