Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 462 - OREGON RACING COMMISSION › Division 200 - PARI-MUTUEL RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 462-200-0090 - Totalizator and Tote Board Operations

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The race meet licensee shall install,
			 maintain in operable condition and operate continuously an electric totalizator
			 during each meeting.
(2) A
			 totalizator shall be so designed that it will indicate the total amounts and
			 the amounts on each runner, entry and field so wagered from time to time as the
			 wagering progresses. There shall be operated in connection with such
			 totalizator one or more boards on which shall be prominently displayed, within
			 view of the public, winning odds on each runner as indicated from time to time
			 during the progress of such wagering, and at intervals of not more than ninety
			 (90) seconds between each complete change. The totalizator shall be designed so
			 that the ticket machines shall be automatically locked by the stewards or
			 judges by the pressing of a button ringing what is commonly known as the "off
			 bell."
(3) The presiding steward or
			 the presiding judge or his/her appointed official shall push the button that
			 closes the pari-mutuel machines, and shall see to it that every effort in the
			 racing operation is made by all departments to meet advertised post
			 time.
(4) At no time shall the odds
			 board display odds to figure less than a gross of 104 percent or more than a
			 gross of 127 percent.
(5) Copies of
			 all takeoff sheets from the totalizator, or otherwise, shall be delivered at
			 once to the supervisor of mutuels or his/her representative.
(6) The calculator of the approximate odds
			 shall keep a complete detailed record of each race containing each change of
			 readings of odds, the percentage figures on the final reading and the actual
			 possible "payoff" on each runner. Such records shall be delivered to the
			 supervisor of mutuels at the end of each racing day.
(7) Any faulty operation of the totalizator
			 or infield board (tote board) shall be explained in detail in a written report
			 by the "tote operator," and a copy of said report given to the manager of
			 mutuels and to the state supervisor of mutuels without delay. Said report shall
			 be immediately communicated to the Oregon Racing Commission.
(8) Whenever the totalizator mechanism fails
			 and is obviously unreliable as to the amounts wagered, all figures on the "tote
			 board" so affected shall be removed immediately and the payoff shall be
			 computed on the sums wagered in each pool, as shown by the recapitulation of
			 the sales registered by each individual ticket issuing machine.
(9) Whenever there is a difference in any
			 pool or pools (i.e., a difference between the sum total of the wagers on
			 individual runners as compared with the grand total as shown by the "tote
			 board"), the larger amount shall be used as the base on which the commissions
			 are computed and paid to the race meet licensee and to the state, respectively.
(10) If an error is made in
			 posting the payoff prices on the "tote board," it shall be corrected promptly,
			 and the public shall be so advised of the correction by announcement over the
			 public address system. The correct amounts so announced shall be used in the
			 payoff, irrespective of the amounts posted on the "tote board."
(11) Nothing in these rules shall be
			 construed to prevent the stewards/judges from correcting an error before the
			 display of the sign "Official." If the "Official" sign is displayed in error,
			 in the order of finish or incorrectly posted mutuel prices, and the error is
			 discovered within forty eight (48) hours after the displaying of the "Official"
			 sign, the pools and purses shall be calculated in the correct manner and the
			 race meet licensee shall assume any losses. Holders of pari-mutuel tickets
			 cashed prior to discovery of such error shall not have any claim for any
			 additional or corrected amounts.
(12) Prices shall not be displayed before the
			 race is "official" and prices shall be promptly displayed after the race is
			 declared "official."
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  462.270(3)
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  462.270(3)