Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart M - Casino Simulcasting › Chapter 1001a - CASINO SIMULCASTING › Section 1001a.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Casino simulcasting
-The simultaneous
					 transmission of live thoroughbred or harness horse race meetings from an
					 in-State sending track, out-of-State sending track or a satellite facility,
					 regardless of licensure status or whether the horse race meetings originate in
					 this Commonwealth or any other state or jurisdiction, to a simulcasting
					 facility in this Commonwealth by satellite devices, television cables,
					 television lines or any other telecommunications technology for the purposes of
					 conducting pari-mutuel wagering.
Casino simulcasting permit or simulcasting
					 permit
-A permit awarded by the Board under section 13F12 of the act
					 (relating to casino simulcasting permit) which authorizes a licensed gaming
					 entity to conduct casino simulcasting.
Casino simulcasting permit holder
-A
					 licensed gaming entity that holds a casino simulcasting permit issued by the
					 Board in accordance with section 13F12 of the act.
Commission
-The State Horse Racing
					 Commission.
In-State sending track
-A racetrack in
					 this Commonwealth which is operated by a licensed racing entity and is
					 permitted to conduct casino simulcasting.
Licensed gaming entity
-A person who has
					 been approved for and issued a Category 2 slot machine license, a Category 3
					 slot machine license or a Category 4 slot machine licensed in accordance with
					 sections 1304, 1305, 1305.1 and 1325 of the act, and who holds a casino
					 simulcasting permit.
Licensed racing entity
-A person that has
					 obtained a license to conduct live thoroughbred or harness horse race meetings
					 respectively with pari-mutuel wagering from the Commission under 3 Pa.C.S.
					 Chapter 93 (relating to race horse industry reform).
Out-of-State sending track
-An interstate
					 or international racetrack in a state or jurisdiction other than this
					 Commonwealth which is equipped to conduct casino simulcasting and the operator
					 of which is lawfully permitted to conduct horse race meetings and to provide
					 simulcast horse races to slot machine licensees in this Commonwealth.
Pari-mutuel wagering
-A form of wagering,
					 including manual, electronic, computerized and other forms as approved by the
					 Commission, on the outcome of a horse racing event in which all wagers are
					 pooled and held by a licensed racing entity or secondary pari-mutuel wagering
					 organization for distribution of the total amount, less the deductions
					 authorized by law, to holders of winning tickets.
Simulcast horse race
-A thoroughbred or
					 harness horse race meeting conducted at a racetrack, whether within or outside
					 this Commonwealth, which is simultaneously transmitted by an approved
					 telecommunications technology to racetracks or simulcasting facilities in this
					 Commonwealth in accordance with regulations of the Commission.
Simulcasting facility
-An area of a
					 licensed facility established and maintained by a licensed gaming entity for
					 the conduct of casino simulcasting in accordance with this chapter, 3 Pa.C.S.
					 Chapter 93, and regulations of the Board and the Commission.
Totalisator
-A computer system used to pool
					 wagers, record sales, calculate payoffs and display wagering data on a display
					 device that is located at a simulcasting facility.