Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 186 - SIMULCASTING › Section 186.3 - Permitted simulcasts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
				State Horse Racing Commission and the Commission each may, upon request by any
				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. All forms of
				parimutuel wagering permitted under section 221 of the act (4 P. S. §
										325.221) are allowed on races which are
				simulcast. All simulcasts of horse races from outside this Commonwealth shall
				also comply with the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978, Public Law 95-515, 92
				Stat. 1811 (15 U.S.C.A.
				§§
										3001-3007).
(b) Simulcasts of thoroughbred horse races by
				corporations holding licenses from the State Horse Racing Commission may be
				permitted by the State Horse Racing Commission in accordance with section 216
				of the act (4 P. S. §
										325.216) and
				upon such other terms and conditions as the State Horse Racing Commission may
				require.
(c) Simulcasts of harness
				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 such other terms and
				conditions as the 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 Commission will be
				permitted by the Commission receiving the application under §
									186.2 (relating to applications
				for permission to operate simulcasts) under 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 any succeeding cross-simulcast only
				if the corporation obtains the consent of the racing association licensed to
				conduct race meetings at the nearest 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 will 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.